I Have Asperger's

Sometimes, I just can't tell how people are feeling.  I regularly ask the questions "Are you bored?"  "Are you tired?"  "Are you feeling well?"  and many more.  I don't do it to annoy people, but because I know I can't tell on my own, so I may as well outright ask them.

Just today, I asked someone three in a row.  "Are you bored?"  Answer: "No"  "Are you tired?"  Answer: "No."  These are the two most common ones associated with this person.  Finally, I remembered an incident that had occurred earlier that the person had been upset about.  This led me to ask "Are you mad?"  Answer: "Yes."

I got it!  I was so happy that I had gotten it!  But....ok, what's the best way to RESPOND to that?

In the end, I settled on "I'm sorry about what happened."  Even though it wasn't really my fault, I still wanted to make sure they weren't mad at ME for some reason.  Of course, they weren't.

I never really thought about how similar any emotions are to each other according to behaviors.  I just ask the usual questions, and try to figure out how to deal with the answers that come.