90% of Aspies can't get a date?

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That would have me labeled a "hippie" in conservative parts of the U.S.,

i think the reason i havent gotten dates is because i feel to scared to approach a girl. a friend of mine told me that if a guy who is rated a certain place on the looks scale tries for a girl around the same 1 to 10 rating, 80% of the time she is willing to get with the guy the study said, but very rarely does the guy have the courage to approach her due to fear of being shot down

i think if we actually tried harder, we do better in the dating field

Hi folks I'm new here and I was hoping you might be able to help. I recently blew it with a beautiful girl who I know was initially interested. I had invited her to a party, and as soon as I gave her my address and number, I left. This was possibly the moment when she lost interest, because I am sure she would have liked to have chatted and get to know me. I however, was nervous as hell and I couldn't really believe my luck, and I suppose I was in some way "escaping" before I said anything dumb.
This has happened to me before in life and it has caused periods of loneliness which are most unpleasant. I've been reading about Aspergers in Wiki and although it is often self mis-diagnosed by adults I suspect I may have it.
What is particularly annoying is that apart from my "wimpishness" when it comes to talking to attractive women, I'm reasonably successful in the rest of my life. If, for example, my boss tries to give me a hard time he gets it right back. I don't look for trouble but I won't run from a fight. I actually do have a good sense of humour and people like the jokes I tell. I'm not bad looking and women are attracted until they discover this strange bashfulness that I have.
Sure there is the lack of sex, but it is much more than that. I don't want lots of girlfriends. The girl above, well in my fantasies I had us married, and now (because I will see her frequently in the future - she is one of my gym instructors) I have to make her feel at least comfortable in my company, and not feel that I am some sort of loser freak
The day after my party, which she didn't show up to of course, I had to call a friend of mine because I was in such a black and dangerous depression. While I poured my heart out to my (very good and caring) friend, I asked "will someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?"
I suspect it is AS. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone know of a way of coping with this? It would make my life infinitely richer.

Lotsems, I don't know. I don't understand either. Sorry, I know that isn't helpful. But I've liked this guy on and off for the past 4 years and he has only ever invited me to a party once. I couldn't go, and I think he thought I didn't like him because of it. But I do. He didn't talk to me much after that. I wasn't really knocking him back though.

I don't know if you should maybe try again.

Thanks for your comments musicbox. You have actually made me feel a little better. Just the smallest caring gesture helps.

I'm a Single guy and 22.
I have AS, diagnosed in 9th grade.
I'm looking still, I won't give up.


I don't like your post, no offense, it doesn't give inspiration. I'll post one later on.

im a 20yr aspie male. i am lucky to be high functioning (iq = 128) and mostly good looking.
in high school my first actual "girlfriend" lasted a few days because I BROKE UP WITH HER because i had no idea what to talk to her about or do with her.
my second, lasted 3 months, we never kissed and she was bipolar.
the one actual relationship ive ever had with a girl lasted 3 years, she had OCD/bipolar, and it was HELL. and i still live in a world of hell from her.

i have an attraction to girls with issues, plain and simple.
most of the time at parties it's easy to calculate what girls will put out and have issues and increase my chances of getting somewhere with them.
NT guys will never understand me because of the girls i go for.
in the NT world i would be considered extremely pathetic i suppose.

i had a major attraction to one girl that i didn't even realize i had until after we stopped talking.
she even spent the night at my house because she was kicked out of hers.
i blow my chances all the time.

now that i am 20yr and out of school, i am at a loss.
no friends, same routines, etc.
not sure where my social/sex life is headed, but wherever it takes me im prepared.

i am one of the lucky aspies that has managed to have multiple sex partners but you have no idea how much of myself ive had to "reprogram" in order to do this.