I've never had a girlfriend!! !!

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Just as the title states, I've never had a girlfriend before.

I just can't ever seal the deal. I have AS, but I don't necessarily blame my condition... I blame my inability to pick up signals that a girl is interested. I'm not a bad looking guy and I try to keep in shape, so it doesn't have to do with my appearance (fortunately enough!)
I just always assume a girl is just being nice, and has no interest in going out. My friends always tell me things like "That girl was totally into you.... why didn't you ask for her number?"

This has happened to me with practically every girl I thought I might have a chance with! I always get just about enough courage to ask her out, then I either chicken out, or just plain conclude that she's not interested and i'll just make a fool of myself. Have an of you ever experienced anything like this at all, or am I alone on this one?

Yep, everyone on Wrongplanet.net has had like at least 3 dozen girlfriends since the age of 12 since people with Aspergers are such huge players. I got like 4 right now.

3 dozen pshh , I've had like 8 dozen girlfriends. Like sometimes I wake up and think "do I have too many girlfriends?"and then I'm like "nahh" and I pick up a couple more on my way to work. Like I have so many girlfriends no one can take a shower because it's full up to the ceiling with 1/2 empty shampoo bottles.

in all seriousness
romantic inexperience is not abnormal , I don't know how old you are but this is especially true for young people
until I started dating, I thought I would never get the chance to because clearly there was something wrong with me, I totally gave up on it and figured it was just for other people...so the first time someone did show enough interest in me for me to pick up on it I was crazy stupid happy.
Once I experienced how awesome that kind of connection can feel (sometimes) I found it a lot easier to be more proactive and less anxious.

I think it might help with the anxiety if you weigh the potential gain against the potential loss.
The worst that can happen is that she'll say no, or maybe be a little rude. You might get embarrassed or have your feelings hurt. Which isn't nothing, getting hurt or rejected sucks, but you won't die, you'll recover.

The best that can happen is that you get to have some great times with someone you really like and have fun with.

It can take some practice to get good at asking people out, and it takes some luck too. But if you never try, if you let a fear of skinned knees and failure keep you from trying, you'll never learn to ride that bicycle.

<--- Has 15 dozen girlfriends which he has to beat off with a stick.

I guess for people like us, I would advice to go slow. start as a friend. always be there for that person. then slowly became braver (self improvement, maybe).

Me? I'm married for 1 year++. Still am
I started to be her friend. Then I get to know more about each other.
I showed a little hint that I like her, even though she was taken.
I'm not good with speech, so i wrote her a few poems. Some love poems, some broken heart poem because she was taken by that time.
we had a little bit of on and off. it took years for us to proceed to the next level (meet the parents).

alternatives for poem could be some sort of art such as photoshop stuff or maybe actual drawing. i think, singing could also work.

be strong. you may find yourself the right person at the right time.
every rejection should make you stronger.

The number of girlfriends I have is greater than the average IQ of WP.
Congrats if you found irony twice in this post.

I managed to get a few of my sister's friends to show me their flirty faces and body movements and such once, so that I could analyze them. You'd be surprised how readily girls will do it for you when you act honest but confident about it.

Single here, and intending to stay single too.

That is pretty much the life story for most of us. The biggest problem with us is letting someone know how we feel about them. Our inability to act is what alienates us from dating. It's frustrating because there's not much time. If we don't act quick someone else always will. I certainly know.

You can play it cautious and go slow - get to know someone, build a friendship first. That can work, and it's relatively safe, so long as you don't have any expectations or get all desperate. You have to look at a relationship as a bonus or extra if you're doing this.

Or you can try to do what most people do, which is contort yourself into an unnatural personality, go real fast, get rejected a lot, hook up with people you know nothing about when you aren't bombing out, have a series of brief and unsuccesful relationships, and grow to resent the other gender. It'll get you laid more, though.

I've never had a girlfriend. I've been so obsessed with school that I've always told myself after I get a high paying job then I'll look for some women. Hasn't been going well.