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22 Apr 2019, 9:15 am

My daughter in law is HF autistic and really beautiful. I have friends who are exceptionally good looking with Aspergers. Others less so. One of my best friends who has Aspergers is a large woman and quite masculine but quite honestly how can anyone be defined as ugly or beautiful? My romantic interest has Aspergers and he is the most beautiful man I have ever seen. Like Michael Angelo's David.

Good people are beautiful to me and unpleasant people less.
I'm nothing to write home about and I am NT.


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22 Apr 2019, 10:10 am

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Yeah regularly cleaning is important and important for health, just some people struggle with it and one of the reasons people can struggle with it is autism.

What I do these days is just do it when I need to - which I think is the way an NT would. What I used to do when I was more routine bound was actually build it into my routine. But some people, if they're very routine based and forget to put need for hygiene in there, can end up unhealthy and unhygienic and yes that's unattractive.


Yeah I used to be one of the people who struggled with it, still do to some extent, so I kind of get it, but I also think that it's wrong for such people to get mad if others don't want to be near them.



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22 Apr 2019, 10:20 am

If I didn't have people looking after me making sure I showered, I'd probably have fungus growing on me.



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22 Apr 2019, 10:21 am

Ezra probably looks like one of those Greek gods throwing the discus.....



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22 Apr 2019, 10:33 am

Fireblossom wrote:
TUF wrote:
Yeah regularly cleaning is important and important for health, just some people struggle with it and one of the reasons people can struggle with it is autism.

What I do these days is just do it when I need to - which I think is the way an NT would. What I used to do when I was more routine bound was actually build it into my routine. But some people, if they're very routine based and forget to put need for hygiene in there, can end up unhealthy and unhygienic and yes that's unattractive.


Yeah I used to be one of the people who struggled with it, still do to some extent, so I kind of get it, but I also think that it's wrong for such people to get mad if others don't want to be near them.


I only don't shower because of sensory things and because I'm being pedantic. I bath regularly.

OP asked 'are autistic people less attractive' - that's an eg of how some autistic people are less attractive. Nothing to do with innately and in nature we'd all be like that but in every day life that's probably part of it.

Basically we're as attractive as anyone else but it bothers us less to 'try' to be attractive. Unless that's someone's specialist interest, of course, then they probably try more than anyone else.



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22 Apr 2019, 10:39 am

That's true....bathing isn't showering.

Bathing is actually much more thorough than showering, in my book.



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22 Apr 2019, 10:46 am

Definition of bathing... washing your face in the same water your arse is sitting in.


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22 Apr 2019, 11:55 am

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I don't mind, I wash my arse more often than my face :lol:


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22 Apr 2019, 12:23 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I find, in general, that there's too much shaving going on.

well, it keeps the razor companies in business.


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22 Apr 2019, 1:28 pm

It's a subjective call, but to me people who are either clueless and not grounded or grounded in the wrong way such as overly assertive, obviously self centered, hogging the social stage in a way that is utterly clueless or else the person just doesn't care) are basically NOT attractive (to me) in a romantic sense. Plus I am not physically and/or romantically attracted to very over-weight people or people who are (by my perception) formed in a certain way, or, better put, genetically formed in some way that does not jive or does not jell with my innate sense of physical harmony, --this could be autistic or nt or even a man who is very good looking such as a movie star. This is not a thought-out thing for me but basically something to do with genetics. However if a person has something to offer me that I desire, what they have to offer could easily supersede the formation thing, such as if a great wisdom is coming out of his eyes and he could teach me something really profound. Then I might be attracted and that attraction could grow.



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22 Apr 2019, 1:29 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
That's true....bathing isn't showering.

Bathing is actually much more thorough than showering, in my book.


Yeah I think so too.

The radio is obsessed with how we should all shower rather than bath. But they're generally talking to NTs who take 2 holidays by plane per year. I need to remind myself of that, because of my eyes I can't fly planes so I'm probably saving the planet that way instead.



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22 Apr 2019, 1:58 pm

Also, relating to my previous comments, people with intense special interests are less likely to pull themselves away from their preoccupation with these interests to do meticulous house cleaning and/or bathing (and this could in some instances include me, though my hands and butt and teeth are always kept very clean and my hair kind of clean, and I keep myself basically odorless in every way). Also, very fat people often cannot wipe their own butts that well: just a fact of physical dynamics imo.



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22 Apr 2019, 2:30 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
That's true....bathing isn't showering.

Bathing is actually much more thorough than showering, in my book.


I have a different book...
My default is to shower once a day...



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22 Apr 2019, 2:32 pm

Trueno wrote:
Definition of bathing... washing your face in the same water your arse is sitting in.


:lmao:



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22 Apr 2019, 2:35 pm

Trueno wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Trueno wrote:
Darmok wrote:
Dunno about you blokes, but I'm drop dead gorgeous. :mrgreen:


Me too.


When I lost a lot of weight in my early 20s I was considered attractive physically, but socially I was totally inept...
A significant other relationship was never in my cards and I am pretty happy these days nothing developed...

Life is an abomination and I am so happy I wasn't responsible for bringing children into this pointless life system...
The stress of looking after a child and a spouse is something I don't wish on any autistic individual...
I am comfortably in early retirement, financially independent and luvin' it...
The best years in my life now...:mrgreen:


Best wishes, pepe. You're one of the good 'uns.


Wow...
I don't think I have ever been complimented before...
What's wrong with you?... :wink:



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22 Apr 2019, 3:07 pm

Pepe wrote:
Trueno wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Trueno wrote:
Darmok wrote:
Dunno about you blokes, but I'm drop dead gorgeous. :mrgreen:


Me too.


When I lost a lot of weight in my early 20s I was considered attractive physically, but socially I was totally inept...
A significant other relationship was never in my cards and I am pretty happy these days nothing developed...

Life is an abomination and I am so happy I wasn't responsible for bringing children into this pointless life system...
The stress of looking after a child and a spouse is something I don't wish on any autistic individual...
I am comfortably in early retirement, financially independent and luvin' it...
The best years in my life now...:mrgreen:


Best wishes, pepe. You're one of the good 'uns.


Wow...
I don't think I have ever been complimented before...
What's wrong with you?... :wink:


I must have got mixed up and thought I was on the "hugs" thread.


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