Outrider wrote:
Looks like I'm someone here who has managed to find success quite young, so unfortunately I may not be able to make you feel better. Just know that, judging by the other posts, I'm definitely not the average for an aspie male.
It might not be so different. My obsessions about girls, which for me worked like real relationships, happened about the same time as yours. By 16 I already had two or three of those. It's more a issue of what is regarded as a relationship and what is not.
Besides, I'm sure that a majority of NDs had their first crush already in their early teens. Their inability to move on to typical relationships has more to do with their different preferences. At least that was the case for me.