kiki3 wrote:
I'm definitely not someone who draws people to them like magnets, which is probably how I meant to word the question:
Are People Drawn To You?
I've always been in awe of people who were able to do that.
I've been involved with groups of people who never would accept me, no matter what I did. I always had excuses for it, such as: They don't like new people. They've already established cliques, and aren't accepting new members. They think I'm too young/too old. I don't have enough money. Etc. I always thought of it as a problem with those particular people, but then when someone who also didn't fit any of that criteria came into the group and were welcomed with open arms, I was baffled. Now, of course, I know that it's because I'm an Aspie. I just wondered if there were any Aspies who had the ability to charm.
I'll answer my original question too.
When I was in school, no one could ever think of anything bad to say about me, unless it was that I was shy. This quote from my favorite movie sort of sums it up:
"Brandon is the sort of man everyone speaks well of, but no one remembers to talk to."
As an adult, though, people tend to be more suspicious of me. While acknowledging that I seem nice, they always want to believe that something bad is lurking under the surface. Since they can't figure me out, they fill in the blanks however they want. They take my actions and put their own spin on them, with some type of hidden meaning that I never intended.