# Recent autism diagnosis **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-autism-diagnosis/993813 "2023-11-28T14:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-autism-diagnosis/993813/21 "2023-11-28T16:55:49Z")
Here’s a good one - one is related to the other. As it turned out, I had become so obnoxious (every statement rife with clever satire, puns and esoteric meaning /s) that this coworker had basically ghosted me to whatever extent is possible when you sit next to someone at work. > [@Ever lost a friend or been the lost friend over something seemingly trivial or silly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-lost-a-friend-or-been-the-lost-friend-over-something-seemingly-trivial-or-silly/763371/20): > > I had something happen with a co-worker (“WTF happened with my co-worker?” in IMHO) which just boggled my mind. I have a co-worker who I thought was becoming a good friend (she was opening herself to me with a few problems, thanking me for being such a good, honest friend blah blah blah), who, out of the blue, gave me the silent treatment for about two months. Me? I’m an honest guy, always try to support people. I have no secret agendas (at this time in my life at 57 yrs old there’s no need for… > [@WTF happened with my co-worker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-happened-with-my-co-worker/757153/53): > > Oh I do understand about pretending I’m blind and deaf but I think, in this case, I over-estimated the level of our then-co-worker friendship. Though that was a mistake on my part in many respects. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-autism-diagnosis/993813)._