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No. Starting about age nine I hid in libraries even during my lunch breaks. I sat in study carols at the back so no one could see me. This includes University when I avoided peer groups because of anxiety.

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I tried to be sociable. I was the exemplar for Tony Attwood's notion that Aspergians have the desire to socialize----but they go about it awkwardly.

I was bullied, teased. I was excluded. It got a little better the last year in high school.

I'm sorry that happened.

School was very frightening for me too. Female bullies travelled in packs and spread gossip against anyone perceived as different. They were duplicitous and underhanded, with subtle and insidious behaviour including exclusion, shaming, lying and baiting. Many were very superficial people who would use their peers and turn on them without notice. I had a best friend when I was 13-14 but I couldn't keep up socially outside of school hours, and I had to detach. Masking was too difficult for me. It was extremely painful to lose this friend, and I still miss her.

Did you ever have a pet fish?

Nope. I always sat by myself at lunch. Sometimes I even hid under the bleachers in the school gym. I got bullied a lot but I got along really well with most of my teachers.

I've had serveral pet fish over the years. But they weren't my fish.

Ever been to Mardi Gras?

No, I haven't been to Mardi Gras. Funny but I was just thinking about that earlier this week.

I remember hiding at the bleachers, and also trying to hide in the closet rooms used for janitorial supplies.


Have you ever written / received those notes at school that say "Do you like me? Yes ✅ or No ❌" ?

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Not the "yes" or "no" part----but I was informed, in a note from a coworker, that she "loved me, but wasn't 'in love' with with me."

Subsequently, we had a little fling.


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Never received or issued those kinds of notes.

I was an odd combination of the shy, socially awkward geek and the quick-witted boy with an acid remark in response to everything the teachers had to say. I was never nasty about it, though, and was in good terms with all the teachers. I think I've lost the wit since. I was certainly more sociable with the teachers than with the other children (I've always got on better with my elders).

I was never really bullied in the way others here seem to have been - at least not in secondary school, where bullying rarely got worse than nasty remarks, unless you were a complete "ponce". I remember being accused of being gay, because I enjoyed books, which led to my being harassed by a homosexual in the year above, which I quietly found rather flattering. The worst thing that happened was my being tricked into drinking from a can of cola containing the other boys' spit.

Yes - "Goldie" the goldfish.

What do you think of English cocker spaniels?

I love English cocker spaniels

I'm sorry that happened to you too, Prometheus.

I have a stack of love letters that I received from a boy when I was about 13 (the one year I had a female friend). I can see now that the boy was crazy about me, but at the time I couldn't read between the lines and I thought he was just a casual friend or a flirt. I wish I had realised how much he liked me, because his notes are really endearing and heartfelt. I think they were sincere.

Do you like cream based soup?

I really don't like any other kind. I want some of Pavel Smerdyakov's soup - literature's greatest soup-maker. I suppose he might stick pins in the bread though.

Do you like the rain? It's just begun to pour here. I love warm, still rain in spring/summer.

I love rain.

Do you like black cats?

I really enjoy rain, especially when it breaks humidity.

I like all cats.

Do you know how to change electrical outlets?

Nope

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Yes. I live in a house with sub-code wiring. Slowly we're making repairs.

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Not whatsoever. My dad used to do it for me as needed, and now my brother does if he's available. I have one whole outlet in my bedroom that's dead and my light switch says "zttt".

Who is the last person you spoke to, verbally?

My son. He didn't answer. Sigh. Adolescence.

Do you enjoy iambic pentameter?