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bumble
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23 Jan 2014, 10:23 am

Do individuals with an ASD experience crushes?

Have you ever had a crush?

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23 Jan 2014, 10:29 am

I had a "crush" when I was 9 on a woman from a police TV show that was really beautiful.
But of course it can't be called a crush since I was only 9 and it was on a TV character.

I've only had one crush for a real life person and I still do. My friend Andrew. I have a crush for him since I was 15.
I am 16 (turning 17 this year).

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23 Jan 2014, 10:42 am

droppy wrote:

I had a "crush" when I was 9 on a woman from a police TV show that was really beautiful.
But of course it can't be called a crush since I was only 9 and it was on a TV character.

I'm not sure why that doesn't count.

I had a crush on a guidance counselor when I was in 5th grade. I think it was more in response that she was the only person in my life who was nice to me.

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23 Jan 2014, 10:43 am

Yes, I've had several crushes. But it's always for people out of my league, hence why they were only crushes.

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23 Jan 2014, 1:20 pm

When I was a kid I had a crush on Wonder Woman.

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23 Jan 2014, 1:25 pm

StarCity wrote:

When I was a kid I had a crush on Wonder Woman.

Wonder woman was crush worthy.

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23 Jan 2014, 1:30 pm

I had a few crushes. One boy in high school who was on the academic team with me. One in college (first year) was an artist junior, later there was a boy in my discipline my last two years of college. Nothing came of them.

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23 Jan 2014, 1:38 pm

Yup I've had crushes. Not as many as most people I know seem to have. I've gone years of experiencing no crushes.

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23 Jan 2014, 4:02 pm

People with ASD ARE NOT ALIENS!! !! !! !! Were human beings whos brains work differently. its completely natural to feel 'crushes' or an attraction to someone else.

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23 Jan 2014, 4:32 pm

I've had way too many.

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23 Jan 2014, 5:06 pm

Too many to count throughout middle and high school, but none of those actually went anywhere as they were more of a "worshipping from afar" type thing. I became a lot more proactive in college though, in terms of explicitly showing interest as opposed to just keeping it to myself.

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23 Jan 2014, 5:26 pm

of course!

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23 Jan 2014, 5:55 pm

Yep - or at least I do. I've had too many to count.

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23 Jan 2014, 7:12 pm

ZombieBrideXD wrote:

People with ASD ARE NOT ALIENS!! !! !! !! Were human beings whos brains work differently. its completely natural to feel 'crushes' or an attraction to someone else.

^

We also sleep, eat, laugh, and bleed.

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23 Jan 2014, 7:52 pm

bumble wrote:

Do individuals with an ASD experience crushes?

Have you ever had a crush?

Yes, and yes.

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23 Jan 2014, 8:37 pm

I have had two maybe in over four decades. The first one I remember was for a little boy in my class when I was five because I loved his hair. The other one was when I was much older maybe fifteen years ago.

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