Aspies are ugly ducklings

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All my life I looked for people like me, even when I kept failing to find any, for 45 years I looked. I was convinced I was an ugly duckling, ie away from my flock, and there must surely be others like me.

Here on WP I've indeed confirmed what I thought: that I'm not ugly, just very different from the flock I grew up and lived all my life with, who considered me ugly because I was different from their ideal of beauty.

Have you ever felt this way?

I think only 99.9999% of us here have felt exactly that way.

Well put, Greentea.

Yes, well put! I feel the same way.

Yes, me too, such a shame when I look back at old photos and realise I was quite beautifull.

Opps, sorry, wrong pic

Beautiful kid, indeed.

Yep. Some years back I was kind of toying with the idea that maybe I was an alien sent to this planet to observe humans. I didn't seriously believe I was an alien, but it explained how I felt for the longest time until I discovered Asperger's.

hey...didn't the ugly duckling grow into a beautiful swan?

"Yep. Some years back I was kind of toying with the idea that maybe I was an alien sent to this planet to observe humans. I didn't seriously believe I was an alien, but it explained how I felt for the longest time until I discovered Asperger's."

One of my favorite Marvel characters is the Watcher. He was my alter ego.

Greentea, that is something I ponder on as well. They say
beauty is only skin deep. I am not sure if you meant physical
beauty or inner beauty or both. My personal experience was
that I always felt ugly, even though I was told that I was
attractive, desirable, and cute. Not the word beautiful very
often though. I always felt as though I was an ugly duckling
even though I was not treated as such. I wanted inner beauty
very much. Outer beauty was not my goal, never has been, never
will be.

I was more shallow, mostly from lack of experience I guess
inwardly, than I am now, so I would say ironically, when I was
young, attractive, desirable, and cute, I had no concept or
appreciation of it. I never could believe it. Now I am not
young, attractive or desirable. I have,however gained more
depth and character of personality because of my life
experiences. I would say that I have traded my outer
physical beauty for inner beauty, but I have never had
the experience of having, being told, or feeling that I had both.

I meant inner beauty, and I think the author of "The Ugly Duckling" did too.

I often felt like I was from an entirely different species than 'human'.... I would joke "an Advanced Plant Life Form!"

I'd rather be related to plants than animals.

Green tea,

I even used that same illustration! YEP, I felt/feel the EXACT same way.