They think I'm a vampire!

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At TAFE I walked past a group of people having a smoke break and one of them said "smile". So I did and he said "No, so we can see your teeth." So I did and he inspected my teeth and said "No. He's not one", "Not a smoker?" (I thought he was looking for yellowed teeth). "No, a vampire. I was looking for fangs". Then another person (possibly the one who made the observation) said it was because of the pale, white skin, red lips , black clothes and "the eyes".

She had trouble explaining why the eyes were different but then many people do. Many also think that all vampires have fangs...

They are nice people, I'm sure it was just an observation. I thought it was amusing. Anyone else ever been called a vampire, alien, etc?

I've been called Austin Powers, a few times. There were a lot of times that I was called that, by little kids. I admit that I do look like him and I have his Body Language.

I've also been called, Cockney, Little Langley Mod, Hippie Mod, and Hippie. I've even been refered to as a Rich English Girl, by groups of Teenaged girls.

I've bumped into somebody that I went to Elementary School with. I was also being pestered by a Mentally Challenged Man who was trying to sell me Raffle Tickets, after he didn't understand me, the first time. I've told the Man that he didn't understand me the first time. My Ex-Schoolmate was hangning out with three girls. One of them asked him, "What's her problem?" My old Aquaitence answered, "She's English."

I actually wouldn't mind looking like a vampire, then maybe people would think twice about crossing me.

yeah well we aspies dont get out much and avoid sunlight where other people are about so we can be called vampires by mistake or jokingly becUSE OUR SKIN MAY BE Pale and we may avoid others..im sure it was said as a joke.

We used to joke that a friend of mine was a vampire, because she had fairly big canine teeth set very high on her gums (they never descended all the way when her adult teeth came in) and they rested on her lips so that you could see their tips even when her mouth was closed. Other than that, she's not very vampire-like.

Personally, I've never been called anything interesting like that. Wait, I did get asked if I was a Satanist once, which was...weird. I'm not sure what brought that on.

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About 20 years ago this became one of my pet peeves, as in: Who the @#%&! do you think you are to command anyone to behave differently? This was 20 years before my AS diagnosis, and I already had a vague, subconscious resentment of being expected to try to fit into a world I didn't understand or feel comfortable in. What really pushed my buttons about the "Smile!" command was the speakers' casual, joking, offhand manner. They weren't taking me seriously. They weren't respecting my feelings. And worst of all, I eventually concluded that the reason they said it was because they didn't understand or feel comfortable around ME. Their social skills were so simplistic, narrow-minded and intolerant that they couldn't relate to me, so they tried to force me to behave in a way they could relate to, without even considering whether I wanted to, or how difficult it might be, or at least that I might have good reason to look depressed or preoccupied.

So I would get prickly-defensive and say "If my face offends you, I suggest you avoid looking at it." I don't think they got the message though, so I have since switched to "This IS my smile" in a dismissive deadpan, although just once I'd like to try telling someone "My mother died yesterday. Any more questions?"
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"the largest disability... [for those with AS] is the inability of non-autistic culture to accommodate their differences in respectful, empowering, and constructive ways" -- Donna Williams

Yeah! I'd liked to be like Angel in Buffy, when he gets shot at and get vampface and roars like a lion. When people bully you, you would change, say a witty remark and smile with your fangs showing.

I haven't been called names.

I hate being told to smile, it would be fake and pointless. It's also imposing that such close, critical attention has been paid to what they thought was my "emotional guage". That's why I was relieved when he just wanted to check if I was a vampire. I think it's kind of cool that some people see me that way. I just hope they don't think I'm a psycho.

"When people bully you, you would change, say a witty remark and smile with your fangs showing."

That's one of the reasons I've always liked Mystique in X-Men. It'd just be cool sometimes to change your appearance in a subtle way in front of someone who could do with the scare.

I get called a vampire because I'm awake all night and I sleep in the day.

Alien, all the time.

They'd say things like "Hey, why don't you go home to your own world?", "F***off back to your space ship" or even, once, "You're not on the right planet, eco-freak!" (Honest!)
which of course, NOW, I can laugh at.

Julie

I'm noticing a pattern. It seems like mostly females here have been called a vampire or alien. Either that or more females are interested in a post called "They think I'm a vampire!". No idea why so I'll assume the former.

Isn't it fun being different

Nah-you're no vampire. Believe me I know. The only vampire around is my ex. That blood sucking b..ch took me to the cleaners.

But I sympathize with what you say. People can say cruel things without regard to who they say it to. I don't see anything wrong with how you look (for your description).

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Hot damn, I've been looking for a vampire to go out with for a while, especially a sanguine one (and having someone to help with the laundry is always nice). Think you could hook me up?

Being a wiccan (witch), I suddenly become very popular around Halloween for some reason.