being autistic is so funny because it'll be like, "I have to follow this strict set of rules or else I'll DIE" but at the same time it's like "I can Not follow these stupid made up rules or else I'll DIE" and sometimes it's about the same ones

I am a full grown adult in my late twenties and only recently realized it’s still OK to talk to someone the same day you’ve said goodbye to them. Like if you hang out with a friend and then say goodbye and go home you don’t have to wait until the next day to shoot them a text. Like I genuinely thought it was a social rule that everybody knew and it was a terrible faux-pas to do. And I’d still break it but I’d feel awful