I'm leaving this board.

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I was told this was a good place for Aspie's. Since I have gotten here, I have encountered:
1) Rudeness
2) Narrow-mindedness
and 3) Blaming me for my condition.

I can't believe that this is an Autism Forum. What a huge disappointment. I will go to other discussion boards.

No thank you.

Cool story, bro. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Alright, bye-bye.

I don't expect the original poster to read this. But I'll say anyway, on a board for people with autism (including Aspergers), a certain amount of rudeness and narrowmindedness should be expected.

Although, I don't think people here are really more rude, nor more narrowminded, than in the average internet community.

When you've got a bunch of people who aren't skilled at understanding others and you put them all together, rudeness is going to happen sometimes, even if not intentionally.

Bill: you need to get that anger under control before it consumes you

When I was younger, especially in my teens and 20s, I liked being despondant and miserable. I dressed in dark clothes, listend to dark music, and pulled the whole tortured-scholar/artist thing. I assumed no one understood me and that the world was a really awful place. When I did date, I dated women who were even worse than me with this stuff, and that got me nothing but more problems and misery.

Then I grew up around age 28, or at least started to. Met a nice women, got married and had kids.

The kids are my primary responsibility now, and they don't need Robert Smith from the Cure as a dad. They don't need some self-centered, immature rocker dude as a father. They need a positive, happy role-model. Both my kids are on the spectrum and it runs on both sides of our family--these kids are going to need help with socializing, and I'm not about to give them bad examples (I had all sorts of problems when I was a kid).

It is easy to fold up inside yourself and go down depression road when you have few responsibilities or projects. It is also easy to start blaming the whole world for your problems.

We can do without the negativity. Like I don't have enough of it in my life.

What always confuses me is members' need to post that they are leaving. Why not just disappear? This is my first post after a long hiatus. I took it because Wrongplanet does have incivility problems. No one had been harsh with me, but the climate of the board was getting on my nerves. Why make bold pronouncements? If you stop liking it, stop loging in.

I actually thought this was an interesting post, because I love to imagine which expression he had on his face while posting it. But hey I know that a lot of people think thats mean, but it really isnt, I love it! I want a pic! Getting caught up is always looking perfect Bill43 I love you!

Moving to... Haven from GAD

You guys make me sick! You are bad people!

Some (sometimes, A LOT) of what one encounters is directly related to what one is looking for. Frankly, I've found that WP has provided the most when it comes to receiving encouragement from others, demonstrating pro-active practice and improvement of others' personal/interacting skills, and just an all-around great place to express ('vent') distresses of any kind. Not seeing more holistically what's being offered, what's RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, often is a potential 'tip-off' that perceptions of the viewer have been skewed. Get your orientation right - shift your 'intake' to realizing the positivites (not just the negativities) - and you'll see: WP can be an absolute banquet for anyone!

I'm assuming one would post an 'I'm Leaving' to, among other possible reasons, see if others would try convincing them to not leave. Consider this my 'call' to you. Stay around - even if, at first, it's just to argue. WP can definitely be a place where you could grow (especially when you're mature enough to let others do their growing, as well). Simply cutting off (and announcing it) hurts you much worse than it could affect us ---because the true damage you're causing is closing the door on opportunity FOR YOU.

We'll still be here...and, yes, some of us will still 'talk' to you.