Does your dating profile come across as autistic?

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Mine does, but this is by design.
I have dropped a few hints here and there, mainly by mentioning my most obvious traits and symptoms (in a positive light, obviously), but in such a way that you can only recognize them as what they are when you know what you are looking for.

no offense but I'm actually surprised you're not attracting pedophiles because you're profile kinda makes you sound like a 5 year old.

I just disabled my account. I'll be back when I can write something that won't make me seem like a five year old or a geek.

DevilKisses, I don't think your profile would have attracted pedophiles.

There just wasn't much to it that would attract anybody. And it's not reflective of what I see as the "real you."

You're going through a "self-conscious" phase at this point.

I almost wish you could go back to studying Finnish. I feel like you were happiest then.

I have three dating profiles on three different websites: Eharmony, Christian Mingle, and Aspergersdatingsite. I openly tell on my website that I'm Aspergers and chronically shy, except on the latter site for obvious reasons. I haven't gotten any messages or anything, but its only been up for a week and I am hopeful.

I would prefer my social profiles to include a reference to my autism. Better to offer up something of that importance than to wait for its inevitable discovery. Having said that, how to present it in a profile can be dicey. In a recent news report about something political I had done, I was quoted as having said only "Not bad for an Aspie, huh?" This simple sentence tied together something significant I had done with the fact that I am autistic. Either one gains from the influence of the other, or they are both significant in good ways.

I would suggest finding a way to make the same simple statement within a social profile, if the goal is to inform potential friends and partners of existing autism.

A dating online profile is just like posting a resume. What type of employer are you trying to attract? Tailor your dating profile to the kind of date you want to attract.