Aridarr wrote:
Whenever any of you makes the claim that all girls/women are like this, or that, you are utterly wrong.
The way that women treat you is more a reflection on yourself than on the gender itself; just as the way that men treat me says more about me than the male gender.
Sorry guys; it's not them; it's you.
Think about it; if you met an overweight, unattractive girl, you would treat her badly in comparison to a beautiful supermodel type.
These women are doing the same as you would in that situation.
If a woman rejects you, it isn't because women are unfair; it is because you don't make her happy.
That is what love is about; being with someone who makes you happy. Neither women nor men have control over who makes them happy. If someone rejects you, they are not being judgemental, or bigoted. They are just obeying their emotional reaction to you as a person. Why should anyone tolerate a romantic partner who doesn't make them happy?
That is why aspies have so much trouble in romance; they don't understand what it is that makes others happy as well as other people do.
And if a woman is unkind in her rejection of you; it could be because she has her own life and set of priorities that don't include you.
Just as you may have all the time in the world for one girl and ignore another; they are the same.
People (meaning women and men), especially in romance, tend towards behaviour that causes emotional distress to others. This doesn't mean that they are bad people, or playing games with your emotions; in most situations, they are probably just confused.
As people, none of you are socially perfect; many of you upset people without meaning to.
So-called 'neurotypicals' are no different; they make mistakes too.
Although you made a lot of sense with all this, most of this advice belongs with NT dating.
Aspie males who get frustrated with dating aren't just being ignorant a**holes, they're trying to struggle through a completely different neurological wiring and have no idea how to do it.
The fact that people like yourself think that they're being strange or ignorant just makes it worse, because there's no attempt at understanding being made and we're just being told we're "not doing it right" when every iota of effort we have is going towards trying to do everything right!
It's cyclical.
And just for the record, I've made many girls happy in my time and although I'm still looking for the one who will last, I know that I get better at it each time and will one day find someone who will not only appreciate all the effort I put into her, but understand that I'm doing my very best, even if I don't always get it right.
Nice of you to assume we're all overweight, bald losers too.
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