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I'm a fifteen year old guy who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. I'm new here. this is my first post. Granted, it is sort of depressing. I am having a hell of a lot of trouble finding a date. I have never had a date, and I doubt I'll ever get one. I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm just looking at the facts. I'm not ugly or anything. Hell, I'm more attractive than half the people in my school, and I am moderately athletic, but I am also a nerd who is obsessed with firearms and video games. My problem is that even if a girl does show interest in me, I can't pick up on it. I am completely unable to read body language. If I find a girl I like, I am too shy to ask her out. I am an extremely quiet person. In my friends' words, they have to force me to talk to them. I am terrible at comforting people and I have a hard time talking to people. So tell me the truth, am I screwed, or will I get a date before I'm out of high school? I need to know.

i think i was fifteen when i had my first 'date' or whatever it was. i am thirty now. in the absence of gaining skills over time, the answer to your question is that you will eventually get a date. i can think of only one girl that i dated that i actually pursued. this is still something that i would like to get better at (approaching a woman i like, learning if she is into me also, asking her out, etc.), but in the absence of that i still know that i will get a date again. so, i would work on you. do all of the things you enjoy doing in my life and be your own best friend and generally like you. this will attract mates. you will get a date when a girl pursues you, and one will eventually.

DarkRellen, first part of advice: Please don't read too much in the L&D forum, it's generally a haven for guys who are much older who haven't had any luck in the dating scene. Not trying to be pushy or anything, but what you need right now are tons of posts with positive messages.

Truth is, unless you radically start socializing - somehow - you'll find yourself trapped in the quicksand of despair and that is a hole that's hard to climb out of.

Good news is that you're young & diagnosed. Look for sessions that you may get through a doctor that will help with socializing and relationships. Get on them like your life depended on it.

Welcome to WP! You know, you might be very surprised at the response from a girl if you ask her out, even if you don't really know her very well. It was always hard for me to ask for a date too, when I finally did ask one out, who I barely knew, but rather liked in class, she smiled and said, "Sure! I'd love to." So you can never tell what just might happen. Yes, there will be many rejections, but if you don't try, you'll never have a chance to succeed. Just go for it!

Hi I know it won't be of much use but just want to welcome you to the board and good luck as Pat Benatar once sang...Love is a battlefield! And L&D is the beach of Normandy!

Hey, you're 15. Calm down. I got my first bf at 16, and before that I also thought I would never get anyone and I wasn't able to love. Some don't get a date until they're 20, 25, 30.. 15 is far too early to give up, you are, after all, still a kid (no offence, just stating the obvious here).

And skills in social interaction doesn't come by itself, we have to work for it sometimes (still, all my three significant others have been railed in online, I never once got a bf/gf directly from the "real world". It's allowed to cheat sometimes).

Welcome. Don't be so hard on yourself. I did not get diagnosed with AS until I was 36. I always knew something was up with me. You are young and have lots more time to practice and learn social skills.

Dude, you're 15. I didn't have a girlfriend until 16. And she was crazy.

You are only 15. There are many 15 year old who don't date. I had the exact same trouble with noticing if a girl was interested in me. I'm 25 now and I think I've just figured it out. I'm not saying it's gonna take you that long. I can't tell you if you'll get a date before the the end of high school. Why don't you try practicing in the mirror what you'd say to a girl that you'd wanna ask out? Try going up to her and say, "Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to go and see a movie with me Saturday night." I would ask her when she is alone and not around her friends so she doesn't feel pressured. If a girl giggles a lot around you or tries to touch you (in a friendly playful) way she is interested. Also you'll find that when you show up her face might light up with a big smile. Just practice asking her out and then take a deep breath and go for it. Good luck!

If it's of any consolation my first proper GF was when I was 17.

Don't give up, there are girls that like gaming and gym. You could try joining clubs that play card games like dungeons & dragons, those type of places usually attract gamer type girls.

You have to start taking positive action and believing in yourself if you are going to attract the girl of your dreams.