Switching schools. Thought maybe masking my autism would do good for finally having friends.
Here’s what I did:
1- Sit on the third line: not too much back, not too much on the front;
2- Get pretty. Bracelets, jacket…
3- Watch them talk and imitate what they talk about when they talk to you.
Well, didn’t go this well. Still getting ignored (I like to joke with my brother that “Neurotypicals have autism detectors”).
Where did I miss it? I tried joining some conversations I heard, but they were pretty unkind at me after that.
Yeah, I cannot sugar-coat it: It was shit, and it will be similar at the workplace (albeit with more mature NTs, which does help), but it get’s easier when you have “your” people to socialize with outside of these society-enforced group interactions.