If I PM someone, I only get 2 to 3 PMs before they stop...

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With autism, we tend to only talk about what we are into and find the rest boring. I like getting PMs here and talking to people. I may not always respond but I am most likely to when someone asks a question. I can talk about anything just as long as I am interested. I am also a listener. I will hear someone talk about anything no matter how boring I find it just as long as it's not all the time about the same thing and they talk about other things too. But not everyone likes this unfortunately. It's as if me listening to them talk about what they want to talk about isn't good enough. Few of my former aspie friends have complained about it and my husband told me the same. He said he can't even have a normal conversation with me unless it's my interest. People probably don't realize how hard it is for me and how much energy it takes and I don't always want to do it. Ever try writing a story and you get a writer's block? Same thing with talking, chatters block I shall call it and then to sit here and think what to say to it is exhausting. I may do it for a few minutes and then I am done and that still may not be good enough for someone. But this makes me a crappy friend to some folks. At least it doesn't bother my husband.