New here: blessings/greetings/wha gwarn!

You might have entered on a turbulent day. But like the weather,  this forum changes. I've been here a long time and pretty much seen it all. Stick around,  it's a worthwhile place to be. Engage in what interests you, ignore what doesn't! 

wow its lovely to have so much in common with someone! i too am working on the masking - being more of my authentic self, without the judgement/worry. lol the yapping gosh...thats the beginning of fear. never thought about it being sensory torture, so insightful, but you're spot on, making me wince typing! 

yes i do and funny enough its an old 5 series. i fell in love with the engineering and functioning as much as the drive. obv having an old car = repairs, and as stressful as it is without a car, i adore the diagnosing and fixing etc, unfortunately my physical health means i cant actually fix them, but a strong pair of hands and we're rocking! a hyper fixation topic for years...i can go on and on about the M57 engine and updates etc. i love driving and with my mobility, struggle to find comfortable cars (seat position, seat bolster, seat belt...list goes on)...the xj nearly 'took' me though, but the seats felt too 'slack'. uve got excellent taste in my opinion!

hahaha i agreed: really if i get to know the small dog, theyre fine - i adore animals and get along better with them than humans, always have. 

im not going to worry about the intro (i cant lie, i felt crushed)...BUT the support has been so encouraging and see i fell down the trap/hole. this is why i dont do socials! practice here i guess - i dont need the poison of socials seeping in though, that i doubt will ever change. but this site is mind blowing for me...so im not going anywhere!

thank you i appreciate and heed the advice. im drawn to debate bc i genuinely am interested in peoples opinions and lived experiences. we can all learn from each other, which is the point of this forum in some degree. unfortunately i dont take well to people telling me how i think or feel, nor inaccurate narratives presented as facts. lesson learnt and thanks for the kind advice/words.

Welcome!. This community is normally very welcoming and I hope you won't be put off by your early experiences here.

I enjoy lots of the same things as you, museums and galleries, country houses, holidays, getting out walking in the great outdoors etc. 

I'm also socially isolated and don't do any social media whatsoever. This place is as social as I get. I try not to mask these days.

I share your fear of small dogs. Their bark is much worse than their bite. That incessant yapping noise is the worst form of sensory torture 

What I would like to ask is do you actually drive a Bimmer?

I had a series of 5 series Beemers back in the nineties, and they served me very well indeed until I re-discovered Jaguar Xj's in the early 2000's...  

Hi there - welcome :) 

My theory is the bigger the dog, the better the dog. Although I can't say I have ever met a dog I don't like, regardless of their stature! 

Sorry you've had some frankly weird comments in this thread, I hope they don't get you down. Generally, this is a nice place to be with with nice friendly people who just want to have conversations about different topics but you do get the the odd aggro poster...sigh.

Hello Bimmer Lady, based on what I've seen of your rather turbulent introduction to this forum I feel like I know you in my off forum life! 

I managed to get in a few posts before I upset someone on this forum, but it's surprisingly easy for a topic to blow up in our faces I found, and presentation skills are really important here, just as much as out in normie land. 

There are two sides to every argument, but that is not the purpose of this forum to debate them. I've found it ridiculously easy to accidentally damage people here and in the real world, by laughing at their stupidity, be careful of that. 

wha gwarn is jamaican right? but ok.
and no, i didnt vote momentum or jeremy corbyn, i stood against his anti-semetic party and saw it for what it was. kier starmer is ok though.

thank u for reading. il ignore the dr below

lol love your comment about the socials - i tried not to put too much feeling into it (OTT), but can see you get it!

Groovy.

Having looked at your profile, we seem to share a fair bit......

- have a love of "big dogs" and lego.

- belief that music is spiritually important/connective (my taste is utterly eclectic)

- quite socially isolated

- don't do any social (f**kg) media & profoundly dislike the phenomenon.

- wish to avoid hassle/explaining/apologising for my oddness.

I hope to see you around on the pages.

Have a good Thursday.

Kind regards

Number.

quote me then...trying to stir up a bit of anti-semitism eh? i dont appreciate comments like that considering my (biological before you throw around those aspersions) mother is jewish!

yes dr! thank you for my prescription...off to the chemist!

no all you did was make it worse and provoked me lol
which is pretty daft considering you dont seemingly have any autistic traits at all

you got the hitler one right, she just basically attacked me in another thread and told me to go in  a incinerator and kill myself or something to that level... not a very nice woman this one

im going to treat you the same way you treated me now.

sorry but hyperactivity has absolutely nothing to do with autism at all, its more likely ADHD and your insulting everyone here by coming in here with your google search of all the different things you can claim to be. i suggest you go somewhere hot... is that how you put it to me? ... i forgot your exact wording but it sounded like that... anyways i dont want you to go somewhere hot because hot would be good lol you should go somewhere cold instead. im still confused by your weird way of insulting me like that but i fixed it for you and changed hot to cold, because hot is nice and bearable, cold is the bad one really...

have a cold day lol

thank u! nice to meet u!

I appreciate it! I have see the other thread...I will deal with that accordingly, thats not your fault at all! I cant say its been a nice welcome, but i will persevere. Thank you.

Hello Bimmer Lady.  I am Number.  Whilst trying to smooth an introduction to you on another thread, it would appear that I may have somewhat inadvertently implied that you were either Hitler or a pit snake.

Now those whom know me, we probably be wincing, smiling or p issing themselves laughing right now.......or more probably since I made that post....I am slower than most in some respects.

I do hope that you know that it was not my intention to draw that nor any other inference about you nor an attempt to compare you to either of the aforementioned entities, nor any others of any description whatsoever.

I think we can all agree that a wiser, more considered set of comparatives for the second party in the example given should have been expected to be broader.

Apologies for any misunderstanding, but I do like to hope you are pitifully smiling at your screen for me.

As always, I try to do good.  It ain't easy for me.