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I'm just depressed at this point. I honestly feel I will never figure this out. I have not 1 friend of the female kind and now my family is interfering. On "accident" my sister said something to one of her friends and now some random 19 year old girl is adding me on Facebook. She's not someone I would be interested in at all and besides the point I have too much pride for this and I want to do this on my own.

But how can I? I literally have no clue. Right away I was thinking about what I have to say in response and a million thoughts race through my head. I literally have no idea how to talk to a female. I have no clue how to court anyone, I've never kissed, I have no experience in anything that could give me any confidence in figuring this out.

Then while eating dinner with my parents the other day, my dad joked about "my future wife" cooking for me (because he doesn't know how to) and when I said I don't think I ever will get married, I just saw the look on my parent's faces and my dad said, "c'mon you gotta have a kid to carry on the name." They looked so sad. My whole family pities me and I have a stigma attached to me anytime I'm at a family party. Everyone thinks I have something wrong with me.

That night I was laying in bed with tears streaming down my face just thinking about how alone I am and how isolated I feel from the World. I have my family and some buddies, but when they all move on I won't be seeing them as much and when my parents move on hopefully in a couple decades from now, who will I have?

You have to accept the idea that you'll never find love. Instead of pitying yourself, try to fight your sadness in a constructive way. Eat healthily, be physically active, pick up a new sport, learn a foreign language, play video games, take long walks outside etc. Do whatever makes you happy, provided it doesn't hurt anyone.

Well I have a ton of hobbies but it doesn't always substitute for this void. I just don't understand why I can't. Everyone else I know can, and to be honest even people less capable then me.

I am not sure if you want female company or not, I didn't understand.
If you don't want it, just don't give a damn about what your family says.
If you want it, try to find it. What's wrong with the 19 years old friend of your sister, if I can ask? Why wouldn't you be interested in her?

Love comes naturally to NTs. Aspies, however, have to be very lucky.
Needing something doesn't give you the right to have it. Nobody is entitled to love. One has to earn it, like money.
I've accepted the fact that I'll never have a girlfriend. There are more important things in life, such as having enough food in your fridge.
Being desperate makes love harder to obtain, it's a vicious circle.
If you want to try your luck, brush up on your conversation skills, go to a library and read a book. If you see an attractive girl there, approach her carefully and find an excuse to talk to her. Smile, look her in the eyes(hard to do, I know), be polite and courteous. Don't let your desperation show! If you're lucky, she will smile back and talk to you. If you're very extremely super-ultra-uber-lucky, you might get a date. But don't get deluded, as it probably won't happen.

It's my sister's friend's little sister. If it doesn't work out it would make the friendship between my sister and her friend awkward and besides the fact she is odd and definitely someone I wouldn't ever go out with. I'm not that desperate as I have some standards but whatever if I can't find anyone then I don't know.

Go for it, but be careful.

I agree with you except 2 things.
First, most aspergians are not like us. They usually can get dates and all that stuff.
Second you are not even 20, stop saying that you will never have a girl.

Oh if you don't like her at all don't date her, or just talk with her as a friend to now her more. The important thing is that you treat her well and in case you decide to date you like her for real, not use her not to feel lonely/to get sex.

I know that this is a controversial suggestion but if Asperger's doesn't benefit at all, you could get a cure.

^BS detected

If you're asking what to do about the girl on Facebook, then if you're not interested in her I recommend treating her like any other acquaintance. However, I would point out that you should not be too worried about your sister and her friend, as they are likely quite capable of handling the fallout from a bad date. She likely considered that before starting this thing.

In either case, in not very many years friends and lovers will be manufacturable and loneliness easily solved. All this despair is quite unwarranted.

If this is addressed to me, then ask him how he benefits from Asperger's.

He certainly hates being an aspie, and so do I. I honestly wish I had been born NT.
However, there is nothing we can do about it. There is no cure for autism. Stop being a curebie.
If you are on the spectrum, there is only way to solve the problem. Some aspies(such as Graham Gentiles) used that solution, but I won't.

Do you know a Jonathan Mitchell?

In any case, I found that electrolytes helped me, and I wrote about it on a Neurologist's blog (click here) It's under "Addendum 7/28/2015"

I agree with this and really commend you for saying this. Family and friends can interfere in relationships and really screw things up. And it sounds like you have the type who want to butt in and put pressure on you.

I think the way they are treating you is negatively affecting your view of yourself and making things worse. It's hard for anyone to figure things out when others are butting in.

First thing is to set some boundaries with your family, because you need some space from them to sort things out for yourself. And when you do find someone, they need to stay out of the way and let you handle it.

Also I don't think that trying things out with someone you don't already like, because someone else suggested it, will come to anything good. It won't go well and it will just end up making you feel worse.

You can find your own way...it may take you longer and other people may not understand, but it's your life.