I've been depressed about this for ages but it does not seem to be getting any better, I don't have many close friends, I've always had difficulty making new friends, and obviously that makes it even more difficult if you want to date and be in a relationship, get a girlfriend, because the social-norm, status quo in our society and culture, and obviously the vast majority of girls will never start talking to a guy first, will never initiate a conversation or flirting, make the first move, etc. So that is why I've never had a girlfriend, I've asked girls out before, made the first move only to be rejected. Having Asperger Syndrome makes you socially-awkward naturally, clumsy, it's not a matter of fear, it's that I don't know how!, I feel like I'm a hermit, introvert, well in a way I am, for normal people social-skills seem to be instinct, common-sense for them, like they were born with them, but for me it is not, it feels like it is something you either have it or you don't.
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C'mon, we people as in humans, we are social-creatures, we instinctively want, crave companionship, Asperger Syndrome is a mild form of Autism, it's not that I am Anti-Social, it's that I often run out of things to talk about, I wish I was more social but people just won't seem to accept me for who I am, c'mon, I don't believe it is healthy to life an entire life with no friends at all, or just not real friends, I just never fitted in with the people who are involved in the party-scene.
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I basically have more acquaintences than I do friends, it feels like I have one-sided friendships with people so I'm not sure if I have to consider them true friends or not, as in I always have to call or text them first, they are never the first ones to call or text me first, I have to initiate everything, the only time they call or text me back is if they are returning a call/text, they are never the ones to initiate it first, I don't want to have my first girlfriend at a late age.
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