I want to get something off my chest

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The following may or may not be related to being on the spectrum, but my issue with dating is two-fold:

When I interact with a woman, I can't shake the feeling that I'm being mercilessly criticized from head to toe, and that she's wondering something in the line of "Gross. How dare this thing come and talk to me", even if she seems friendly on the outside. Which leads into my next point....

I hate my appearance. I go to work because I have to, but if it weren't for that reason, I'd be a hermit. I work out because I enjoy it and I want to stay in shape, but I feel that regardless of how I dress or how much in shape I get, nothing can be done for my facial hideousness, and it's come to a point where I am convinced that I'm facially disfigured and as ugly as an Orc. The lack of responses when I tried online dating attest to this. The fact that guys that (I thought) are ugly have girlfriends or are married only reinforces my ugliness. I feel that if I approach with any dating interest, she will either a) laugh and walk away or b) call the police.

People have asked why am I single, and I feel like they're asking me as a way of mocking. The next time someone asks me this, my answer will be "take a look at me....there's your answer"

As I've told many other people here: You're probably not as ugly as you think you are.

I haven't worked out in years. People don't find me unattractive. And I'm 57 years old, and chubby.

The two ugliest people in my town are both married, and not to each other. Lots of my customers are ugly, lots of them smell, most of them have partners. I don't have an answer for you except that it's rarely as simple as being ugly.

It's great that you're concerned with not appearing creepy, because it shows that you do care. So that's a good thing.

This is just me, but I would never ever take my family's advice on anything because they're all so clueless. Like my parents still insist that I was naturally gifted at playing the violin when I was in grade school. I wasn't - I completely sucked at it - I could not even read the music - but their perception was through the lens of parents, who see that their child can do no wrong and is ALWAYS special and talented. So not exactly the best judge of character, or in this case, what may be appropriate.

I never do this but a blogger I really like has done several posts on being "creepy." I'm passing it along in case you may want to check it out.

http://www.doctornerdlove.com/how-to-not-be-creepy/

He's done several on this subject and his target audience is men on the geek spectrum, but his posts can be appreciated by anyone who may be lacking in social graces.

So is there a guide on how to not look creepy?

I've got a resting bítch face too! What's the cure? Should we just smile all the time?

Just for the record, I also have a "resting b***h face", and people tend to think I'm angry or annoyed when it's not the case at all.