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I loved reading everyones post. Fasinating people here. Hey (would put everyones name here but there are to many) y'all.

Hey Tim,
Thank you for welcoming me to WP. I don't think everyone needs to read my long winded post twice, and all this quoting everyones post is clogging up the drains a bit- if ya know what I mean. Next time it would be great it ya just say Hi __________ welcome to WP. Short and sweet. And thanks again for welcoming me.

Will make a note of that.

Hello there. I'm James. I'm 23 years young and unemployed. I don't know if I've been 'officially' diagnosed but an educational psychologist said I have autism.

I've been a member of wrong planet prior to this but some people didn't take to me so I upped and left for a while.

Let's hope people are more tolerant this time round.

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Thanks Tim. I noticed you say that to almost everyone, that's very kind of you.

Yep, it's standard procedure.

hi, my name is Gemma, i was diagnosed when i was very young, i have dark brown long hair and dark brown eyes, i also wear glasses. my birthday is the beginning of august. i have the best boyfriend ever, and i have been with him for a year and a month now. i was learning to drive but bumping into money difficulties forced me to stop for a while. i cant think of much more to say, lol

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Hi - I'm Mike. I just turned 50 last week & subsequently started to seriously think about AS (its a whole introspection thing.) I have a degree in music education, but never taught - instead, I joined the Army Band not too long after I graduated from college.

The first time I heard about Asperger's was probably about 1990. I was still in the Army, living in Europe - and I'm thinking I saw a documentary (or it might have been a radio story.) All I remember, is that I thought "that seems a lot like the way I am - hmmm...) At the time, I didn't see much point in identifying myself with that label - in the military, there isn't a lot of incentive to set oneself apart.

I eventually left the Army - maybe that was a bad move - I mean, every situation has a protocol, people have to ask before they can touch you, you wear the same outfit every day - I couldn't have asked for a better environment. Anyway, I got out & found that life as a civilian was a lot more challenging than I had anticipated.

My intention was to play professionally - but I quickly found that I didn't have the social skills to break into the civilian musical community. So I retrained as a computer drafter. That has been an extremely successful career move for me.

Socially, the last time I was in a romantic relationship was 1981 - followed by a pretty severe meltdown when she broke up with me. The Army gave me an excuse to stay unattached - fraternization is frowned upon - and I got used to living alone. About a dozen years ago, there was an attempt at courting a woman I knew at work - met with rejection & followed by another meltdown. Since then, I've just found it easier (& a lot less stressful) to only interact with people on a professional level.

Still, I didn't want to own up to any sort of diagnosis - I mean, I was just not good at social situations, right?

Anyway, I turned 50 & decided to really try to find out who I am. When I started reading about AS, the puzzle pieces suddenly started to drop into place. I'm an Aspie.

Over the years, I've learned to handle a lot of different social situations - I can even fake being charming for short periods of time - but it was all through trial & error (a lot of error). Now that I know who I am, things might not be much better - but at least it gives things some perspective.

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Hi I'm from Ireland. I write, mostly poetry and short stories. I read a lot and play guitar. I've started posting here because I'm curious about whether I have aspergers or not. I fit some criteria and not others so I'm basically wanting to talk to aspies and see if they think I have it. I'm at a stage where I knew I wasn't picking up stuff other people were and so I've read lots of books about body language, social interaction etc so don't know if a diagnosis could be made.

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Hi, I'm from LA originally, but I've lived in the Sacramento area, Eugene/Springfield in Oregon, and am now living in South Korea teaching english.

I'm trying to find out about Asperger's because it seems to fit some things about me. I was always socially screwed up, tried my best to improve the situation, and am now just kind of tired of it all. I had a good time while in Oregon because I was exposed to the aspie community there, and never felt so comfortable in a social situation before. So, that is why I'm here, really.
I feel a bit lonely and left out as I can't seem to connect with people socially. I'd really just rather do activities together and talk about special interests than make small talk. Really, I end up feeling like it's a chore that I'm not sure I'm doing very well. There are just so many awkward moments, and the anxiety and second guessing over them is just too much.

I'm interested in music, languages, foreign cultures, etc.

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