i don’t know why, i feel like i’m missing something. even the most basic things i don’t know. It looks like everyone else just immediately knows what to say or do in social situations, while i have to manually figure things out. like, i literally take note in my head when someone does or says something that i think would come in handy in other scenarios. it’s actually kind of embarrassing. I didn’t even know that telling social workers to have a nice day, or to thank someone for inviting you over was a normal thing people do until like a few months ago. I’m afraid it’ll make me seem impolite or rude. I feel like an entirely different species, or that everyone else knows something that i don’t. to be clear, i’ve lived in the exact same area in the exact same city my entire life, so it’s not like there’s a cultural barrier or anything, so i don’t know why i just sometimes feel like i was just plopped down in this alien world with no further instructions. honestly i think me and my cat have a a better understanding of each other than i do with any other person.