Your Close Friends.

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I don't have many close friends... Ones who are my friends and not the family friends I mean... Two, and I don't meet them that often. One I meet about once every few months to check he is ok, and the other I meet about once a year when he flies over to visit. (Flies in a plane. He can't actually fly himself.. Is it flies or flys or fly's?).

Anyway, here is the question, and this in no way is meant to be mean to any of my friends but actually in a way, an effectionate compliment. Are your close friends odd?

I don't seem to get close to normal average people. And to be honest, I don't mind because I am different so I would not fit in. And my two friends I am closest to which are not that close in that I see them that often, but I consider them my closest friends connect with me because they are not normal average people, and I find this is why we have so much in common. And yes, we are different from each other but we still connect. And I like it. One does share my lesser common interest type hobby and this is where I met him. The other friend I first met online. And these are great people. Odd people. Not normal people, but the most faithful friends I can get!

some of my friends are odd, whom i met at an Autism Support drop in centre
they are odd in the same way i am, or in a similar way.

I do have a couple of other close friends, who i see sporadically. One who i have known 30 years.

I think that when it comes to people with low income / low social status.
It is hard to stay in social circles because of the cost. In short, it is impossible to keep up with the spending
of even a fairly lowly paid individual. Especially if you have interests which take a great deal of your money.

Due to low income and low social status, i have over the years ended up hanging out with other people who are either more messed up than i am or people of a considerably low IQ. This, i am afraid is what happens to people with Asperger syndrome. as many of the other people with ASD who are low functioning aren't always great company due to their lower IQs (hard to keep up with some conversation).

That's the problem with Asperger Syndrome. As we can be bright, if not brighter than normal.
But are unable to fit in with people of the same IQ who are normal, as most the people with the same IQs are
employed in decent jobs which pay half decent money, and have a different lifestyle to us.

just the way that is really.
sucks. but there are pros and cons to all situations
cheers

Out of the four recent friends that I had, one claimed to be undiagnosed autistic. Three diagnosed bipolar

They are more normal than me

They are more odd than precious lil "people"

Of my three closest friends, two are autistic, and one is NT but is part of the LGBTQ+ community (and recently moved about 5 states west of me, so I only see them when they visit our hometown during the holidays), and thus also gets the whole 'minority' thing, albeit in a different way to us neurodiverse folk. So yeah, they are all "odd" and "quirky" in their own way, like me.

what's friends?
im better with collegues or acquintances
we had a bunch of keys to peoples secondairy houses, some (most) died and/or went away
lots of unusual peoples too,
the gallery lady with her triple-lefthanded bf that was a show!! in hindsight it screams autism, and the woman didn't miss any manipulation skill at all
with her next bf, a retired psy, there were three in the room cringing but she didn't notice she commanded us as her servants (the mask slips with age, imho)

I have only one close friend, and he's also on the autism spectrum. In fact, we met through this site

I don't have any close friends.

If they are not weird, they have better friends than me


Supply and demand

My friends usually share something in common with me, whether it is an activity (Toastmasters, tennis, church activities) or a love of animals.

I think I could help people with disabilities or people who are struggling in some way, even if it is just to provide a listening ear and compassion.

Most my friends have been oddballs in some way. The friends who weren't turned out to be predators or parasites or some variety

Hmm...close friends?
Odd?
Let's see...

Profoundly deaf
Autistic
Agender
Hippy
The clingy friend who wants sex

All normal here.

No one offline, just a few online friends I'm pretty tight with