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27 Aug 2012, 8:15 am

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I have no idea. If I knew, then they would already be in my life.

Very well-put.


Same here.

But i guess me being interested in looking at guys would really help the situation. However i dont know how much it would help.


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27 Aug 2012, 8:49 am

No matter how outgoing I become, I will pretty much need the woman to start off the relationship. I'm simply clueless when it comes to body language and the handful of times when I thought "yes, this is the one" and felt she had all the signs I could not have been rejected any harder. I also tend to assume the worst in people and if an attractive woman were to aggressively pursue me I would be questioning their motives because the few people who were nice to me just did it to find a place to stick the dagger in my back.

I'm so oblivious to flirting it could be spelled out in plain English and I STILL wouldn't catch on. No doubt this would make me come across as stuck up when my intentions were anything but. It just seems by the time women figure guys like me out and how amazing we can be, they are old enough to be my mother.



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27 Aug 2012, 5:53 pm

I would need to make the space in my life. Right now it's not there.



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27 Aug 2012, 8:48 pm

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It will require me to be able to look into his eyes and send off confident signals that I like him. It would help if I could flirt. I would also need to somehow overcome the extreme intensity of intimate physical contact without freaking out at the slightest touch. I need a guy with a battering ram to smash through all my defences.
I am the same way except I am not so overcome at the prospect of being touched.However,I do have to learn how to go about attracting someone in the proper way .I am hopeless at flirting and expressing my interest.I think the one for me is someone willing to overlook my social hiccups but at the same time I have to make an effort to improve the way I go about it .I usually always get it wrong .I have to make better choices about who to go after and better choices about how I am going to do it.



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27 Aug 2012, 9:02 pm

GiantHockeyFan wrote:
No matter how outgoing I become, I will pretty much need the woman to start off the relationship. I'm simply clueless when it comes to body language and the handful of times when I thought "yes, this is the one" and felt she had all the signs I could not have been rejected any harder. I also tend to assume the worst in people and if an attractive woman were to aggressively pursue me I would be questioning their motives because the few people who were nice to me just did it to find a place to stick the dagger in my back.

I'm so oblivious to flirting it could be spelled out in plain English and I STILL wouldn't catch on. No doubt this would make me come across as stuck up when my intentions were anything but. It just seems by the time women figure guys like me out and how amazing we can be, they are old enough to be my mother.
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27 Aug 2012, 11:51 pm

Getting over my lack of courage, I guess that'd be the main thing. That and my inability to read women worth a damn at all. But, I guess it's more opening myself up to the opportunity, but the problem is I don't really believe a girl would like, love me, if that makes sense, and accept me in totality. It probably comes down to self image issues, I guess. The last girl I really fell for, I felt my life wasn't in order enough for me to pursue her, and that I would not affect her positively. It ended up being the wrong decision, but logically it seemed right to me, I just didn't know sometimes feelings, mine and other peoples, actually matter.

But yeah, that's what it'd take. I feel like that "someone" has already came and I just blew it, so... Who knows if a "someone" will come again or not.



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28 Aug 2012, 8:40 am

You people have a lot of great points here..... I'd say there is hope for us yet.



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28 Aug 2012, 8:52 am

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28 Aug 2012, 9:57 am

I've tried becoming more socially active by going to specific social clubs that fitted my interests, but since those clubs were highly inactive, I never really got the chance to make close friends (I almost made one that I was quite fond of, but turned out to like jerks instead for some reason). Since I'm really busy now, there's not really much I can do at this point.



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28 Aug 2012, 2:28 pm

equestriatola wrote:
You people have a lot of great points here..... I'd say there is hope for us yet.
I don't know why but it made me feel good when I read this. I think you are suggesting that most people in this thread have very definite ideas about what is preventing them from being in a relationship and perhaps with that awareness we can all learn from our mistakes and hopefully someday ,get it right :lol:



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28 Aug 2012, 2:32 pm

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28 Aug 2012, 2:34 pm

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I don't know why but it made me feel good when I read this.


Same here, i felt good read this thread as i felt i was not the only one struggling. In all the other links, they are mostly of people who have atleast had 1 adult relationship or have been on dates and stuff. They are struggling true but they atleast seem to know what they want. It has been very depressing for me as even though i cognitively decided on having an adult relationship 10 years back, i still dont really notice anybody. I cant seem to even begin. So it was nice to read that there are others like me.


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28 Aug 2012, 2:53 pm

Siddhi wrote:
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I don't know why but it made me feel good when I read this.


Same here, i felt good read this thread as i felt i was not the only one struggling. In all the other links, they are mostly of people who have atleast had 1 adult relationship or have been on dates and stuff. They are struggling true but they atleast seem to know what they want. It has been very depressing for me as even though i cognitively decided on having an adult relationship 10 years back, i still dont really notice anybody. I cant seem to even begin. So it was nice to read that there are others like me.
Yes,it does get a little disheartening when you hear people complain about failed relationships or people who date often but can't find Mr. or Ms. Right.The Aspie who never dates has a tougher road to hoe but perhaps one day ,if we get in that great relationship, we will appreciate it more and we won't take it for granted.



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28 Aug 2012, 3:14 pm

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28 Aug 2012, 4:04 pm

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And get your mind out of the gutter with that title. I am asking what will it take for you guys/gals who are still single for that man/woman of your dreams to come in to your life.
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28 Aug 2012, 4:36 pm

It will be the one where I pick up the cues to know I should act accordingly. We will both be attracted to each other, nobody is using the other one. We both will just accept each other as we change through out life. We will have fights, but nothing that will tear us apart as we will both learn and grow from it.

All I need is to wake up and see that person.