Kiprobalhato wrote:
'rent-a-friend'
I'd never have thought of that but you are absolutely right. rent-a-friend! I've always regarded my Psych and I as friends but you're right. Just stop paying and see how long he wants to be friends with you.
Kiprobalhato wrote:
i would much much rather spend my time with someone i had to exert actual effort to befriend, or whom i have met through happenstance. someone that has actually made me want to navigate the complexities of social interaction, to become closer to. not just currency out of my wallet.
Making friendships is hard and personally, I'd rather not go through the process of obtaining a new friend. I don't usually value people as viable friends BUT...
I have a neighbor... a 'friend' (who for some reason wanted to befriend me) and he's only 25 (I'm 48) who lives across the street from me and he has my health in mind (he drinks but he's BIG, FIT and into Martial Arts). He's constantly trying to get me to eat. He knows I go 5 days or so without eating and 3 days or so without sleeping.
He actually went to the effort of making Spag Bol for me (from scratch, 2 hours of cooking) just so I could eat something and he saw fit to write my rules on my (mum's) whiteboard:
* Only drink 3 times a week;
* No drugs; : Rem
I don't take drugs (apart from alcohol & cigarettes). I don't know why he wrote that. * 3 meals a day;
* Min 5 hours sleep a night;
* New interest instead of 'X' and drinking; : Rem
For this comment, I thought 'X' was a variable that stood for
my Special Interests (Myna Birds - I've driven him NUTS about them) but what he actually meant was 'X' as in Ex-partner. He thinks she's using me and I should finally break all ties with her.* No more excuses;
* Go to work;
* Go to counseling;
I was wrong (angry). Not all humans are bad. In fact, some of them are actually quite genuinely nice and (I think) do actually care... To what extent, I don't know. But what do I know. Every time I've ever thought I've known what people are thinking, I've most often been wrong!
Kiprobalhato wrote:
big hugs.
Kiprobalhato, I thank you very much. You're a friend on WP (you're on my friends list).
P.S.
I haven't been able to get your username out of my head for the past 3 days.
It's like a broken record.
Once again, I thank you very much. I do honestly appreciate your hugs. I don't know when they'll have a bed for me and as I've stated before, I'll have no contact with the outside world for the first week (
) but don't think I'm ignoring you. As soon as I get Babsy back (my Laptop), I'll contact you.
I really feel wanted here on WP. There have been so many people who have come out of the woodwork expressing concern for me and wishing me well
I love it here! It's actually better than my family. They've abandoned me. I'm not even going to tell them I'm going into hospital. Let's just wait and see how long it takes for them (Mum, sister, my only family) to figure out I'm missing and for how long.
- Then it's time for a prank
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