Weirdo seeks similarly weird people to chat to.

Hi LateToTheParty I'm new and 56. Lifelong weirdo which sometimes I embrace and sometimes I hate. My ND husband gets it so much, then no more and I've no one else to chat to other than him and the doggo (although at least the dog listens quite well). I also like books (though not really much fiction - that has to be very special to interest me), films and my other likes are food, art/making "stuff", hiking and music. I'm a parent to adult twins, also a lefty.

I find the opposite and that NT's want to hear fine when they ask you how you are and not an honest answer. Fine really stands for:

F***ed up

Insecure

Neurotic

[and] Egotistical

Awe she's gorgeous! 

Casper is ten this year. Not enjoying the heat, he's been sleeping a lot this week 

Aw, he's lovely! How old is he? This is my doggo Xyo (pronounced zee-o). She's 8yrs old :)

I wouldn't start with Wolf Hall, I'd watch it on TV, the book is hard going and takes a page or so to convey what takes a few seconds of the tv production. The tv production is TV at it's best, the cast, the sets and the faithfulness to both the book and the times.

I'd start with something like Lindsey Davis's Falco novels, they're a crime series set in Rome at the time of Emporer Vespasian (70 CE). The first one's a bit of a struggle, but the series soon hits it's stride.

I'd suggest Phillipa Gregory's The White Queen series, but there was a brilliant TV adaption of that which is almost word for word faithful to the books.

You could try Jack Hight's Saladin trilogy, which is a fictionalised biography of Saladin and the 2nd and 3rd crusades, it stays true to as many real events as possible and is one of those books you can fall into and be transported to a different time and place.

Lots of people love the CJ Sansome's Shardlake series, personally I don't get on with it, but it's made the best seller lists.

Not knowing your real taste in books and what grabs you, it's hard to recomend anything. If you like something a bit cosy or something more blood thirsty.

I can't remember the last film I watched, I read and watch a lot of series and find a story, (if there is one) truncated and feel theres so much more that could of been done with it, either that or why did they bother at all?

Hi there and thanks for the reply.

One of my recent observations, since realising I am autistic, is that when people ask "how are you", or "how was your day", that "fine, thanks" is not enough, they actually want an anecdote about your day, and NT people offer an anecdote every single time without thinking about it, e.g.

Them: "How was your day"

ND person: "Fine thanks"

NT person: "Grim to be honest. Actually mostly grim, but Sheila popped in with a pumpkin spice latte for me which was nice ooh guess who she is with now, that Graham from the barbers, he must be twice her age, anyway how's you?"

Hiya thanks for the reply. My dog is called Casper and here he is...Mad as a sack of ferrets!

Oh I struggle with complicated plots in books and films. Bond films these days are baffling to me, what even was Skyfall about? I don't read enough historical fiction so would like to get into it, would you recommend Wolf Hall?

Thanks for replying, I have now turned on notifications for this forum, hopefully I won't rapidly silence them and forget what they were for :) 

Hi and thanks for responding. I am an eclectic reader, you can join me on Goodreads if that's your thing: https://www.goodreads.com/alhatchauthor I read contemporary fiction and Sci Fi mostly, Currently obsessed with Blake Crouch, also Iain Banks, Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman. But I've tried to catch up with the classics and read Frankenstein last year and much more. 

My novel is provisionally entitled "Meltdown Expected" and is about a struggling punk guitarist who works in IT to pay the bills, and follows his life from teenage years to mid-life crisis. It's not at all autobiographical, oh no!

Hello LateToTheParty, my name is Joseph. I am also a fan of films and reading! What sort of things do you like to read? What is your novel about if you don't mind me asking. Feel free to connect and keep in touch

Oh yes, 'common sense' and 'I'm only telling the truth' are the biggest verbal travesties of our time.

I've had weird things happen to me for ages, I once fell down a rabbit hole whilst thinking about Lewis Carroll. I have lots of totally weird dreams, like the one about a red paisley cat that lived in the cat litter tray and wouldn't let my other cats use it?

I'm more of an academic than an artist, I can barely draw a bath, let alone anything else, I love reading, mostly crime fiction and historical fiction. I find I don't understand most maiinstream fiction and family sagas, to NT for me I think. I love my ancient and medieval history and read loads about that.

Hey LateToTheParty

I'm new here & also hoping to meet peeps & chat. Maybe get to know myself a little more.

May I ask what your novel is about?

I'm more of a gamer myself, quiet walks with my doggo, love art & crafts, music

Hi, welcome to the community. We all are weird in certain ways, but not all similar. I like weird (ND) people, they are more interesting for me and it’s easier to communicate with them. It does not mean that there are no misunderstandings, even here we have them quite many, but I just don’t need to mask so much in an interaction with other ND people.