u/Winter-Grand-3215

This is so upsetting idk what to do. I try to meet new people every weekend. I downloaded an app that allows you to meet new friends through different meetups. Today I was at a meetup with new people (there were around 11 of them), and I couldn't relate to any of the conversations I heard. not emotionally, not experientially. In the end, I just got muted and couldn't talk. I was just sitting silently, and I hate myself when this happens. I left the event with a huge sense of self-disappointment, just like I always do. This is so embarrassing ;(

I'll provide a long story short for the context. I met a girl today who told me she was autistic from the get-go. I would've never thought she had the same disorder as me because she was extremely loud, kept trying to talk to random strangers, almost harassing them with random questions, and then tried to force me to go with her to some club. We were hanging out nearby, the music was loud, there were lots of people there, and I would never willingly go into a place like that.

Then she kept interrupting me and the other person we were with, as if she had some inability to listen. She mentioned that she was autistic at least 20 times to justify her actions, which made me think she was completely aware of her behavior. She was insufferable.

Granted, we'd had some beer, but not much, so it may have played a role(?). Still I swear I'd never act like that even if I drank an entire bottle of gin. The whole experience was weird. I know autism is a spectrum but I never thought an autistic person could be like that

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I feel like people don’t talk about this enough because it’s so frustrating. Today I was at a social event where nobody knew each other at first, but eventually everyone started interacting. And then there was me - completely muted, barely even able to move, let alone speak up. Embarrassing. Every time I tried to say something, I would very methodically analyze everyone’s reactions and all kinds of patterns to predict whether someone else was about to speak. It didn’t help because either I got interrupted or I interrupted someone else. SO EMBARRASSING. How come other people talk so naturally. How did they learn THAT? I get nothing from social gatherings except a strong feeling of freakin embarrassment.

I really want to talk to someone about Perrie’s choice of released music because I have no one else to express my opinions to. I understand that my opinion prob won’t be well received, as this is more of a disappointed rant. I just heard the song and to me it’s the most primitive song I’ve ever heard. The post-chorus and bridge are so predictable. Look i’m glad she’s exploring a rock style, but the song is genuinely uninteresting. it feels outdated. It sounds like a mid-2000s song released by someone at the very start of their career. The lyrics felt ai generated (and tbh the melody too)

I’m glad she’s back, but… what is this? I love Jade and Leigh-Anne’s music, but Perrie’s feels so weak. she deserves much better than what she’s been given.

It just feels like such a cringe activity. I get the concept, but I don’t understand how to actually do it. It feels unnatural. You can especially see it from the outside when two people are trying so hard to seem interested in each other, making strange facial expressions and weird body language. Is flirting the same thing as acting/pretending or something more? How do people even learn this? Without any exaggeration, I just really hate it

Any kind of tea, really. Whenever I drink it, I feel nothing but disappointment. It tastes like vaguely flavored hot water. There’s no punch to the flavor the way coffee has. Tea might smell good (sometimes), but it tastes like disappointment.

I don’t think it’s necessarily related to autism. Today I had to give a presentation to a fairly small group (around 11 people). I rehearsed it like 10 times at home, carefully planning what I wanted to say on each slide. But when I actually had to present it today, my voice started shaking like hell. The feeling of people listening to you becomes completely unbearable.

At one point, someone joked that I sounded like a robot (it wasn’t meant as an insult - just a joke, but it still got to me). After the presentation, I felt ashamed, like it just wasn’t good enough. I envy people who can naturally engage an audience. To me this feels unbearable. How do people even develop that kind of skill

Something happened at work that really confused me. During a team meeting, one colleague mentioned that her mom was having health issues and that she needed to take some time off to care for her. To me, it sounded like a classic textbook case of a situation where you’re supposed to express some kind of condolences, so I said 'I’m sorry to hear that'. She thanked me, and then there was this awkward silence - no one else said anything or expressed any sympathy.

It honestly made me question myself. Like…why didn’t anyone else respond, eh? It made me doubt whether I always read the situation correctly.

I’m a woman, and I have a male friend. For clarity, there was never any romantic or sexual undertone in our relationship - we never wanted each other that way. He recently started seeing someone and has completely stopped communicating with me.

I feel so sad, but at the same time, I understand why it's happening. Do friendships always fade once one person finds a partner? I just feel so hurt and miss him. I also feel betrayed, and I don’t know what to do.