The autism social rule book.

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When you have a baby, do not show photos of your baby coming out of your vagina to anyone except to your partner.

I would assume this applies to men as well, do not show photos of your baby coming out of your wife's or girlfriend's vagina.

If you don't talk, people will think you're better than them.




Always remember, people might be as shy as you.

I want to follow the rules, but I am completely lost as to the numbering system at this point...lol!

Here's one I will so never, ever understand, so I cannot offer a solution, only a rule...

Another Rule:
Pauses in conversation do not always mean the other person is finished talking.

Sometimes the other person is simply catching their breath or allowing their thoughts to catch up with their words. Although this may seem like an extremely long pause to you, to the other person, it quite possibly very brief. If you speak before they are finished talking, you may seem like you feel what you have to say is more important or that you are rushing the conversation.

On a related point, don't speak continually without pause. Give the other person a chance to respond or talk about what they want to talk about.

Don't dance in public (unless everyone else is dancing.)

I have to practice this one.

This one may just be me, but I learned it the hard way...

When telling a story about something that happened to you, leave out parts like, "I got out of the shower then..." or "I just took a shower and..." Even though you only stated this as an action and did not describe anything about what state you were in physically, people consider this TMI...

Another one:
There are people who find your inner musings, which you at times find yourself babbling out loud, to be intriguing, charming, and sometimes even hilariously funny. Find these people and make friends with them!

My mother said "Don't talk about television shows no one else has seen, don't talk about friends no one else knows." I try to abide by this, but I've noticed that not all NTs do, so I don't know how fast and hard this one is.

When you get a gift, don't say you don't care for it or already own it. Thank the person and be nice about it.

When making conversation with someone, try to focus on similarities rather than differences. (My Japanese textbook said this – it turns out to be really good advice, and is totally counterintuitive for me. I would have thought saying "Oh, you like X? I like Y! You tell me about X and I'll tell you about Y!" would be a great way to have a conversation).

Along the same lines of the dancing one, don't sing in public unless other people are doing it, and never sing at the table. I have trouble with this one...

Thats what texting for, I can see how it might get annoying for the friend to get so many calls from you. But texting is fine depending on the type of relationship you have with them. It gives them time to respond.

Rule whatever:

When telling a story, dont feel like need to tell the person every single little detail of the story. While its good for the person to be well informed with whats going on, you wont be conveying your main points of the story with every little detail.(my NT mom does this)

Try not to take personal biases against someone because of what you heard about someone from a someone else. You dont know the full story and its not rightful for you to judge them based on secondary knowledge. (Many NT females (in particular) do this, I personally try not to)

I like how Im starting to make rules based on what I feel the NTs are doing wrong. These are just things that I feel people shouldnt be doing.

Rule A. Don't tell people that you have analyzed x aspect of social interaction or that you have developed rules to help you better assimilate to it.

(This includes people who think your quirks are cute and who generally accept you as you are...this quirk seems to be one that even they will pick at you about)

No, actually it's me that's getting the calls. I have a "friend" who doesn't work and has no concept that I can't stop what I'm doing to listen to her tell me the price of kitty litter at one store as opposed to another store. She is a non stop talker who I referenced in my comment about people who talk so incessantly people literally can't get a word in edgewise. Sometimes I just have to say "Stop stop stop". I do not talk much.

this happens to me...but the other way round. someone will ask a question, and i like to think about things before i say them, and they think im ignoring them, or ive finished talking or i didnt hear properly. how confusing, i dont understand how people can just jump into a sentence straight away!

That's silly.

Haven't people heard of shyness, social anxiety and I dunno
autism?

At least my odd behaviour and quietness together makes people think that I'm not just thinking I'm better than them.

A normal problem for me. People are too slow. I hate that.

This is a hard one for me. I don't lie. It's like when my wife came back from visiting a friend of hers in England. She had bought a new handbag, and asked me what I thought about it. I spent a long time not answering - then I said: "Is there any way I can get out of this without starting an argument?"

My wife knows that I am "special"...

NT's do this to me all the time. Awkward.
I have to resist the urge to say 'I don't care.'

Also,
Don't tell people you don't care what they are trying to talk about no matter how boring it is to you.