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Recent content by Nervous Rex
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Generation X
This. I agree with everything you wrote, but 100% this. There was such a pressure to conform. Anything that wasn’t popular and cool was weird, and if you were weird you were ridiculed, ostracized, and sometimes beat up just because. Having or showing emotions was not allowed. You were either...- Nervous Rex
- Post #5
- Forum: Off Topic
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Married Autistics, Where Did You Meet Your Spouse...?
That happened to me a few times. One time my father and step-mother told me about the dental hygienist at the dental office we were at. "She likes, you." they said, "You should ask her out!" I'd ask, "How could you tell?" And they'd say, "We just know." I wasn't just missing the cues; I didn't...- Nervous Rex
- Post #51
- Forum: Love, Relationships and Dating
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Hello there
Welcome, @Fredan . I hope you find this forum as welcoming and helpful as i have.- Nervous Rex
- Post #6
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
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Are You Eccentric?
Yep. When I get a Facebook friend request, I show my wife and ask, “Do I know this person?” And if I see someone regularly at work, I probably won’t recognize them anywhere else because they’re out of context. I do anagrams to try to make something interesting out of a new name so I’ll...- Nervous Rex
- Post #33
- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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Are You Eccentric?
Ha! No crush, but here you go: Fayetheadhdsquirrel ==> Relay Hired Heft Squad Her Lady Squid Feathers Quite Half Ready Herds Dreads Half Her Equity- Nervous Rex
- Post #28
- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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Are You Eccentric?
When I meet you, I’ll try to find an anagram for your name and then tell you about it. If you tell me your phone number, I’ll recite it back to you forward and then reverse. I’ll memorize your license plate number, but forget your face and name.- Nervous Rex
- Post #23
- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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Are You Eccentric?
I remember hearing a joke when I was younger that people can be weird, but if they’re weird and rich, then they’re eccentric. So, I’m just weird.- Nervous Rex
- Post #22
- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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Foods With Funny-Sounding Names...?
I haven't heard "mush" for decades! We used to have mush all the time growing up.- Nervous Rex
- Post #27
- Forum: Off Topic