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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2024, 9:03 am
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| As others said on this thread, society views the spectrum as being synonymous with mental retardation (even though there's a huge difference between being on the spectrum vs being mentally challenged). Wait! where did this come from?? Why bring in people who are intellectually impaired? low hanging... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2024, 9:00 am
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| As others said on this thread, society views the spectrum as being synonymous with mental retardation (even though there's a huge difference between being on the spectrum vs being mentally challenged). Wait! where did this come from?? Why bring in people who are intellectually impaired? low hanging... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 11:53 am
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| It could be a way to eliminate a dud and minimize wasted time. I wouldn’t want to be with someone who would ditch me or discriminate against me for having autism, so I’d always be upfront about it. Sure, not everyone is knowledgeable about autism, but if they aren’t willing to learn, then I’m not w... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2024, 2:21 pm
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| It could be a way to eliminate a dud and minimize wasted time. I wouldn’t want to be with someone who would ditch me or discriminate against me for having autism, so I’d always be upfront about it. Sure, not everyone is knowledgeable about autism, but if they aren’t willing to learn, then I’m not w... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
| SkinnyElephant |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2024, 12:23 pm
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| I think it's best to keep things under wraps for the first month or two. Than you can give your partner little hints and clues. Once that's achieved, you can refer some information that they can look up. Now that's a better approach than informing your partner on day one. On a different internet co... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2024, 8:34 am
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| I think people should respect privacy. If you don't want to share your diagnosis and it doesn't get in the way of a relationship why bring it up? Yeah. There are certain tidbits a partner should share. For example, if you have AIDS or herpes, you should really inform your partner, as those are life... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2024, 8:31 am
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| I think it's best to keep things under wraps for the first month or two. Than you can give your partner little hints and clues. Once that's achieved, you can refer some information that they can look up. Now that's a better approach than informing your partner on day one. On a different internet co... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2024, 6:55 pm
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| If you live in USA I know that many companies scheadule, once or twice a year, a kind of interview where they ask employees what they think about their work, how much they achieved and contributed to a company growth, etc. If they prove they did well they get promotion or their salary raised or bot... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2024, 11:39 am
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Replies: 58
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| It could be a way to eliminate a dud and minimize wasted time. I wouldn’t want to be with someone who would ditch me or discriminate against me for having autism, so I’d always be upfront about it. Sure, not everyone is knowledgeable about autism, but if they aren’t willing to learn, then I’m not w... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2024, 10:24 am
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Replies: 58
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| It could be a way to eliminate a dud and minimize wasted time. I wouldn’t want to be with someone who would ditch me or discriminate against me for having autism, so I’d always be upfront about it. Sure, not everyone is knowledgeable about autism, but if they aren’t willing to learn, then I’m not w... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2024, 10:22 am
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| Since I have an autoimmune disease I am ready to inform people, generally, only about it and use it as an excuse for the things I hate doing as an (officialy still undiagnosed) autistic person. Things that are exausting for me. Should I openly admit to a potential partener about my autism? Probably... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2024, 10:07 am
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| Where I'm originally from even the so-called experts tend to think of autism as a less sever form of mental retardation. Tellimg a date that your autistic when you don't really know each other would likely guarantee you don't get a second one unless they are a preditor who thinks your easy prey. I ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2024, 8:51 am
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Replies: 58
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| Since I have an autoimmune disease I am ready to inform people, generally, only about it and use it as an excuse for the things I hate doing as an (officialy still undiagnosed) autistic person. Things that are exausting for me. Should I openly admit to a potential partener about my autism? Probably... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2024, 8:23 am
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| I don't think that a person has to tell a romantic interest about their autism diagnosis, but I'd want to tell them so they'd have a better understanding of my quirks. It could help with emotional intimacy down the road too. If they aren't cool about it, they probably aren't worth one's time. Well,... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Are a portion of people on the autism spectrum asexual? |
| SkinnyElephant |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2024, 8:18 am
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Replies: 73
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You're right. Sex isn't the pass/no pass test.
However, it's a bad idea for sexuals and asexuals to be in a relationship. Even if sex isn't the *only* point of a hetero/bi/homosexual relationship, a sexual individual will never be happy in a relationship with an asexual. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Should we inform our romantic interests of our condition? |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2024, 7:26 pm
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Replies: 58
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| I've only had 2 dates in the past 8 years, neither of which led to sex or a 2nd date. After sharing the detailed stories of these 2 dates on another forum, here's the general consensus the other posters came to: I ended up unknowingly saying the "wrong" thing (thanks to being on the spectr... |
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