Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, hope you are all well.
I am sure I am not alone on here about this issue, but to put it quite simply I am 32 years old and I have no friends in real life. I met a couple of people on Facebook many moons ago that I became particularly friendly with and got to know, so much so that we have each others postal address to send each other greeting cards, but apart from that we only communitate with each other on Facebook as one of them lives abroad and the other 200 miles away.
In real life, no matter how well I get on with people it never gets past the workmate or acquaitance stage. As a child, forming friendships was relatively easy and I had some very good friends in both primary and secondary school (no longer in touch unfortunately). But as an adult, I am finding forming friendships to be increasingly difficult.
I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling this way. This is something many of us can understand and relate to. Many people struggle with ASD have similar feelings of loneliness and difficulty forming friendships, especially as we grow older and our lives become busier with work and other responsibilities. I'm glad of the internet and the online world where we can connect in a more autism friendly way.
Always nice to hear that I'm not alone.