Positive Relationships are Possible for People on the Spectrum - Love & Autism

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Zed90230
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Age: 56
Gender: Male
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21 Mar 2017, 6:47 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

yellowtamarin wrote:

sly279 wrote:

54. hmm. so waited all the life and only find love near the end, happy they are happy but that is depressing to me

That's only around halfway through one's adult years.

Except it would be hard to have a child at this point.

Yes, even for men - fertility decreases, sperm quality decreases, and the risk of pre-term birth and having a child with disorders and limb defects increase with men's age.
And even if the child is healthy, there are social cons for having an old dad, the child might be deprived from dad-child activities that only a young dad can physically do - also the old dad is more likely to die before the child is ready to be independent than the young dad case.

Also the need to find a partner with a bigger age gap would be harder in the first place.

Not everyone wants to have a kid.

auntblabby
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