I don't have any autistic friends

Thank you TheCatWoman. I like your name on here. I was thinking of changing mine to bat nurse or something because I am a night shift nurse. Lol

Hi spikeymark. Yeah I like this site already, very much. I am sure I'll make a lot of online friends on here and I'm excited about this. 

Hi antimatter. I like your name btw. I'm happy you were able to connect with someone and have your GF that is really awesome it is nice to hear about people benefitting in good ways from the internet :) thank you for sharing 

Hi P, thanks for replying. Yes I am still getting the hang of this site and so far I like this a lot. I already got so many replies and it made me feel better about myself at least for right now. I am replying to everyone right now and I didn't think I would even get many comments or new friends but I think it was a good idea to join this. 

I have Sherwood on my saved list of things to watch. I don't know if anyone else does this but I like to rewatch things I saw already until I need another break from it but I always go back to the same shows, movies, video games, etc. 

But I also like seeing new shows because sometimes then I rewatch those too! 

That's really cool that you are a software developer. I always thought that was so cool and interesting, yet hard to understand. But cool nonetheless. The most technical thing I do with technology is make music. I tried to do animation one time but I had a lot of trouble learning it and gave up. Maybe I'll pick it back one day.

Nice to meet you!

Hi again lotus! Thanks for checking out my interests yes I am a nurse I don't work full time and I work nights mostly. I can't seem to get into a good routine if I work day or evening shift there is way too many distractions from too many people. I seem to do well with just dealing with patients and the other staff which is very close knit on night shift. It definitely impacts my social life but I can't hack it on any other shift because my time management suffers and the thought of putting a patient in harms way because of my time Management has always haunted me. I always had trouble with work and school needing certain accomodations but luckily this routine and shift works for me. 

I like walking dead and most zombie and or apocalypse stories because I guess as a nurse I do not mind the gore, and I am very interested and amused at how they portray humans in the midst of chaos and catastrophic events. It's actually in my opinion more dangerous because of other humans and the zombies are less of a threat I feel. That is once people learn to live in a world with zombies then it's the other people they should worry about more. 

I have 3 dogs and 3 guinea pigs. I didn't plan to have my own petting zoo but I took in my mom's dog when I already had two and I also got a ton of plants and I guess when everyone my age started having babies then I got the guinea pigs too lol. I am feeling insecure lately, comparing my life to others a lot because I am not as independent as I'd like to be. But my husband reminds me that he doesn't need a woman who makes as much money as him, he married me because I take care of him on other ways and I'm his best friend. Social media had brought some toxic people back into my life and recently caused me to feel bad about myself and my life when I was fine before and very happy. So now I'm trying to just keep my social interaction on here and see how that goes because I do better when I just socialize a little even if it's just talking about movies or something...anything that is not negative. 

Thanks so much for the reply I look forward to more chats on here with people cause a lot of people here do seem very nice and friendly and interesting 

Lotus said:

I've just read your profile

I've learned something new tonight - I would never have thought of reading someone's profile to know more about them!

(Another useful thing I've learned - the quote function on this forum is impossible on a phone, had to switch to my laptop to write this...)

Hello KL, welcome. I personally have found this community more fulfilling than any social media platform, though I still wish I could do more in-person conversations - it's good for what it is, it's just a bit harder when you have to wait for replies (or not get replies at all given the nature of a forum). Anyway, it's better than nothing.

Someone else said this too which I agree with - it would be nice to know more about you, then maybe you'll find some people with shared interests. For me I am a software developer by day and a father too of 3 children. When I have limited free time I try to catch up on my (growing) backlog of video games I want to play and TV shows/films I want to watch. The last thing I watched was X-Men 97 (I'm slow on trends), which I thought was better than I was expecting, and me and my wife just finished watching Sherwood which was excellent.

Hi KL. 

I'm sorry you had been hurt by people before. Social media is a toxic environment, I too avoid it whenever possible. Having said that I did meet a lovely woman on a social site who became my friend and is now my girlfriend, so it is possible to make good connections online.

Don't be deterred by bad past experiences. There are good people out there.

I think posting issues are site related I joined today and was only just able to post this message.

Be well.

Hi KL

It is possible.

I've made friends here and through my local autistic charity (though Hertfordshire does have a particularly good one, it seems)

Nor do I, only people here, I hope you find people you resonate with here

Hi again KL. I've just read your profile and see that you are a nurse - I'm impressed, that must be really hard work. You also say you have some "fur babies" - what are they? I like cats best but I don't have any pets now.

You also say you are a fan of The Walking Dead - I haven't watched that series but I didn't think a zombie apocalypse story would appeal to me now (been there & done that with movies like day of the dead years ago) however, I've just finished reading a series of books called "The Undead" by RR Haywood which I very much enjoyed.

I'm a woman in my mid sixties and retired now, and I love reading and playing video games. I also like interacting with people in this community - we often have some interesting conversations and it's safer than "social" media, which I steer clear of. I'm also married and prefer just spending time at home with my husband than seeing people socially face to face, so this forum gives me a chance to communicate with others in a way that suits me better.

Hi and welcome to the community! 

I'm also a Walking Dead fan. I've enjoyed some of the spin-offs, too - especially the one with Daryl and Carol. 

KL said:

I am trying to connect more to people here.

Welcome KL.

A good starting point for making friend would be to find shared interets as it gives you something to talk about and a shared passion to build a bond.

What sort of thing are your special interests?

Hello literal_joe thanks for the reply. I do have friends who are not autistic. A lot of them are a bit far away and I talk to them very often but do not see people very often. I like being a home a lot but I do sometimes need just at least to communicate with others during the day which helps. And getting out once in a while even for a walk or something. Now I am rambling lol 

Hi Lotus thanks so much. Random but I have a lotus tatoo. I thought of that when I saw your name 

Hi and welcome to the community. Hope you find this forum useful.

Hi

I too avoid social media (although this forum kinda has traits) ... It's very worrying how nasty some can be whilst anonymous or even hundreds of miles away.

You say you don't have autistic friends, but do you have non-autistic friends?? I don't think any of my friends have been diagnosed, but most are a bit different in some way, like me