How can I be a supportive boyfriend?

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nurseangela
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10 Apr 2016, 5:10 pm

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Perhaps you could present your references instead of rambling on by how great you are at relationship counseling? Also, please provide your relationship history so we can evaluate if you have any positive relationships at all to refer to. I've already provided you with mine.

Besides, your claims that I'm a master are just ridiculous, rather I think I'm one of daughter's best friends (she is 21).

My references:
Ekblad L (2013). Autism, Personality, and Human Diversity: Defining Neurodiversity in an iterative process using Aspie Quiz. SAGE Open 3(3): 2158244013497722.

I'll probably start on a PhD focusing on neurodiverse relationships in autumn. That's a very important project, and one I'm sure will threaten your ideas of counseling Aspies in horrible ways.


In reference to polyamory. Yes, I'm capable of polyamory, but I'm not actively practicing it.


LOL!! ! ! :roll:

Oh yes, but of course, you would love that wouldn't you?! For me to disclose my references, heck why not the exact location that I live, where I went to school, what my GPA is, how long my most significant relationship was, and his name. You are completely out of touch with reality. Why do you believe/expect that I have to prove anything to you? Egotistical much??? Please. I don't even like you and owe you nothing of the sort. I hope you get an up-to-date psychological assessment soon. You need one.

I also hope you don't continue to limit your wife and children by your refusal to change due to your rigidity. And let us cross our fingers that the 21-year-old daughter that you speak of ends up as successful in her academic pursuits and relationships as my son is. The best evidence of what kind of person you really are anyhow....is how your children are and turn out to be. And I am more than happy with how my adult son turned out. People often tell me (out of the blue, and without prompting...mind you) what a wonderful human being he is, and how he makes a difference in the lives of others. :D

Good luck with everything. I've decided to let you be, as people like you rarely change. Why do they rarely change, you might ask? Well, you have to actually see that there is a problem first, before wanting to change it...and then decide to take action. It's not too late for you, however, it does look relatively dismal at this point.

Just remember my comments playing in your head when after 32-35 years into marriage, you walk into an empty house (no furniture, clothing, anything) and a "Dear John" letter from your "partner" that finally states how she couldn't take it anymore.

There's ALWAYS A FINAL STRAW, keep that in mind. From the sound of things, you may be placing on the very last ones as we type this. She may be able to hold a lot, but at one point your refusal to change will break her down...you just wait and see. Seen it before, many times. Your choice though.

Ciao!! !


You're wasting your time with him. He will never want to see the other side - the NT side of things. I run into that problem quite a bit with some Aspie males, so I just move on. I figure if they don't want to take in information from an actual NT female, then they don't really want to learn anything and any friendship or relationship is pretty much going to be all about them.

I understand that Aspies get tired of putting up with learning about NTism all the time, but if you want to be in a relationship or a friendship with an NT - it is a whole different ballgame. They will have expectations that they want in a relationship/friendship too and if you care about them at all then you should want to get as much information as you can on why they do certain things. (Example - small talk is VITAL to an NT female). The same goes for any NT's in a relationship/friendship with an Aspie. Anyone who doesn't want to learn more, isn't worth the time to have a quality relationship with.

Someone asked if an NT would play a boring video game with their Aspie for 20 min everyday and the answer to that is YES, yes I would if I knew it would make them happy. For me, it wouldn't be about the game, but the fun of spending time with them. It just seems to me that some Aspies don't want to put themselves out at all, but they keep wanting these friendships and relationships and wonder why they don't have any. Compromising could be the problem.


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10 Apr 2016, 5:12 pm

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Does polyamory involve sleeping with other women?

If you are open to your wife being polyamorous then that's your business, and it seems fair.

if your wife objects but you do it anyway that would be domination.


What it means is if one relationship isn't working then they can just hop right to another relationship and get their needs met without trying to work out the first relationship - imo.


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10 Apr 2016, 5:20 pm

slenkar wrote:
Does polyamory involve sleeping with other women?

If you are open to your wife being polyamorous then that's your business, and it seems fair.

if your wife objects but you do it anyway that would be domination.


I don't sleep with anybody. I'm asexual. Thus, if I was to actually practice polyamory, it would be asexual polyamory.



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10 Apr 2016, 5:22 pm

nurseangela wrote:
slenkar wrote:
Does polyamory involve sleeping with other women?

If you are open to your wife being polyamorous then that's your business, and it seems fair.

if your wife objects but you do it anyway that would be domination.


What it means is if one relationship isn't working then they can just hop right to another relationship and get their needs met without trying to work out the first relationship - imo.


No, it means you can love more than one person at the same time. If you engage in it because your relationship is bad, then you are not polyamory.



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10 Apr 2016, 5:33 pm

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Oh yes, but of course, you would love that wouldn't you?! For me to disclose my references, heck why not the exact location that I live, where I went to school, what my GPA is, how long my most significant relationship was, and his name. You are completely out of touch with reality. Why do you believe/expect that I have to prove anything to you?


I'm not very interested, but I'd expect people that might want to take advice from you to wonder if you actually have any kind of competence in the area. You know, just being diagnosed with AS isn't enough.

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I also hope you don't continue to limit your wife and children by your refusal to change due to your rigidity. And let us cross our fingers that the 21-year-old daughter that you speak of ends up as successful in her academic pursuits and relationships as my son is. The best evidence of what kind of person you really are anyhow....is how your children are and turn out to be. And I am more than happy with how my adult son turned out. People often tell me (out of the blue, and without prompting...mind you) what a wonderful human being he is, and how he makes a difference in the lives of others. :D


Ok, so you at least managed to stay in a relationship long enough to get a son.

Besides, people think my daughter is a wonderful human too. :mrgreen:



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15 Apr 2016, 10:57 pm

well this is a huge for you, how long have you been with your current gf?