Anyone else constantly feel like they irritate others?

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I only notice others irritating me. Especially my parents irritate me to no end with stupid questions and thoughts. i.e.

-Why couldn't I sleep?
-My back is itchy, what to do?
-My doctor told me to take this medication, is it OK to take it?(and they forgot what it's called)
-Your brother (who suffers major depression) is supposed to take anti-depressant? OMG we didn't know that.
-You dad dreamed about a bear, does it mean he's gonna die?
-My friend heard this supplement thingy is anti-cancer, can you tell her if it really does prevent cancer?

Now really I don't think a NT person would have handled those too well either. And no I'm neither a doctor or someone omnipotent who knows everything (actually I never worked much and am considered useless by them). I only lost temper with them for one of the questions, and answered all the other ones as best as I could. I wish someone can be their daughter for me.

I was driving a female friend to a session of badminton many years ago and telling her about an incident at work earlier that day. I guess she didn't find the story very interesting because when I began to re-cap (basically repeating the story) she blew up in no uncertain fashion and shouted at me to stop talking about it..

It was a shock to me as we'd been friends for a long time.
To be honest though I think it helped me in the long run.
Perhaps amiable people putting up with our AS faults can work out badly in the long term.
I learned something that day but sadly our relationship was never the same.

For me it's a trade off. I chalk it up to me being high strung. We grit our teeth and bear it. Their loud mufflers for my over-talkiness. Their country music for my over-talkiness. Their mundane stories for my over-talkiness. Their sardonic grins, patronizing attitude, taciturn quietude for my over-talkiness.

It's not like anyone is going to give up any of the half a million things just for me so why should I? Especially noisy mufflers and country music. That's like bread and butter around here. Can I do anything about it? Not really. Even if I complained, it wouldn't matter.

Your friend shouldn't have turned around and told you to stop talking like that. It was rude and he shouldn't have done it. I mean, what if, everytime I heard someone listening to country music I yelled, "WOULD YOU SHUT THAT HORRID MUSIC OFF ALREADY!! !!" What would that accomplish. Do you think it would make the person listening to the music look bad just for listening to the genre of music they prefer, which I do myself, or would that make me look like an intolerant lout?

So you see, that's why I grit my teeth and bear it. There's really nothing else I can do about it. If someone told me to stop listening to my music I would tell them to go jump in a lake and I am sure I would get the same response if I told them to stop listening to theirs. They wouldn't do it.

So, why should people stop talking if that's what they like to do? It's just a preference. So long as they aren't being insulting, No one likes a torrent of insults engulfing them. But just talking about banal stuff...what's so bad about that? It's nothing to end a friendship over.

At every job I worked I was the company pariah. At one job they harrassed me everyday trying to get me to quit but I could not get hired anywhere else. Every month I put out applications but I would not get called in for an interview or the interview would go nowhere so I was stuck at that job. My last job I was made fun of but it was not as bad as the one I has before it.

"Anyone else feel like they constantly irritate others?"

Nope. I don't even think about it. Most NT's won't come straight out and tell you you're irritating them, and expect you to pick up on it the same subtle ways they do. I don't have the patience, the time, or the emotional energy for that anymore. If you've got a problem with me, be straight and use your damn words. If you can't be bothered to do that, I can't be bothered to care enough to pay attention to you're rolling eyes, sighs, or whatever other stupid body language you want favor. If you want me to care, quit being lazy, open your mouth and TELL me what's on your mind.

If you don't, I'm going to shrug it off. Life's too short to screw around.

Straight answer to your question: No. I don't, because most won't ever come out and say so, and because they won't, I don't care. If anything, I feel far more often that others irritate me.

People ARE direct but oh well. Unless it's something major I am not going to sweat it. I get irritated. They get irritated. Thatis life. GET OVER IT!! ! To put it bluntly. Silly things like talking about something and music choice ain't worth mention. Save the confrontations for something serious and important!

Please. Don't sweat the small stuff or you will just drive yourself crazy.