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ASD and understanding flirting

Catlady31

Hi everyone, back again as I'm still overthinking my son's first assessment appointment.  He is 19.

One of the questions asked was 'Do you know when someone is flirting with you?.  I could tell he was a bit embarrassed by being asked even though he had a covid face mask on - his eyes altered and he moved a bit in his chair.  He shifted in his seat and replied 'yes I do' then hastily said 'because it has happened to me and I knew'.

I really don't know if he's telling the truth here or whether he was embarrassed so said this because he thinks he should know and didn't want her to think he didn't (I don't know he has this thought process).  I could be completely wrong with this, but I thought ASD made you struggle alot with knowing when someone is flirting or can it be easier for some than others?.

I wish this was all over, it's driving me insane as I keep going over his responses in my head. 

Thank you for your thoughts.

Parents

  • The problem with this question is that if you miss someone flirting with you, you wouldn't know about it. 

    There have been a few times in my life when I thought a girl was flirting with me, but in those cases I was already somewhat interested in the girl. I'm not sure if I'd notice if a random woman was flirting, because I just don't pay them enough attention.

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  • The problem with this question is that if you miss someone flirting with you, you wouldn't know about it. 

    There have been a few times in my life when I thought a girl was flirting with me, but in those cases I was already somewhat interested in the girl. I'm not sure if I'd notice if a random woman was flirting, because I just don't pay them enough attention.

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  • in reply to osmosis

    Hi Osmosis, Thanks for your help.   I'm wondering why they would ask this, is it a trick question?  Are they Trying to find out if he recognises body language and can read between the lines?   They already asked that  before.

    I believe he does struggle reading between the lines as I've seen it, and also with with body language.

    I now worry they are getting the complete wrong impression of him.