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Recent content by John Smith II

  1. J

    Any NeuroTypicals active on AspiesCentral???

    I'm an NT. I'm not lovelorn. Instead, I'm in an almost 21 year relationship with an Aspie. So I follow this forum just to get some perspective, to see it from the viewpoint of the Aspie. After all these years, my partner and I have learned how to handle each other. I know that he needs a lot of...
  2. J

    Greetings from an NT with an AS spouse

    Yes, you're right. I do get hung up on him not acting like everyone else. It's something I'm constantly working on, which is one reason I joined this site. As you suggest, I do let him have a "good time" in his own way (although I can never really tell if he is). We went to a 5-hour progressive...
  3. J

    Does anyone else feel like they are constantly putting on an act?

    I'm an NT. I feel this way a lot, too. I think most of us do, but we find it easier to tolerate the fact that "that's just the way it is" in our culture. Maybe other cultures don't "act" as much.
  4. J

    Was your social anxiety with you since birth?

    I'm an NT, although I sometimes wonder if I have Aspie tendencies. These days I feel reasonably comfortable in social situations. But when I was younger I was very uncomfortable. The weird thing is, people didn't really see how insecure I was and just thought I preferred to not socialize a...
  5. J

    Greetings from an NT with an AS spouse

    Hi everyone, I'm so glad I found this forum. My partner of 20 years has Aspergers, although he hasn't been officially diagnosed. I had started to wonder if he was on the spectrum about 10 years ago, but never said anything. Then one day out of the blue, he filled out an online quiz about...
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