AspieOtaku wrote:
We may drive them nuts at times but some still love us for our good hearts.
I'm glad to see you are finally 'getting it'! lol There are some NT women out there who love Aspie men.
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The problem is when they prefer to ignore all the bad Aspie traits and think of you as a poor little wounded sparrow that they can "fix". Women love to believe they can fix men and end up hurt and resentful when you turn out to be all the things she thought she could fix.
I've never ignored the 'bad Aspie traits'. I like to help people but I know being an Aspie is something that I can't fix (can anyone?) nor do I want to try. My approach has always been to try to understand the Aspieness as opposed to trying to fix it. I understand why he does what he does. I have sent an 'I understand more than you think' email. I sent it because I wanted him to know that I'm not going to flip out on him. I'm in it for the long haul. Yeah there are new things that come up but he's still everything I thought he would be.
I can see some NT's not fully understanding the scope of AS and thinking that 'they just need the right person and I'm it'. Then they get into the relationship and realize 'woa this is more than what I thought'. I think that's what sends them into 'I can fix him' mode. They don't realize that they probably need to walk away. Which is what anyone should do in any relationship where they don't see that it's going to work out. But there are the die hards who don't want to admit defeat and keep on truckin' and making things worse. The relationship crashes and burns and then, and only then do they walk away leaving the wreckage and devastation behind.