DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have autism, which makes it difficult to understand social situations — especially within close friendships. I also tend to be a people-pleaser.

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My best friend and I met in high school the day I moved to a new state, and we have now been friends for 13 years. I was the maid of honor at her wedding. I have stuck with her through the hard times she experienced, along with the happy times and some dark, depressing times. She is one of my favorite people to be around.

However, she has done some really wacky, hare-brained things that have led to arguments. She once volunteered me to help move a stranger’s things into their home; she’s put me through a lot of four-hour improv shows that she was in (which were extremely inappropriate and in poor taste); sh

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