THIS type of social phobia

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I am not sure if this is autism or social phobia or whatever, but does anyone has have this issue? I can go to parties with lots of people I don't know as long as I know at least one, if the majority of people at the party are either younger or older than me. Like family parties for instance, however, if I cannot go to parties where there are mostly people my age (17) that I don't know. I do not like going over to other teenagers' houses and I feel nervous if I have lunch with them and don't even get me started on after-school clubs! At my school, most of the clubs are run by students with little-to-no adult supervision. I feel like teenagers are more likely to judge me than people of other age groups, but I don't have this phobia with other age groups at all. Just teenagers. I also find many things they talk about boring in general.

Anyone else like this?

Yes but I would classify that as an experience common to many introverts, and not limited to those on the spectrum.

I am exactly the same.

It is an Asperger's trait, but it is, as Edgewaters said, an introvert thing in general. That's the case with most AS traits, though; pretty much everyone experiences something to some degree.

Teenagers really are more intimidating than other age groups.
People of any age are judged by them...it's a phenomenon observed in many movies.

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Yes, I'm definitely like this. I've tried to give people around my age a chance, and I still am extremely bored with their conversations and interests in general. It's usually about sex, which I particularly don't care to hear about. And if it isn't sex, it's something else like "OMG, DID U HEAR?!?" I don't think I need to really explain why I don't like gossip. -.-... And, of course, if I bring up electronics of any kind, people freak out about it. I'm a nerd and uninteresting. I forgot about that. *Sigh*

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Kids are pretty bad too, but teens take the cake... Now I want cake.

Oh, cake......sigh.

I used to be really intimidated by babies, because they stare.
Then I realised I was doing it too...

Stop it! You're making me hungry... Well, not for babies, but cake.
See? Now you're blaming those poor, innocent little devi... I mean angels for nothing!

I find young teenagers (13-16) the most intimidating, I feel really self conscious and want to crawl up my own arse when I walk past a group of them. Especially when they're wearing school uniform.

Now that I actually talk some with random people my age (I think this change of opinion started slowly at age 18 after having gained earnest friend- and acquaintanceship), I prefer peers above all else. (I don't have social phobia if that is important.)

Younger I can't stand because their childish antics will make my ears bleed, older alternatively bore me and anger me too much for treating me horridly.

I get along best with peers now. That's to say, "getting along best" means most peers dislike me greatly but some are okay with me, even enjoy my company.

People of all ages met personally who I don't know bore me beyond small talk however. I am not keen on making new friends if it can be helped.

Games with strangers can be fun, I don't mind them (and plainly, I occasionally enjoy making people looking silly too much for the excitement) but beyond that, I'm out of it. I worry about entering university and having to behave in a nice, normal way to avoid being singled out when seriously, I don't go there with the plan to get social and form relationships unless someone exciting happens to cross my way.

I can't fathom that I'll be be anything but bored and exasperated by having to make more than fleeting acquaintances out of all those strangers, a lot younger and older than me too.