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samtoo
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26 Aug 2007, 1:19 pm

I often hand out relationship advice to younger girls who are friends of mine - mainly the age of 16... seems to be the age when people are fraught with emotion and overwhelmed by it all.

Well I find this most intriguing - they find my advice useful... yet I know that my experience is not at all strong... they have more experience on this subject than I do yet they find my advice to be useful...

Does anyone else experience this sort of thing? Perhaps not with relationships but other things... anyone get this in this sort of situation or something similar?


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26 Aug 2007, 3:15 pm

Having to understand social situations intellectually instead of by instinct means than most people with AS will have a better understanding of what goes into social interactions.

Not being able to work social situations is different, it's one thing to know what to do... it's different to be able to make it work in real time. It's like a sports fan, knowing all the plays and what athletes are supposed to do... but not having the innate ability to make it work out on the field...


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27 Aug 2007, 1:10 am

I'm great at giving advice.
It's a matter of thinking things
through. Hell, I always know what
I should do. Just can't manage it.