This one's pretty funny. Waste not, want not ...

That's actually kind of cute.

How do you carry on a conversation with him ? I have so many questions.

my friend is like this and its hilarious

This is me. Don't give me cardinal directions and I'll be ok. Give me landmarks

That's not a personality quirk. It's a disorder called directional dyslexia. And before anyone ironically gets their knickers in a knot by assuming I've done the same, no, I'm not offended. I'm just providing information.

I knew a gal that had cute, intricate patterns tattooed on her hands right on the fleshy part between thumb and index finger. When she was tipsy she revealed they were Sindaril runes for L and R. She also had that problem

Im like this with numbers. Basic equations stump me and I have to manually count but I can figure out currency for the country I'm visiting in a matter of seconds.

Same way. If I am driving, you have to turn towards me, or turn towards you. If you say left i will go the opposite directions

My mouth doesn't know right from left. My hands do. Sometimes I pick up my left hand, point left, and say right. I don't know how no one has hit me yet.

It seems like a lot of adults have a problem with it. Which hand you use for writing? I bet you know it without thinking. If you are right-handed let your right hand remind you where right side is, well I used this rule as a kid.

Same here

OMG this is me. Take me somewhere, anywhere twice and I can go back myself no matter how many years it's been. Turn Right...noooo the other right DEBORAH!!

I use the 'L' shape with my hands so I know what to call the direction to go in. Mostly I tell people to go in the direction I am pointing to, and not to listen to my mouth.

And she drives? That's disturbing.

I didn’t learn until I was 8, and I’m still not good at it. Just point honestly. Sometimes even when I’m reading the Waze directions for someone from the passenger seat I’ll see the arrow and still get it wrong. And of course I frequently forget to state the direction when telling someone to turn onto x street… I’m really helpful.

Is she left-handed? I do this and that is why.

thank you random stranger now I know how to tell the difference! woohooo

My sister after being asked to turn left: “Which left?”

I know my left from right, but not instantly. Ask me which way to go and I’m more likely to point. I just need a few seconds to remember which is which.

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Put a ring on it and then she'll remember which hand is LEFT.

In a vehicle she used "this way" and "that way". So if she was in the passenger seat (USA) I knew that "turn this way" meant towards her or right. That way meant towards me or left.

She is dyslexic!

Me too!

But how do you know which hand to hold up to make the "L"?

Isn't there a culture somewhere that the whole culture is like this? They don't teach their kids right or left. Its north, south, east, and west. So if they tell them to turn a direction, it's "turn north" instead of "turn left".

I tell my wife to turn left or right 3 times which usually earns me an elbow to the ribs.

No

Asking all the questions on people who do this is amazing, because they answer. Not sure if always honest or true.

I'm sorry, but as annoying as this must be, I also find it hilarious.

I loved how he finds it endearing instead of annoying.

As someone with high-functioning autism, this sounds like it might be Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many High Functioning Autistic people have trouble with chatting and casual conversation. The fact he has to google topics for conversation hints he might be having trouble with casual social skills and is making an effort to compensate. Likewise, the fact he asks intimate questions in a room full of people suggests he has trouble understanding social propriety and boundaries, another thing difficult for people with autism.

Put him in front of a mirror and tell him that he is cute and a keeper, because he is actually listening to you. My one, I could tell him 200 times how a watch is beautiful and he would still show up on valentines or birthdays with something else but the watch.

What's rizz?

Umm...aren't alarm clocks just a type of timer?

I think this is a healthy self care boundary and not a flag at all.

"Snack budget"? That doesn't sound good.

I think that flag is red, not beige!

Thanks random boyfriend!

Girlfriend's version of zoomies!

I am waving the beige flag. I do this very thing.

In high school, my brother loved convincing people that "gullible" wasn't actually in the dictionary.

I've often said that it's as selfish to refuse to receive as it is to refuse to give, because in refusing to receive we are denying other people the opportunity to be generous and we are refusing to be grateful to other, instead insisting they always be indebted to us. Generosity sometimes means allowing others to be generous too.

100% me. Not hypochondria or attention seeking, my body is just a POS. I either try not to comment on it because I can absolutely see how this would be annoying, or I make it a joke, like, ugh, what's broken on me now?

I friggin hate when people do that! Didn't you read the rest? Is your brain function that limited? Why?!

When my children went through this phase I'd pretend to not know what they wanted until they spoke properly. (And, yes, they were fully able to articulate clearly.)

I don't understand why that would make the waiter embarrassed - he'll either have an actual favorite that he'll recommend, if not then he'll pick something at random from the menu (or something expensive)... or maybe the manager said "hey, we've got too much fish, so push the fish!" and recommend that. Not sure where the discomfort would come from unless the waiter was so unfamiliar with the menu that he couldnt think of a single dish to recommend.

I'm like that and I'm a woman. If they want to say, they will tell me - that's my reasoning.

Maybe he thinks it’s a beige flag that you call yourself a scheduled girly.

i’m like this

This is me, and this is apparently very common in people who have ADHD (not saying she does). I hate having notifications hanging over me, so I open the message, and if I'm in the right mood I'll respond. But sometimes I think "I'll get back to it later" and then totally forget the message ever existed until the next time I think to text that person.