So, today I was walking through the halls of my high school, and I thought to myself, "It's rather interesting to examine the relationships of people around me." And so I do. I was watching one person act all friendly and stuff with another girl and I wondered if he was still dating the girl I see him with usually. And so he is.
I think that I often examine other people and their interactions to sub-consciously note down what people do in their respective social situations. I think that I do this to survive in my social interactions, and not mess up horrifically and embarrassingly. For example, I was at a friends' birthday party a few nights ago and one of the kids just randomly left without telling anyone, and everyone except maybe one or two (I was one of the one or two) were worried about him. I was a little worried, but not overly worried, as I didn't know the kid and the stuff he does, but that's besides the point. The point is that one of his closer friends started talking about he hugs people when he arrives and hugs people when he leaves, and never doesn't do that, and since he didn't do that this time, it worried her. But what I took from this situation was that it was actually really smart to hug your friends goodbye, and since I was in a more outgoing mood and had a lot of fun at this party because of that, I hugged everyone goodbye when I left, I even hugged one of the people that I don't get along with real well!
(On a side note, the dude was fine, he actually did just leave without telling anyone, but he got scolded harshly for that :p )
I honestly think that my study of other peoples' actions is one of the reasons I have made it to where I am today, socially. A lot of aspies (people with Asperger's Syndrome) seem to have trouble socializing and get isolated by their peers because of the way they are, from what I've gathered from my research on the internet. I say research on the internet because I don't know anyone else with Asperger's Syndrome in real life, or even on the web, so I can't say from physical experience other than my own personal ones that this happens. (Also, has anyone noticed that if you try to say Aspergers too fast, or with a lisp of some kind, it sounds like you're saying ass-burgers?)
Since this is my first blog post, and heck, my first try at blogging, I don't really know how to close off this, so I'll just say bye and for you to comment on anything if ya want to. Oh and some advice on how to blog would be appreciated too!
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