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How many friends do you want compared to other people?
As many friends as most people have (or more) 14%  14%  [ 5 ]
A significant number, but not as many as what most others have 23%  23%  [ 8 ]
Just a few (like 2-4) 49%  49%  [ 17 ]
Just one 14%  14%  [ 5 ]
Total votes : 35

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06 Dec 2012, 1:16 am

I am curious as to what kind of social life would make different people on the spectrum happy.

I want to have some friends, but not nearly as many as most people do. The QUALITY of the friendship is more important.


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06 Dec 2012, 1:53 am

I'll take as many friends I can get, but I would be fine with just a few very high quality friends or what I call them... "best" friends.


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06 Dec 2012, 2:14 am

I have quite a few arms length friends.

I don't think I could handle very many close friends who want to hang out much. I generally prefer to keep on my own.



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06 Dec 2012, 2:44 pm

...crap. My last poll option (no friends at all) didn't show. And there's no way to change it.


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06 Dec 2012, 4:27 pm

I'd like to have as many friends as possible, but preferably between 2-6 friends.


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06 Dec 2012, 5:14 pm

A few great ones.



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06 Dec 2012, 5:42 pm

I voted "Just one".