blooiejagwa wrote:
ChrisMenzie wrote:
Im always jealous of the ppl here who actually have true social lives thats not online.
I cant fathom it to be perfectly honest. Even when i had friends it was in a loose sense and only because they felt sorry for me (pretty sure) as i was all by myself and ppl who were happy to talk while i stood with them and I still ran away at intervals and hide somewhere and am srill the same though i thought i had improved.
. N. They email me once in a while to make sure all is well. Thats not normal but its all i really have had
Feel quite happy though that it is possible with autism maybe itll happrn for my kids if not me
I hope you get to meet them at a park or anywhere but in the meantime Facetiming and Skype any video chat might help ease the isolation.
I, too, never quite understood "all my friends". I've had people who were part of a group I might do things with (i.e. making scenery for a community theater play) but I thought of then as "acquaintances" but not "friends". Maybe that's what people mean? The type of thing where people don't ask if you're not there but don't seem to mind if you are?
I have had two friends, in my life, where we exchanged house keys for emergencies, we were the first (after 911) to be called in emergencies, and our children called them "aunt"/"uncle", and they were invited to the house for "family events". I'm reminded of the "Saul" character in the movie "While You Were Sleeping".