single, happily married, unhappily married, divorced?

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I ended up getting diagnosed because my marriage was on the rocks and I went to a therapist to try to save it. At first the diagnosis seemed to make things worse - my wife thought it meant I'd never change, and she had some prejudices about autism and started treating me like a child. It was as if we had to get to know each other again and re-negotiate our relationship. But things seem to be getting better now. I've become way more aware of the behaviors I have that had driven us apart and am working hard at improving. She has become more understanding of me as well, and we've been getting closer again.

I am hopeful that we will stay together. This is the only intimate relationship I've ever had and the only person I've ever been in love with.

I'm single but, I hope to someday be in a relationship. I'm not unhappy being single it has it's ups and downs. I never been in a romantic relationship so I guess I don't know what I'm missing or how it feel being single post-relationship.

I have a hard time making connections let alone trying to keep one so... I have a therapist who I could talk to when needed but, it's new so I don't feel comfortable expressing that yet. I have a friend I feel comfortable with who I share with but, I wouldn't want her to become an emotional dumpster.

My category isn't up there.

I'm single and hoping for a relationship, but expect to remain single.

I don't quite fill the role correctly, even for an aspie guy, I'm not the right kind of peg to fit.

I find it very difficult to make friendship connections let alone something deeper like a romantic connection. I'm always on the surface and on the outside.

How do I cope?

I'm up and down. I have church to keep me in contact with other humans. I went to my pastor because I wasn't coping and he was incredibly understanding. We have never talked about autism, but I know he has an autistic family member, so understands people like me.

I feel like in general us single people are very misunderstood, especially as we get older. Him showing that he understood and wanted to offer support was a huge load off me. It bugs me that old retired guys like that know I'm struggling, but women who should be looking out for us younger women in a congregation setting just assume I'm ok. I'm employed, friendly, polite and presentable, on the surface I look ok, but no one digs deeper.

I get quizzed by my aunt's (My actual family) every time I see them. Have you not met anyone yet?

"Yet".... It's expected, but I think it's a life milestone I can't achieve. I'm not wired correctly. I don't fill the placeholder correctly. My family don't care about marriage, on the whole my family is not religious, but they would just like me to meet someone. Im the only cousin who is still single and never had a boyfriend.

It would take someone equally quirky to accept me, let alone actually love me.

I have a sibling who I am close to. We talk almost everyday. I have 2 or 3 close female friends, but I feel like I have fatigued their compassion on the whole romance issue.

That's why I post here. It doesn't matter if anyone here gets sick of me going on about this thing that is missing in my life. I don't know anyone here.

How do I cope? I get up every day and force myself to work at my job even though I'm empty and exhausted and I go home to an empty house. I go for walks to de-stress.

I voted for "In a relationship, and expect to remain so". Me & my current girlfriend have been living together 6 & half years now. There are times when I really do have doubts thou cuz we have various issues we're dealing with(including both of us being on the spectrum & other mental & physical issues) & Cass sometimes takes things out on me that have nothing to do with me. I then start wondering if she'll be better off without me or if she's gonna leave me. We both really love each other & both take romantic relationships very seriously & are both loyal to a fault. Plus both our lives would s#ck more without the other so we should stay with each other. We just both believe that the other deserves better.

Actually, I don't cope. I woke up at 3am last night and didn't get to sleep again till 5am.

I stood in the shower crying this morning as I do most days.

I don't know what about me in so heinous that I'm always overlooked. That even if someone is interested they realise, ah no, she's not actually good enough. She doesn't deserve a chance. I can't stand the thought of sharing my life with that.

In the same relationship for 15 years, I find our relationship healthier than any of us personally.

In a relationship and expect to remain so. Getting married in a year.

the socially intelligent/successful here, cannot explain how they do it, as it comes naturally to them and they never have to think about it. it is like expecting a maths genius how he does those calculations so fluently. it is like asking a strongman how he is so strong. they just ARE. not explainable. the only thing that would be explainable is the ABSENCE of such natural gifts.