Who else doesn’t go to social gatherings if you don’t have to because you make people uncomfortable?

I don't go to any whether I have to or not. If it's mandatory I call in sick. If it's a family thing I say I'm not going. It's a hard no. People make me really uncomfortable but I do the same for them, and I see it and try harder then offend them and feel bad about myself. I get nothing from it and I don't think anyone else is getting anything by me being there. I go to my parents' for Thanksgiving, etc., but it isn't a party. It's just a quiet dinner with the four of us and my dog.. Even that takes a lot out of me, and we all get along really well. I'm going to ask for certain event-avoidance as a formal accommodation at work. They're always having "optional" ice cream socials and whatnot, but I'm a lactose-intolerant vegan with a social-communication disorder? Maybe that's not that inclusive as events go.

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