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What is your long-term relationship status?
Single and expect to remain so 17%  17%  [ 28 ]
Single so far but hoping for relationship 19%  19%  [ 31 ]
In a relationship, and expect to remain so 32%  32%  [ 54 ]
In a relationship but not happy with it 4%  4%  [ 6 ]
In a relationship but partner is not happy with it 4%  4%  [ 7 ]
Separated or divorced 18%  18%  [ 30 ]
Other 7%  7%  [ 11 ]
Total votes : 167

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30 Jul 2020, 12:17 am

Met in 1990. Married in 1993. Still very much in love. I feel very blessed.



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31 Jul 2020, 2:39 am

Jiheisho wrote:
Met in 1990. Married in 1993. Still very much in love. I feel very blessed.

would you say you have above-average social skills and general life success?



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01 Aug 2020, 1:48 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Jiheisho wrote:
Met in 1990. Married in 1993. Still very much in love. I feel very blessed.

would you say you have above-average social skills and general life success?


Not compared with the NT population, but most likely in the autism population. But I think my success here is with my partner, not in any superior social skills I may possess. My partner also feels she is living on the wrong planet.

Just with any relationship, I would say the people matter. I am not try to goat or anything like that, but simply state that things can work out. But being NT does not mean things work out either--the divorce rate in that population is around 50%. That is a coin toss.

I was a little hesitant in posting. I just wanted to give an example of a positive outcome.



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01 Aug 2020, 9:44 pm

I guess I should update this: contentedly divorced.


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01 Aug 2020, 9:50 pm

Married till the end, happily.

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02 Aug 2020, 1:02 am

Married fifteen years fairly happily. I give my partner props because he's the anchor throughout.



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03 Aug 2020, 5:53 am

Feyokien wrote:
Married till the end, happily.

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I'm not sure I understand about the end. Since you're only 26?
But congratulations on the happy marriage!



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03 Aug 2020, 9:16 am

I'm happily single now. Lockdown made me realise I would hate to have been stuck in the house for months with pretty much any of the guys I've ever been interested in...

Freedom is amazing. Glad I don't have a flatmate now either.



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08 Aug 2020, 4:47 am

yeah, freedom can be cool



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08 Aug 2020, 10:46 am

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yeah, freedom can be cool
Some people thought i acted like i was P-whipped when i was single. I know it's an offensive term for both men & women but some people have applied it to me or said stuff about me that basically meant that. In some ways i had more freedom when i was single but i was too lost to use it.


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08 Aug 2020, 10:48 am

nick007 wrote:
in some ways i had more freedom when i was single but i was too lost to use it.


Good comment.



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07 Sep 2020, 7:04 pm

Engaged, and happy. It's a good thing we didn't plan on a 2020 wedding as it would have had to be postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Hopefully, we can still get married in May of 2021, but we'll push it back another year if we have to.



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07 Sep 2020, 7:09 pm

Single.


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09 Sep 2020, 3:40 am

Happily married since 2016, and expect things to remain so until I die. Marriage comes with many challenges, though.



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09 Sep 2020, 11:51 pm

married, but...complicated. My NT wife and I are basically just good friends raising children. She says she doesn't get her emotional needs met from me, so she needs to see other people. I'm disappointed, but not sure what else I can do.


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10 Sep 2020, 12:36 am

Charleyjustchillin wrote:
married, but...complicated. My NT wife and I are basically just good friends raising children. She says she doesn't get her emotional needs met from me, so she needs to see other people. I'm disappointed, but not sure what else I can do.


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