Keeno wrote:
Aspies can end up being accused of being naive because of a combination of people seeing our less developed intuitiveness, and our literal interpretation of meaning. We just think in a systemised way.
I deal with this often. I even have a roommate who will try to protect me from what she sees as manipulative people or people out to ruin my image. I dont really think she needs to, but shes an NT and I suppose its nice to have direct insight by osmeone who can tell these things. she warned me about two girls I was interested in and it turned out that one WAS manipulative and the other was not as interested in me as I thought. But that gave me a bit more confidence in myself too because I associated the signs she noticed with things I DID notice about the people and it hleped me to form my own artificial intuition so to speak. so now I know what to look for and when its not working. I still cannot tell those simple gestures or subtle hints though. Its more of a broader understanding of how people typically react to different situations.