Do you think you are anyone's best friend?

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16 Jan 2008, 10:08 pm

I'm actually my fishy's best friend.

He can't help it. Doesn't have alot of options.

As far as people, no, I am no one's best friend.


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17 Jan 2008, 5:12 am

I try not to think about it. I don't want to be anyone's best friend, "best friends" are clingy, annoying and demanding.



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18 Jan 2008, 6:32 pm

I used to be. I had one friend who was one of my two really close friends. we spent so much time together, we practically had two houses. i got a little distant when i changed schools but still hung out with him until grade 12 when i was alot more busy. once university started i pretty much stopped hanging out with him because i had so many things to do on weekends and he was busy during the week. i haven't seen him in about a year now.

I met my other friend in senior kindergarten, he kind of bullied me for a day, then we eventually became friends. i hung out with him even more than my other friend because we went to the same school. when we went to a new school for middle school we sort of became more distanced, he got new friends that i didn't get along with and i was a bit of a social outcast (not completely but i definitely wasn't considered cool or anything, lots of it had to do with meltdowns that i used to have). eventually i went to a boarding school, didn't see him for about 4 years, then last year i saw him at the beer store in town, and i see him at the gym every once in a while.

other than those two guys i haven't been anyone's best friend. that's one of the things i really miss, i've gotten many more friends since i went to university but nobody that i would consider very close. i don't really care about the number of friends but i'd like someone i can confide in and spend time with. I haven't found any of those at university yet and i started getting a bit depressed at the fact that i didn't think anyone cared about me, didn't think i had any friends, etc.



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21 Jan 2008, 3:53 pm

No, I don't have a best friend.



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21 Jan 2008, 3:59 pm

It takes years to find our who your real friends are and sometimes you can not see people for many years and it all works out.

I have a best friend or two and a couple of really good friends from schooldays though I haven't always been good at keeping in touch and found it hard to recognize who was really my friend. It gets easier as you get older because you learn more of the signs of real friends. I had to be taken in a lot and let down a lot over the years before I could really sort out friendships.

Like many of you, my younger years look lonely to me now but I don't know if I felt lonely or not really.



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22 Jan 2008, 4:03 am

I have one friend who I consider a best friend but I'm not sold on if it is mutual.



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22 Jan 2008, 5:05 pm

i am one persons best friend or so she tells me i cannot se why though i feel im to self obssesed to be of much use to others, i must admit she has also said she fancies me but i have no preference for her in that way



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23 Jan 2008, 12:12 am

nope


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25 Jan 2008, 5:43 pm

I have a definite best friend, but she is also autistic. We were randomly assigned dorm rooms across from each other when we began college. We have a lot in common and our personalities mesh well. Unfortunately now she lives 7 hours away by airplane...



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25 Jan 2008, 6:43 pm

Out of all my friends I would have to say I was tHIER best friend.
I was the only one they talked to about intimate things, asked about thier folks. Called when they were sick. To each other they were just someone to hang out with on movie night.

This won't sound very AS but eventually I got sick of the lack of reprico repr . . of them doing the same back.

Now I have a female beat friend but shes in love with me and I'm not with her :(



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24 Mar 2008, 9:54 am

My partner tells me that I am her best friend, which is great to know. I'm glad that she accepts me for my odd behaviors. I'd like to think that she's my best friend too...she is. Right now, I have a couple of friends that I see from time to time and they've been in my life for a good number of years now, so I believe they are here to stay, though recently, I've lost a good number of other friends and acquaintances and was left to wonder "what did I do?" My diagnosis of AS is very recent, though I suspected it since 2000.



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21 Mar 2011, 9:52 pm

Only to my pets and thats's just the way I like it :)


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21 Mar 2011, 10:45 pm

i learned how to be my own best friend. 8)



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24 Mar 2011, 12:39 am

nope, and if I got married, my side of the aisle or whatever would be lonely too.


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24 Mar 2011, 7:06 pm

I have a girl friend who is my closest friend because we go to school together and have similar classes and went to school together since grade six. We hang out with a bunch of other girls too, like seven of us all together and I enjoy it. They are all very outgoing and loud and make me happy. I find they are true friends who are understanding and actually care about a person for who they are. I am a pretty quiet person in our group and sometimes get busy with school work but they accept me the way I am. We have sleep overs where we watch anime, eat tons of delicious food, dance to caramel dancin and we are just wacky girls who have fun together. They are all very talented in the arts. They are alot of fun :) I am not the most popular kid at my school and never have been. I used to be socially isolated to some extent but I have adapted better. i think what has to do with it is my self esteem increased and I started to love who I am for all that I am good at.



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24 Mar 2011, 7:47 pm

yes, i've been told. im not real sure anymore if it's reciprocated, however.