Whats your most recent ASD moment?

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Having to give some information face-to-face, spending the whole time wondering if I'd remembered everything, if I was saying what I needed to say, analysing if what was in my head was what was coming out of my mouth. Then the following day, sending 6 long emails to the person, in rapid succession, detailing all the things I was unable to say face-to-face. Still considering what others I can send to add to the information.

At my family Christmas dinner I attempted socializing with my cousin by showing him my cat. It was basically me saying, "Hey, this is my cat." Followed by awkward silence.

I went to a dance and for awhile, I was stuck. I had no clue what to do, so I ended up standing perfectly still, not talking or doing anything. I think my hands were at my sides too.

I communicated something to someone in not a way they could understand. It caused a stressful situation, and I am the one at fault for it, not only for the miscommunication but also the lack of response to key issues. Which was also vastly my fault.

wandered into a severely overcrowded walmart and TRIED to act normal. Ended up getting bumped into repeatedly. Between that, the noise, the smells, and the... people... I nearly had a complete meltdown - had to leave and walked to a comparatively quiet McDonalds for some quiet time (as well as a therapeutic McFlurry) before I could even drive home.

haha oh this is funny, no actually it wasnt, but very typical.

I was having drinks with my best friends, and finally decided to explain that I'm sort of different and dont need female relationships like they do. I appreciated the fact that they could find enjoyment in female relationships and feel comfortable with it. Then I pointed out that a popular dating website was a nice instrument to facilitate in this need.

Then all hell broke lose and I was accused of saying that he couldnt score girls outside of the website (wtf? haha) and all that kinds of stuff. So far so good, fairly normal still. But then the autistic problems kick in.

I start to give more and deeper analysis of why I said such a thing, and how I mean it. And that is @ 3am after a dozen of beers.. so none of us understands it anymore. And frustrations and annoyances rise even more eventually with him running out of my house: god damnit I hate this f'ing talking so much!!

hehe

You are never at fault if you had good intentions.
It is the other persons 'duty' to expect that you have good intentions, like you expect that of other people aswell.

My situation above would not have occured if he expected that I have good intentions. It was totally his fault and not mine. My fault was to explain and talk about MY feelings, and not ask & understand HIS feelings.

Sounds like my first therapy session.

I've been non-verbal for the past hour or so. Seems like I'm in a mini-shutdown right now...

Needed to call some place to ask about something... but I pretended to be preoccupied and had my colleague make the call instead

Last week I did make a phone call to a stranger, but I tried to keep it as short as possible. Still, there were the inevitable moments of awkward silence. "Is it my turn to speak now?"

I have to call my doctor today, if possible within the next hours- I'm currently trying to figure out how to make it as short as possible and what to say...

I used my wife's favorite glass to drink orange juice, and then put it in the sink, because, naturally enough that's where dirty glasses go. She complained that the glass had sentimental value to her, and that it should not be put in the sink, where it could get broken. I replied that it's a glass, it's meant to be used, and the sink is where dirty glasses go. What's the point of a glass that has sentimental value, anyway?
She compared the glass to my CDs, which she uses and then sometimes misplaces. I informed her that her glass is in a completely different ontological space from my CDs, many of which are very rare and some of which are irreplaceable, and as a musician and audio engineer, my CDs perform an essential reference function, whereas her glass is of merely sentimental value. (I dislike MP3 files because I don't like compressed audio, and I like having a physical object to collect.) She started getting more and more annoyed, and I became more and more dispassionate. By the end of the conversation, she was furious, and I had no idea why. I tried to ask what had her so frustrated, and that just made her angrier.
Eventually, I realized that I was supposed to apologize, although I still don't know for what, and she calmed down and laughed about the whole thing.

i was asked the first thing that comes to mind when i hear unsung hero and i said a hero that doesn't sing.

I forgot our wedding anniversary yesterday --but so did my husband.

Got caught quoting my favourite lines from TV shows to myself the other day. I walked into a room muttering something from Criminal Minds unaware that my mom was in there. She then stated the obvious: "You're talking to yourself again" and I corrected her stating that in fact I wasn't talking to myself, rather, repeating somebody else's lines. I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm crazy.

Going to an autism support group and still feeling like an alien.