Dating honesty with Asperger's

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I would never mention it on a dating profile UNLESS I decided that I was ONLY interested in dating another Aspie who was also seeking the same thing & said profile was on a dating site geared towards making such matches. Otherwise it's no one else' business.

I've disclosed it to some party friends over the last few years, but almost no one I know from the beach knows except for One that read and reacted to a FB status I made about it once. Most just assume I'm some weird guy from the beach like everyone else there, and because I'm VERY HF they don't even think it's a possibility. It's none of theirs, or a date's, business so I keep it to myself.

The only person I ever went on several dates with noticed pretty much right away, but that's because one of his brothers is autistic and so he knew exactly what he was looking at.

I've never really dated besides that. It's almost exclusively been hookups/FWB situations.

If I were the dating type, I'd only bring it up when it came up and was relevant to something being discussed. It's not painfully obvious to others that I'm on the spectrum, so it's not a thing I need to preemptively bring up and discuss. But for those who are very obviously "different," I could see it being something to perhaps intentionally bring up after several dates, especially if it impacts your interactions with your date and you feel compelled to explain why. Basically, I'd bring it up as needed I guess.. but there's probably no hiding the fact that you're "different," from most people. They notice, they just might to have a label for it in their vocabulary or know very much about it.

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