Name something that you're good at socially.

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Was just trying to think about things objectively, were not socially ret*d, we lack certain social instincts.

There are ton's of things I'm good at socially. I'm pretty good at understanding people's live better than they do for example.

Somewhere down the line I've developed a mind for certain details about people's lives which has allowed me to be exceptionally considerate.

Specific things people say about roommates, when they spent the weekend at the cabin, what high school they went to, there number of brothers and sisters, there age, etc. I'm pretty good at keeping track of people's lives. Not in a stalker type way, but more of a I'm pretty good at considering variables in peoples lives that regular folk tend to gloss over completely. Or in other words missing social cues, means I tend to really remember social clues.

It's pretty amazing how much maturity and experience I'm able to convey to people. Simple thing like being able to pick up on why a teacher is so moody. Of course I didn't notice she was, but when my class mates said it, I instantly said, of course, her husband is away working for 3 weeks at a time, she has 3 kids, ages 2 3 and 5, and she was up all night correcting for the other class, wouldn't you be?

Of course the rest of the class tends to gloss over these details and focus on the emotions, but it's funny how right I can be about things sometimes.

Anyhow whats yours.

Please positive remarks only.

I love this thread!

I wouldn't say I'm either poor or brilliant, there are grey shades too, even with NTs. But the forms of social interaction/cues that I feel I am generally OK at are:-

-Laughing at a joke/knowing when somebody's joking
-Making eye contact (I can't make eye contact with strangers I pass in the street, but when I'm talking to someone or am around people who I will get to talk to like at a new job, then I can easily make fair eye contact)
-Showing/expressing emotions
-Recognising people's body language and other non-verbal cues - by instinct
-Having one-to-one conversations with somebody (with more than one I can find quite difficult, like speaking up in groups)
-Using tone of voice, unless I'm a bit nervous of the person I'm talking to, but I think a lot of people are like that anyways
-Listening well to what the other person is saying/having ''open ears'' where I can always sense when somebody is talking to me (most Aspies say they have ''selective hearing'', in which I don't, I hear everything every time somebody says something to me, which is why people find me so easy to talk to, even if I am engaged in a TV programme and someone suddenly speaks to me, I immediately hear them and respond)
-I can cotton on to what other people are saying easily, sometimes even get what they're on about before they stop
-I don't interrupt people mid-sentence, unless it's an emergancy
-I can recognise people's faces
-I have empathy. Well, ''selective empathy'' if you will, but doesn't everybody have that, unless you're like Ned Flanders?
-I can lie easily to save somebody's feelings (tell little white lies, not big stupid unnecessary lies)

This may sound like it's everything and that I needn't say I have any social difficulties, but that is not true. I am very shy, and have social anxiety as well as AS. This makes it hard for me to join in group conversations. I also find it hard to engage in conversations with people I have just met. Also I sometimes slip out stupid things what makes others think I'm a bit odd, which I hate myself for. Also, although I can recognise body language with other people, I don't think I give off the right body language myself in certain situations; I think I stand very awkwardly and look very nervous a lot of the time.

-one-on-one conversations
-contributing thoughts and ideas and expressing my emotions (i contribute too much though and take over conversations )
-remembering what other people have said and what I have said in the past

Why are group conversations so hard for aspies?

I forgot another, I'm pro star with talking to deaf people, I'm really good at guessing what there trying to say, just the same I'm also really good with foreign people.

A combination of not expecting cultural norms, ignoring verbal grammar, and seeing images of what there saying.

1. I do not like parties. But when I do go I talk to new people.(I have developed this recently and I am really proud of myself for getting the courage to do it). If I am totally focused on the new person, I can even ignore the inner monologue which constantly judges me.
2. I can make eye contact with people I am talking to. I also give the impression that I am very polite.
3. I can tell to a certain extent if the person is interested in what I am saying. If not, I drop a lot of what I am going to say.
4.If I have common interests with someone new and that person is enthusiastic as well, I can be really friendly and can talk for hours.
5. I always make it a point to pass on "hello" to people. I see that people like to hear that someone remembers them.
6. I pay attention to little things that a person may like and if i subsequently care enough for this person, I make it a point to do it for him/her.

Haggling prices.
Selling things.
Dressing/grooming relatively well most of the time.

I'm good at helping someone visualize something that I am talking about or explaining.

Spotting people with psychopathic traits.

Hm.
I'm fairly decent at eye contact unless I'm tired, cranky, or overwhelmed.
I can usually sum up what someone else is trying to say even though I can't necessarily sum up what I'm trying to say. (I can, actually, but it can take me months of thinking it through before I actually get all the words right.)
I'm good at smiling at people. Sometimes I think I might smile too much rather than using a spoken greeting.

I am very polite most of the time. I am a good listener, even if what's the other person says is boring or weird. I try to give someone who's talking to me my full attention. I'm not afraid to look silly in front of strangers.

Interjecting a funny unexpected remark that gets everyone laughing.

At least I used to be pretty good at that. I've locked myself in my room for so long now I probably won't even be good at that anymore.