Well now Eric, normally I wouldn't comment. I would just sit back and watch the other comments. But I feel I have to. Who the HELL are you to come on here and ask for advice, then tell people that you will ignore them if they have bad spelling, punctuation, or grammar??!!! Who is going to want to answer you now??!! I wish I had seen this post before I replied to your other one about being tall. I wouldn't have posted a reply!! Seems like you are incapable of making friends, because you are a very rude jerk!! Ya think??? Just keep on thinking that you are above other people, and you will NEVER have a social life!! Now let me tell you how I REALLY feel...........

I felt empathy for you until your last line. I think that kind of intolerance for mistakes and a judgmental attitude would make it difficult for you to make any friends.

Maybe you could try a website just for aspies?

sorry my nephew has aspergers and he is now married at 30 but he is a drunken bum too...currently has pancreatitis and just got out of intensive care for drinking too much.....hope that does not become how you live your life with aspergers....bill

I feel the same way you do, that includes the last line, terrible grammar and spelling really irritates me a lot, but ignoring people that are possibly trying to help isn't the best way to go about it. When people make mistakes I usually just try to correct them, it's a lot more helpful all around. We're the same age, and I feel the same way you do however, I even deleted facebook and don't use most other social media sites unless it's to find information and what not mainly. I often find myself wondering if I'll ever find friends again, I've lost most of the friends I had as a child, and I'm quite awkward socially so that's no help. Keep your head up though and don't give up.

Social sites , eh?

I do think it's possible to have friends late in life, I do not have Asperger's however I did get a late start on my social life, it took some time to develop confidence and figure out who I was. My husband does have Asperger's and does have a challenging time making friends, however those who look past any social challenges can see what an amazing man he is. I would not concern myself with social media, in fact I do not utilize it except for information. I would work on finding people who share interests and see if you can forge a connection. I would not be discouraged. All that said, I do agree with the others that the last line was not necessary and referring to others in that manner may make it challenging to find and keep friends.

Eric, there are often local Aspergers meetups on Meetup.com. I've gone to a number of those over a couple of years, after suspecting myself of having high-functioning autism.

They're a comfortable meetup to be at, because usually there's a strict protocol in communication, people taking turns, and nobody is expected to be a social butterfly.

Your social life is not going to be the same as a neurotypical person's. But if you could regularly go and meet people like yourself, and it would tremendously help you to feel more validated and understood.

Also, you might learn some tricks from other Aspies on how to survive company of neurotypicals.

I hope it is never too late to develop friendships with people. I'm in my early 50's and have been lonely/friendless my whole life. Yet, I still hold out hope that tomorrow will be the day I will meet someone who will eventually become a close friend.

I agree with you that term "friend" on social media sites is different than probably how you or I would consider a friend. In most cases, friends in social media sites are, at best, acquaintances. Maybe if we're lucky one or two social media friends will become a close friend.

But, as previously said, I hope it is never too late to develop friendships. Getting out there and meeting people, developing hobbies, sharing interests with others, etc. will, hopefully, give you an opportunity to make some close friendships.

Guys: he can't cope with bad spelling, that's what he's trying to say. He's Asbergers. It fries his brain. You may as well throw a toaster in the bath he's in.

OP: Next time you need to say this:

"Please try to use good punctuation/spelling as my Asbergers causes me to react unpredictably to bad spelling. I can't absorb what you are saying if it is incorrectly spelled.

As to my response: no. You are not too old. But you definitely do need to find an Asbergers group: you can see right here what misunderstandings can take place when people don't understand you.

My daughter's boyfriend is high functioning autistic, probably some level of Asbergers. He also tried to learn how 'normies' function so that he can fit in. He functions quite well although there is a lot of room for misunderstanding. Mostly on our part: we have to learn how to ask questions. We have to ignore our insecurities and inner monologue, and ask questions, because nuance, hinting, subtlety are lost on him. He does not deliberately ignore them: he does not perceive them.

It teaches us to be more honest, actually. It's very good for us. So don't give up hope, find a support group for Asbergers, and make friends with the people who are capable of understanding you. You can always ask these people for advice about how to deal with normies and they will always do what they can to help.

I don't think it's too late but opportunities in this day and age won't come running towards you. You'll have to continuously seek out friends. I know your struggle and pain. I've always dealt with antisocial behavior. I grew up in a dysfunctional family where I got verbally abused if I was vocal so I stopped talking at home and only talked at school eventually I stopped having conversations period. Just went on with my life. Well I'm now 25 with 1 deep relationship and still living in that negative atmosphere. I'm in school with people at least 5 years younger than me but I still try to relate and have conversations. Keep trying if it's really what you want don't give up move forward. Set a goal like I'm going to have 3 conversations today. Or in the case of social media join a group, make a few comments on youtube and reply to other people's comments. Introduce yourself and people what they do. Also be your best friend, do what you like doing and be happy, smile, and laugh.

I know it can be more difficult to read messages with bad grammar, spelling and/or punctuation, but in reality people write messages in a hurry, are tired etc. My laptop is old and not all the letters and symbols work!

I ignore social media. The people with hundreds of friends are not friends in real life! It is very easy to create an online image, the reality is likely to be different.