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Originally Posted by marcelloforthewin

Once she leaves she wont have anything to do with any of them again except Lily i can already see it now she doesn't like or care about any of them

People say this as though it’s a sign Ali is a total bitch or something, but the reality is she just doesn’t click with a lot of people in the house. I don’t think that means she doesn’t care about them. It’s similar to being stuck in a confined space with family members or coworkers you don’t have much in common with. You might not actively like them or choose to spend time with them of your own volition, but you don’t dislike them, and you still care about their well-being.

And this was always likely to be the case for Ali because she’s an autistic person w ADHD in a house largely full of neurotypical people. I’m also autistic and ADHD and the reality is it’s just difficult for us to connect with neurotypical people and vice versa. If you threw 1 neurotypical person into a house largely full of neurodivergent people they’d struggle in a similar way. (I’d watch that!)

Add to that that most of the people in the house, especially at this point, come from pretty different social/political backgrounds to Ali and it’s not really a surprise.

Not to derail this thread for Khaled, but the endless Ali hate, on almost every thread regardless of the topic, is just a bit tiring. These are all human beings, not two-dimensional figures.

To bring it back on topic - do I think Khaled is someone she’d choose to be friends with on the outside? Probably not. That doesn’t mean she can’t have developed a genuine warmth and affection for him within the house, and I do think she has. I think she misjudged him initially, acted poorly at times, gradually got to know him and warmed to him. People’s feelings for other people change all the time.