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Old Jul 17, 2014, 09:29 PM
IceCreamKid IceCreamKid is offline
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Originally Posted by kreg View Post
Can I rephrase my post? Is there such a thing as lacking in social skills or being socially awkward without necessarily fitting one of the disorder classifications? In my case and I may fit one of the categories of disorder-I don't know, but I sometimes think it just took me an awful long time to become aware of some of the not so fine points of social conduct. It's like I wish someone would have just pointed out some of these things to me years ago.
I've heard such people called "under socialized". And yes, someone doesn't have to have a disorder to be socially awkward. There are also cultural differences and some differences based on age and I wouldn't be surprised by gender, as well, in communicating. There are books on how to converse with others that are helpful.

The father of the gay son could have replied "Oh, not at all, I love my son."