Ok this may be very detailed but regarding my previous question about my manager copying my hobbies, what should I even do about it now if he still continued to talk about Attack on Titan today? He said he is planning to watch the complete series and he keeps talking and asking me questions about it every morning and it's not actually helping to make friends with me, in fact... it's making me very annoyed and even more annoyed that he would even talk about it everyday, I don't want to sound not polite and don't really want to let him know that he's annoying me by even watching Attack on Titan and keeps talking to me about it because firstly, he's like 40ish and I think that's so weird to like a anime and start watching and getting into it from someone like me who I'm in my 20's absolutly love it. I think he is just too old to start trying to so call "catch up" with this younger generation by trying to copy me like this.
At the moment, I am very worried that after my 2 weeks holiday when I go back, I'll see him in a wings of freedom hoodie which I have at the moment, had it for ages but I'm scared he'll buy one and wear it and also possibly change is hairstyle to like mine as well which I really don't want to happen.
I don;t know if any aspies feel the same way like if you had a very special interest/hobby you're into and then someone else suddenly copies you and get into it as well and talk to you about it, it effects me differently than how it would to other NT's or whatever it's called. To me... when my manager copied by hobby, it makes me feel extremely p*ssed off and I'm full of hatred with this. I feel like he has:
Invaded my imaginary world
Invaded my personal space/privacy from others because I don't like that he asks me about Attack on Titan when I want this to be a barrier so I am always alone and always be me and to stay away from other people, I don't like when he knows what Attack on Titan is etc
It is his choice to watch it or not I can't stop him I don't mind that but I do mind when he keeps talking about it to me at work. If after I come back from my holiday off work and actually see him change his hairstyle and have the wings of freedom hoodie, I actually have no other choice but to consider leaving my job so I don't have to see him ever again so then it'll stop people like him from copying me. I don't know if I'm going over the top with all of this but thought i'll post it on here instead of anywhere else because some aspies may understand why my mental feelings are so strong over this.
Even if he sees this, it maybe better because there maybe simular situtions and he clearly doesn't understand how much impact and effect it has on a aspie but just doing this simple thing to copy things from me. If he's doing this just cos he wants to make friends with me, that won't work and is not the best strategy because that's having a completly different effect on me sort of like a mental breakdown feeling.
Now I've learnt to absolutly not share ANY information about my hobbies with him especially Attack on Titan, when he asks about season 2, I will just say I have no idea at all and not tell him I'm watching season 2 when it's out. I really wish I never told him about Attack on Titan in the first place.
If he's trying to so called "catch up" with the younger generation... again I think he should just accept that he's getting old.... do stuff more his age and stick to HIS hobbies and NOT to copy other people's hobbies and talk about them especially with a aspie.
Here's the link to my previous question, I don't really want to explain the whole situation again on this question. community.autism.org.uk/.../why-has-my-manager-just-starting-copying-some-my-hobbie
