Joe90 wrote:
Ask them what's bothering them, then criticise them for complaining.
Criticise them because they don't join in group conversations, then when they do join in a group conversation, give them the bitchy ''we wasn't speaking to you'' look.
When a teen/early-20s Aspie says they're bored or lonely, tell them to ''go out clubbing''.
Criticise or rub it in that they haven't got any friends.
Tell them to stay away from any friends who uses/takes advantage of them or have a disturbing quirk, then critically say ''so you're going to wonder around on your own like a lost soul?'' when they say they want to take the bus to a shopping centre for the day. Hello? This is why some of us stay with quirky users as friends, so that we at least have someone to go out and about with. That's better than doing everything alone, right?
I think these are ways to hurt or offend an Aspie more than anything else.
I got that a lot when I was in my late teens, early 20s. That was probably my darkest period, socially speaking.
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