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AQ score: 38, Aspie Score: asp 142/200 nt 58/200
Going to drop this little story/question here because I think people who are quite similar to me might have experiences this in the past and might give me some insight.
So, special interests or intense interests you are no longer that interested in are very common for me. There are things that I like for years and years, and have never tired of. But I also have short bursts of special interest or things I delve into so deeply and that disappear overnight.
The second usually has more to do with someone needing a new phone, computer or something like that. I go deep into comparing all the options mode and I don`t quit until the day the things I`m looking into is bought. Usually even a last check before hitting the purchase button. The reason I completely quit the interest is because there is no more reason for me to get into it so deeply, because the information is no longer needed. And I move on to the next new thing.
But this time is a little different. I have been drinking whisky for quite a couple of years now, but it was not until last summer that I really started to get deeper into it. It was because my wife remarked that even thou I drank and liked it. I never really got into finding out more about it. And buying anything more expensive that one level above bottom shelve. Since that moment it developed into an intense interest. Watching youtube videos, wanting to, and buying more expensive bottles. I never started to drink any more in quantity, and stayed at the 3 glasses a week.
Last week my father and law and I went to one of the biggest whisky festivals in Europe, and I had really high hopes for it. Let’s just say, it was a disappointment. And the day after I kind of felt nothing anymore for whisky. Why look into more expensive whisky is all that you can think of is that you like it, but for the money you like a cheaper option just as much. Why look up any information you are never going to use?
To me, right now. I could drop it down to only a couple of bottles of varying taste and it would be alright for me.
The thing is that my wife really liked me getting into whisky and having something I wanted to spend money on for myself. She does not drink it herself but she really likes the smell of it. And prefers me drinking whisky over other stuff. She still feels strongly to me keeping my personal whisky collection, while for me a shelve would be enough.
We also collect lego and I wanted the room I used for my whisky to become another spot for the lego. But she said no, because that was for the whisky.
I feel like I want to go back to the pre interest time when I just had a couple of bottles and I just drank it. No special interest needed. But feel like it will be pretty hard to do when my wife would still like me to be very into it.
Have any of you ever lost your special/intense interest but had people around that were still really into it, or you feel like they wanted you to still be very into it? How did you deal with it?
So, special interests or intense interests you are no longer that interested in are very common for me. There are things that I like for years and years, and have never tired of. But I also have short bursts of special interest or things I delve into so deeply and that disappear overnight.
The second usually has more to do with someone needing a new phone, computer or something like that. I go deep into comparing all the options mode and I don`t quit until the day the things I`m looking into is bought. Usually even a last check before hitting the purchase button. The reason I completely quit the interest is because there is no more reason for me to get into it so deeply, because the information is no longer needed. And I move on to the next new thing.
But this time is a little different. I have been drinking whisky for quite a couple of years now, but it was not until last summer that I really started to get deeper into it. It was because my wife remarked that even thou I drank and liked it. I never really got into finding out more about it. And buying anything more expensive that one level above bottom shelve. Since that moment it developed into an intense interest. Watching youtube videos, wanting to, and buying more expensive bottles. I never started to drink any more in quantity, and stayed at the 3 glasses a week.
Last week my father and law and I went to one of the biggest whisky festivals in Europe, and I had really high hopes for it. Let’s just say, it was a disappointment. And the day after I kind of felt nothing anymore for whisky. Why look into more expensive whisky is all that you can think of is that you like it, but for the money you like a cheaper option just as much. Why look up any information you are never going to use?
To me, right now. I could drop it down to only a couple of bottles of varying taste and it would be alright for me.
The thing is that my wife really liked me getting into whisky and having something I wanted to spend money on for myself. She does not drink it herself but she really likes the smell of it. And prefers me drinking whisky over other stuff. She still feels strongly to me keeping my personal whisky collection, while for me a shelve would be enough.
We also collect lego and I wanted the room I used for my whisky to become another spot for the lego. But she said no, because that was for the whisky.
I feel like I want to go back to the pre interest time when I just had a couple of bottles and I just drank it. No special interest needed. But feel like it will be pretty hard to do when my wife would still like me to be very into it.
Have any of you ever lost your special/intense interest but had people around that were still really into it, or you feel like they wanted you to still be very into it? How did you deal with it?
