blackaeronaut Wrote:I'm worried that I may also be somewhat autistic. I have loner tendencies and I have extreme difficulty relating with people. It's weird that I can be polite and sociable with strangers... case in point where when I was cranking for the mess decks on my ship and we made a major port visit to Vladivostok on the Russian's Victory Day - huge political deal, complete with Ambassadors visiting the ship for a dinner party hosted on the flight deck. I chatted up a US Navy Captain and his wife while serving. They were so charmed that they brought me over to my CO to say just how so.Effing up a conversation with other people is perfectly is a normal thing that happens to everyone.
And yet, there are times I put my foot in my mouth so badly that people give me these looks as though to say, "What in God's name is your malfunction?"
I think though you need to elaborate on what you mean by sticking your foot in your mouth, since there is a huge difference from making an insensitive and cutting remark unintentionally, to simply talking down to another person. :S
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