Feeling and touching things

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Yes i do like to touch things when i'm in shops. Don't ask mw why i've always done it and i like to test whether i will like something or not so that i am prepared to know in future.

Also i have a hate for the texture of paper and cardboard. I cannot stand the feel of paper like thins, it feels as though my hands are drying up, so to stop this i lick my fingers. please comment if you have the same problem.

I like to touch things. I think it might actually be a recent thing for me, but perhaps I just can't remember.
It seems to be an aspie thing by amount of responses.

I often ask to touch people's hair because I love feeling different hair textures. I will touch clothes in clothes shops absent-mindedly.

The only thing I really dislike the feel of is a sort of fabric I don't know the name of. I hate touching it. It feels okay if you touch it moving your finger in the right direction but if you don't, it makes a sort of rustly noise and it's really horrible.

Yeah, I do that too! I don't know why, but I always did.

If I see something, I touch it. Just looking at it isn't enough.

I'm more of a smelling person. I always smell things.

I really like the feel (and in some cases scent) of some paper, but can have the 'drying finger-tip' sensation with some grades of paper (especially newsprint). It usually is only a minor discomfort, but sometimes it is more intense and very occasionally it can be sufficiently discomforting to provoke temporary avoidance.

I've had persistent preoccupations with certain paper in the past, especially when I was a child. For years I was preoccupied with the texture/smell of the pages in a set of books I had. The covers were great too (they incorporated a slick-feel gold inlay that I adored). I really miss those books. They also had some ok content.

I loved doing this as a kid. My favorite things to feel were clothing textures and different rocks when we went on outdoor field trips. Nowadays I can feel all the clothing textures I want since I now work in a clothing store and can just pass off what I'm doing as organizing them, haha.

I do that all the time, especially with smooth objects. When I walk past the shoe department in a store I have to feel the Dr. Scholl's foot coushins they have too.

My son drives us all nuts with his inability to keep his fingers off of anything. He does it without thinking. Very tactile. He'll move from touching a garbage can or the bottom of his shoes to playing with food laid out on the table if someone doesn't remind him.

We allow it for the most part, since trying to control it seems stressful for him. Basically we try to touch-proof the house. But he does need to learn to some extent. He's ended up wrecking so much stuff, or bothering kids he barely knows, and then there is the sanitary issue ... We point the problem out quite a bit, regardless of trying to be understanding, I'm afraid.

Taking this to another angle (but still on topic) - has anyone else with AS had difficulty with allowing other people to touch them?

I used to hate getting hugged, or touched at all, for that matter, by anyone. When I was younger that was the case. I didn't feel comfortable. I didn't even feel comfortable when another person was standing close to me.

Now, I really like getting hugged by my friends. I really enjoy it. However - for some reason, I don't like being hugged by family members and feel uncomfortable whenever it happens. I'm not sure why this is. And again, if a family member stands too close to me, I don't feel comfortable.

I won't buy something I cannot touch first. Shopping online is out of the question for that reason, yet I hate stores. Ugh. Lets just say I'm pretty picky when I give my husband lists. LOL

It's not your imagination -- paper really sucks the moisture right out of your skin. Since I work with paper and fibers (another moisture-drainer), I constantly have to use hand lotion.

Ah..very good, either I am normal or we are all...oh wait.
Thanks for the welcome Kateshroud, I relate to Hermey because as a kid I told my parents I wanted to be an artist, to work for this little company called Industrial Light and Magic that had just made a little movie called "Star Wars" because I built models, knew electronics and animation. He told me it was not a good idea and I should be a carpenter if I wanted to build things.

But...I like the feel of paper, esp. oddly textured specialty papers. Like hand made papers. I can go into the art supply stores and feel the paper for quite some time. But then again I love to draw.
And...thank you for bring up the being touched thing. I HATE being touched by some people...actually most people. I let my niece hug me, girl friends, and my grandmother. Not really anyone else.
I have reacted almost violently to people touching me. At my dad's funeral, his girlfriend (a skank younger than me) hugged me, people told me after I seemed "repulsed and disgusted by her" and that I pulled away from her violently.

I've a nickname from way back-Curious Johnny. Not alone dude. For me, it feels like my hands need something.

As a kid I came up with some ideas for new gadgets that needed to be invented. They said I had an overactive imagination, but those same things are being developed now. I guess no one really listens to little kids who think too much for their own good.

yes, i love texture. this came in handy when i took textiles in college.