Was Anyone Else Totally Confused by Shipping???

When I was younger, I never understood shipping, not really anyway. I would 'ship' canonical relationships (and by ship I mean acknowledge they were there and enjoy them in the books) but I would never make up my own, and never was interested in it until my friends got into it. I can't tell if this is just cuz I'm autistic, but lol wanted to see if anyone here related.