DAE find it difficult to to make friends with other women?
I was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD when I was almost 19 years old so I’m pretty new to unmasking and learning things about myself.
One thing I literally just realised is that I’ve struggled to connect / relate to other girls my age my ENTIRE life and was almost ALWAYS singled out, bullied and ostracised by girls.
No matter what I did, even when I was “masking” and people pleasing, it’s like girls sensed I was different the moment I would introduce myself without me even saying much more. Do girls get some kind of vibe that guys don’t?
I’ve only ever been friends with boys my whole life because oddly enough they seemed to accept me more and found me weird / funny enough to include me in their groups. But as a 20 year old woman with just male friends it gets lonely and I kind of mirror / mimic the guys I hang out with if that makes sense, so it makes it even harder for me to talk to girls my age.
It was extra lonely when I had a boyfriend because I obviously didn’t want to constantly hang out with other guys whilst dating one. Now that I’m single I’m like how tf do I even make girl-friends because I’ve always wanted them but I’d be happy with one 😅
I tried making friends with girls in college but they all excluded me again and said I was “too nice” or something because I complimented them / bought drinks for everyone a lot and I guess they took that as me being fake or trying too hard or something.
It’s like at this point only guys are drawn to me, mostly romantic / sexual or friendly and I really want to learn how to make friends with the same sex lol