Dating and Aspergers: Can The Two Go Together? It’s hard enough to date, period. But dating and Aspergers can seem incompatible. As one Aspie said, “How do you know when a person is interested, friendly, or annoyed?” That comes back to learning how to read body language and signals. Which, of course, is the […]
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels I had a friend. I’ll call him Jim (not his real name). We got along well, in the beginning. But over time, I noticed he had a sarcastic edge. He often made jokes, […]
After I graduated college, I felt alone. I lived with my best college friend, and a couple of other roommates. But then my college friend got married, and the other roommates when on their way. I grew up in Brazil, South America, so I didn’t develop some of the social skills needed to build friendships […]
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. — William Shakespeare Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. —Aristotle A few years ago, on a particularly busy night at […]
Understanding Body Language – A Personal Story I had a crush on a young woman in my junior year in college. We hit it off pretty well, I thought, after a couple of dates. On the third date, I thought things were going well, as usual, when she suddenly asked, with a frustrated tone, “What […]
