Does anyone else not have "favorites"?

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As a child I used to get very overwhelmed and confused when asked what my favourite of something was. I remember going on a school exchange trip to Russia and, when I said I liked reading, the father of the girl I was staying with asked what my favourite author was. Clearly my confusion must have shown in my face, because he quickly added 'It doesn't have to be your favourite - just an author that you like'. I remember appreciating that!

I've had various favourite colours over the years - as a child I would analyse the colours and then feel quite accomplished when I came up with a favourite one, because I then had an answer to give people when they asked. I realise that as adults people don't have favourite colours, but I'm now in the habit of picking a favourite colour, so I still have one!

Same. I do have preferences but they change, most of the time i go with whatever suits me.

i certainly have favorites. i will not settle for anything less.

for example: if there are 10 brands of chips and i try all of them, and there is one brand that i like the best, then it suddenly becomes the only brand i like and the rest become brands i do not like. if i go to the store because i very much want chips, and my favorite brand of chips is not there, i will buy no chips.

i have a favorite cup that is the only cup i will drink from at home. i have a favorite knife and a favorite fork, and those are the only ones i use, and if i am cooking for 2 when someone is here and someone else gets my knife and fork out for themselves, i will tell them that i need to use them and they can have another knife and fork. same with plates and chairs and clothes etc.

i have favorites in all aspects of my tastes and requirements. i am unsettled if i am restricted from having my favorite things.

the other day, i went to the supermarket because i intended to make a particular dish for my dinner.
i needed milk and flour and butter and cream cheese and mushrooms and roasted chicken and vol au vents and shredded parmesan cheese for the dish.

my favorite brand of cream cheese was not in stock, so i was derailed and had to face the fact that i was not going top be able to cook that dish that night. there were other brands there, but i wanted my favorite one, so the meal was off.

i went and sat in my car and panicked for a few minutes until i thought of an alternative dish, so i went back into the supermarket to get the ingredients for that. i needed sausages and dates and apples and onions and brown sugar and tomato soup and chicken stock cubes and flour for that dish (served with rice). they did not have my favorite brand of chicken stock cubes, and so again i was thwarted.

i went back to the car and tried to think of yet another dish, but i could not think of one that i wanted that particular night. even though i have about 10 dishes in my culinary repertoire, i did not feel like any of the others at that time, so i went home and i tried hard to think of what else i could eat.

i ended up going to sleep late that night without figuring out what i felt like eating even though i was ravenously hungry.

Depends on what it is. For some things I have favorites and for others major dislikes, and for other things it's "who cares, whatever"

I'm probably more tied emotionally to what I don't like than what I like.
For example, I hate turtleneck shirts and will never wear one.
I like the Minnesota Vikings, but really don't care, win or lose.
I hate waiting in line!
I like Ice Cream but if we don't have any, no biggie.

There are some things I have favorites on, but most of the time I really can't pinpoint a favorite. It's just whatever I happen to be obsessed with or in the mood for at the time.

I'm that way about some topics (colour, for instance, is one of them) but as far as others things I have very specific favourites (animal would be one of them, but mostly because one of my special interests consists of a specific animal). In all honesty, I can't say this is an Aspie thing.

I always dreaded the first day of class in middle school when every person in the class is supposed to come up with a list of favorites. Why force me to make something up about something I frankly don't give a s**t about? I don't understand why everyone is supposed to have a "favorite" color, movie, celebrity, television show, sports team, etc. I don't care about any of that crap so why should I have to answer? What's the point! It seemed to be just another way to alienate me and remind me that I wasn't "normal". Ugh!

I have favorite TV shows (though the list is HUGE).

I have favorite foods (also a huge list)

but when someone asks me to name my favorite color I'm like ummm... I like a lot of them.

My favourite of anything changes every five minutes. There is always a favourite I have at one moment but I don't have any all time favourites.

Most of the time I can see the pros and the cons of everything, it's hard to pick anything when it's not clear which is actually better.

I don't have a favourite family member.