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So my family went to have dinner with my cousin's family in D.C. tonight. I liked it. My parents and them do most of the talking as expected. I just like to listen.
Anyway, they get around to talking about my aunt(cousin's mom who I suspect is asperger). So my aunt has finally moved out of her daughter's home to live on her own, again. They go on about how she just has no friends, does things on her own, doesn't talk(she'll hang out with the grandkids though and stills comes over for dinner since she isn't good at cooking for herself). My cousin describes her as being "afraid of people".
It's all so amusing to listen to. It's like they're describing myself. It's funny how none of them notice the parallel between my aunt and my brother and myself.
sigh... I'll probably end up like my aunt. Provided I ever have children.
This same aunt is going to be visiting us in June.

This is starting to feel like I'm hiding some kind of family secret.
Lately I've been thinking about coming out with this. Don't know how I'd go about it though. I kind of wonder about the implications if I did. I'm thinking I should... I don't think I'm going to be able to function well on my own after I'm done with college. I'm in a bit of a depressive funk nowadays so I wonder if I should try talking to someone.

Guess it was just something to share. Didn't really have a query or anything.

I feel your pain. I wandered aimlessly for several years after I got out of college, working in a videostore and having no friends.

But two pieces of good news:

1) I finally found my niche, and I am now married with a good job and my own house.

2) I did all of this without finding out what the hell was wrong with me. Now that you know, you can consciously work on methods to deal with it.

uhm... lemme clarify that for accuracy. I got the job and developed enough of a social life to meet my wife without knowing I was an aspie. By the time I met my wife, I knew.