3 Good Things (again)

• I met with an in person autism group on Wednesday.
• I met with an in person LGBTQ group on Thursday.
• I've just hung the washing out on the washing line. (That's note code for another group BTW)

A social life! We're all super jealous! How did it all go? Do tell!

(For comparison, I did the laundry and used a tumble dryer. Literally.)

Ha ha!!

I wouldn't call it a social life, but the autism group was unusual, but in a good way. There were 10 of us in the group and 4 of that number were new.

I've never socialized with a group where you can relate to everyone. So yeah, really good, but quite surreal.

Hi Take5 

I would definitely recommend it. It was very surreal but in a good way. I know I'm naive but everyone appeared to be kind and thoughtful. It was so refreshing.

I hope you try it, because it made me feel less alone and we could all benefit from that.

I would love to try something like that. I have so very few people in real life I can relate to it would be great just to listen if nothing else. 
well done for doing that. It must have been hard to go for the first time. 

Age range 18-80 guessing I'm not great with judging age. There were only two youngsters, I would say the rest were over 40, with an even mix of women and men.

We met at Costa coffee, we had a space right at the back just for our group.

Some people were very quiet (me included) one guy spoke quite a lot but he was just asking the newbies about themselves. (He was a retired doctor) There was also an ex para there too.

It was all very interesting listening to their life stories and their special interests. 

Ive already booked another meet up through Eventbrite with NDSA, in another town. 

I'm the most awkward, I'll at ease person normally and although I was the only one that was twitching a bit I didn't feel out of place or embarrassed.  

Please try it Damojo I don't think you'll regret it.

What sort of age range was there? There's an "adult Autistic space" a few towns over from me and I just feel I'll be about 30 years older than the next oldest person. The organisers post pictures of the venue and a list of activities (board games, really, which aren't particularly my thing), but my problem is more with people—particularly strangers—than with venues. The pictures don't help me much to try to get my little brain cells lined up enough to feel comfortable going. I see myself sitting quietly in a corner for an hour and then going home.

And I do call yours a social life. The last time I was out of the house with anyone who wasn't a family member was January ... and the January before that. I'm thinking of not going next January—the vibe was a little off the last couple of times, including having someone chastise me for not talking enough to the new guy when I thought I was knocking it out of the park (relatively).

Anyway, go you! It's great to know that there might be hope for the rest of us yet.

What sort of age range was there? There's an "adult Autistic space" a few towns over from me and I just feel I'll be about 30 years older than the next oldest person. The organisers post pictures of the venue and a list of activities (board games, really, which aren't particularly my thing), but my problem is more with people—particularly strangers—than with venues. The pictures don't help me much to try to get my little brain cells lined up enough to feel comfortable going. I see myself sitting quietly in a corner for an hour and then going home.

And I do call yours a social life. The last time I was out of the house with anyone who wasn't a family member was January ... and the January before that. I'm thinking of not going next January—the vibe was a little off the last couple of times, including having someone chastise me for not talking enough to the new guy when I thought I was knocking it out of the park (relatively).

Anyway, go you! It's great to know that there might be hope for the rest of us yet.

Hi Take5 

I would definitely recommend it. It was very surreal but in a good way. I know I'm naive but everyone appeared to be kind and thoughtful. It was so refreshing.

I hope you try it, because it made me feel less alone and we could all benefit from that.

I would love to try something like that. I have so very few people in real life I can relate to it would be great just to listen if nothing else. 
well done for doing that. It must have been hard to go for the first time. 

Age range 18-80 guessing I'm not great with judging age. There were only two youngsters, I would say the rest were over 40, with an even mix of women and men.

We met at Costa coffee, we had a space right at the back just for our group.

Some people were very quiet (me included) one guy spoke quite a lot but he was just asking the newbies about themselves. (He was a retired doctor) There was also an ex para there too.

It was all very interesting listening to their life stories and their special interests. 

Ive already booked another meet up through Eventbrite with NDSA, in another town. 

I'm the most awkward, I'll at ease person normally and although I was the only one that was twitching a bit I didn't feel out of place or embarrassed.  

Please try it Damojo I don't think you'll regret it.