vintagesnaps
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Had you said upfront that you had Asperger's... that makes a big difference in all this. Of course I don't know you to know how the condition affects you, but I have worked with enough kids with autism to know that unusual behaviors are usually part of that condition. Maybe not so much with Asperger's; since I worked with kids with more significant delays I don't know as much about that specific diagnosis.
I would say it's causing a problem to just keep wandering around but not shopping or even chatting with people. That to me is an unusual behavior. If you had gotten to know some of the vendors and eventually said you had Asperger's they might have been more able to show some empathy with who you are and what you're doing. Then they might understand that you enjoy photography but find it challenging to interact with people. As it is, they probably don't know what you're doing because it borders on getting stalkerish and has been annoying.
You mentioning rights being for not what people love but what pisses them off and telling someone to go suck a lemon sounds like maybe you just want to go there and cause trouble. If that's how it is, then I guess you'll manage to keep getting yourself in trouble. Or you could think about finding some support for dealing with Asperger's.
If the issue is that it's a challenge for you to interact with people then I think you'll need to start learning how to get more comfortable doing that if you want to keep taking photos at events. Now it's probably going to be more of a challenge to be accepted at the flea market after this incident. I think your best chance of that is to go be honest with people - start talking to the vendors so they get to know who you are and that your intent was not to cause trouble but to enjoy walking around taking pictures. Eventually you could talk to someone there about your challenges with your diagnosis and maybe they'd be more understanding. It's going to take some courage I imagine to go back there and try to make things better so you can enjoy the flea market again.
I would say it's causing a problem to just keep wandering around but not shopping or even chatting with people. That to me is an unusual behavior. If you had gotten to know some of the vendors and eventually said you had Asperger's they might have been more able to show some empathy with who you are and what you're doing. Then they might understand that you enjoy photography but find it challenging to interact with people. As it is, they probably don't know what you're doing because it borders on getting stalkerish and has been annoying.
You mentioning rights being for not what people love but what pisses them off and telling someone to go suck a lemon sounds like maybe you just want to go there and cause trouble. If that's how it is, then I guess you'll manage to keep getting yourself in trouble. Or you could think about finding some support for dealing with Asperger's.
If the issue is that it's a challenge for you to interact with people then I think you'll need to start learning how to get more comfortable doing that if you want to keep taking photos at events. Now it's probably going to be more of a challenge to be accepted at the flea market after this incident. I think your best chance of that is to go be honest with people - start talking to the vendors so they get to know who you are and that your intent was not to cause trouble but to enjoy walking around taking pictures. Eventually you could talk to someone there about your challenges with your diagnosis and maybe they'd be more understanding. It's going to take some courage I imagine to go back there and try to make things better so you can enjoy the flea market again.