Best Gift for Aspie?

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For me it would be a foreign horror film I have never seen or even better a foreign stop-motion animated film I have never seen there is a lot of Russian and Czech animation from the 60's, 70's, and early 80's that are on my must watch list but have never gotten to them yet.

i miss future shop, they quit america a decade back. where i live they are "past shop" now.

- For the word "Aspie" to disappear
- A job
- An unlimited clothing budget
- A new laptop

Probably nothing... I feel very awkward receiving any kind of gifts from anyone, because I feel the need to reciprocate, and I have no talent in doing so. I have a terrible time figuring out what to get for people as gifts, as I hate the idea of getting something that they'd have to pretend to like, and keep; cluttering up a perfectly usable space somewhere. It's the thought that counts, and for a friend or relative (if I had any relatives, LOL), to just acknowledge to me whatever the occasion is, would be plenty.

To receive a surprise gift relating to my special interests would be VERY awkward, as I would feel obliged to "really need it", even if I don't, and that's a tough situation. With clothing, I'm ultra-particular, and I have a whole closet full of gift clothes that I never wore. If someone MUST select a gift, let it be something edible, as people do tend to know what I like to eat. No cash; that seems kind of weird.

Charles

To teach me in-depth how to do something that I would really like to know how to do but don't know how to do.

Auntblabby, your posts are often such profoundly true statements of the pure essence of reality like this. Once again you have hit the nail right on the head in few words. After all, what else really matters in this life than REAL friends as opposed to all the superficiality found in the NT world. This really did strike a note with me today because this past week I have probably come to the end of the line with what was likely my best hope in an entire lifetime for true, genuine, meaningful friendship. I wish that I could be so concise and to the point. Cheers.

gosh, thanx [bowing ]
you are very concise. but in reference to your "last hope [edit] in an entire lifetime" surely there are more good people in your future. i will be your friend if you wish, let our fingers to the talking, and our posts do the walking.

Any of my favourite books I don´t already have in my bookcase.

Anything relating to my special interest.

At the moment a copy of Wagner's ring cycle, and a decent stereo.

Actually brevity is not my strong point and I usually have a very bad habit of rambling too much even though my background is in the sciences and engineering. This must have been an exception. I really do mean what I said about your posts usually being so profoundly true because I have always noticed some sort of innate wisdom in your words that seems to match your avatar pic. For what its worth, I noticed this right from the start when your comment was the very first response to my very first post here and also one that was very comforting to me at the time. It is that very same situation that has followed such a wild path and fallen apart so completely. Many of my posts to date have been about this same Aspie and my written note referenced in that first post did seem to make him very happy for a while.

Regarding the part about the "entire lifetime", rather than repeating myself here I will just give a link to a recent post of mine (different thread) that describes the current situation. The next to last paragraph is the one that is applicable and the last sentence of that paragraph explains the "entire lifetime" thing. You may wish to read that post to see what I am like before you comment.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp3590399 ... t=#3590399

I too would welcome being your friend and I already stop to read your comments when I see them because they usually say something worth reading. I have noticed that people generally do not exchange PMs here (except for the occasional ones you get from scam artists). But we ARE Aspies after all and Aspies do not generally get personal. I think that your comment "let our fingers do the talking, and our posts do the walking" really does say it all so once again your simple comments have said so much in so few words. Cheers.