Saying Awkward Things

I’ve been introspecting lately, and I’ve noticed that a recurring theme in my life is that, for a quiet person, I’ve said a lot of socially unacceptable things throughout my life, even when I was little. I’ve alienated more than one or two friends for life with some strange things I’ve said. On a possibly related note, I’ve never had a girlfriend before and, since I was little, have had some really odd ways of expressing my attraction. So there has to be some kind of diagnosis for all this, right?

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Really · 80-89, M

I was a teenage guest at my school pal's family gathering, in his home. One of his out-of-town aunts asked if I could drive her to the bus station. I had recently taken the cover off my car's driveshaft to work on it. Thinking of a skirted person sitting close to that whirling shaft, I said - in front of everybody - "OK but if you come with me you'll have to keep your legs crossed".

OOPS! Red face, red face; "No. no I just meant" .... but there was no escaping the ridicule that followed.