WHAT ARE YOUR DEAL BREAKERS WHEN IT COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS?
One thing I have to say is that its not easy to befriend someone with AS. If you really want to have a quality friendship/relationship with an Aspie, it is constant education (and vice versa for the Aspie with an NT.) If you want your "quirks" as an Aspie to be accepted, don't you think you might want to try accepting her "quirks" as an NT? Or anyone else for that matter that you are interested in (she may just not be the one for you).
I didn't say she had it, just that I suspect she might. I also conceded in an earlier post that I am not a professional thereby making my opinion just that - an opinion. We are friends too, just that I choose to be prudent and guard myself. As for a relationship, there would be other reasons as to why it simply wouldn't happen. Difference of religion, difference in level of socialization (I'm very private and introverted vs. her openness and extreme extroversion), difference in beliefs on gender roles (she wants to be "taken care of" by a rich, handsome man so she can be a stay at home mom)... etc.
I'm really not that fussed if I lost out on the chance to have a relationship with her for the most important reason. I already met the woman of my dreams and even though it's about to end officially soon due to our lives taking us in different directions, I still can't help but feel any other woman would be a downgrade. At this time I don't think I could enter into a relationship with anyone else because a woman deserves a man who doesn't look at her like a downgrade or a Plan B.
As for quirks, I will point out that I'm very straightforward about my diagnoses to my friends. I also tolerate and accept differences face to face even if I don't agree with or feel comfortable with said differences or quirks. However, accepting quirks doesn't mean forgetting about them and understanding why you may need to keep a person at arm's length which is what I sadly feel I must do with her.
I don't think toilet seats are a big deal but I have seen women making a fuss about it online and I thought it was only on TV, not something people actually made a big deal about in the real world.
My mom never freaked out per se but she would always get on my dad, brother, and I when we left the seat up. It was illogical because all one has to do is use a hand to move the toilet seat to the down position. In any case, it eventually spawned all of us just sitting down to go so we wouldn't have to deal with the nagging.
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I don't think toilet seats are a big deal but I have seen women making a fuss about it online and I thought it was only on TV, not something people actually made a big deal about in the real world.
About the toilet seat thing. I believe the whole lid should be kept down that way each person opens it to what they need and everyone closes it back down. Why leave the lid up anyway? And how would I show off my lovely toilet seat cover?
Ps: I always put the cap back on the toothpaste too.
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Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 83 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 153 of 200 You are very likely neurotypical
Darn, I flunked.
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When I first found out about this lid thing as a common spouse dispute in the US, and not sure if it's the case in the US too - I was amazed - I've laughed my ass off- because you know, I've lived with mom and a sister and it was never a dispute - and when I told my sister she was like "are they blind? don't they see if the lid is up before sitting?", I don't ever recall an incident where any of them fell in the toilet seat.
In my previous workplace, we all used the same toilet - it has never been raised as an issue.
When I told some local couples (friends) about it, they laughed too, and the women asked the exact same question.
So I am asking you here, right now: don't you check the lid before sitting? How does it even happen that you fall in there? You fly into the toilet room walking backward while aiming your ass toward the seat? You don't turn on the lights if it's night?
What if the cover happens to be closed? You pee on the cover?
This is ridiculous in unreal scale.
And this was even funnier to me than my discovery that you don't use water to wash stuff after pooping or urinating, but only dry toilet papers.
your attitude of "crazy and clingy women are my kind of thing, i can handle them!" may lead you into some very dark times if you're not careful.
Well, I mostly enjoy mind games while getting to know somebody, because it shows they have enough interest to set these things up. If they recruit the help of friends in setting things up, that's even better. As for clingy, it shows they are kind of obsessing about me as much as I am obsessing about them, so that's a good indicator that things are mutual.
The worse one's are the one's that will pit different guys against each other's and that date several guys more or less at the same time. I certainly don't enjoy those kind of games.
In my previous workplace, we all used the same toilet - it has never been raised as an issue.
When I told some local couples (friends) about it, they laughed too, and the women asked the exact same question.
So I am asking you here, right now: don't you check the lid before sitting? How does it even happen that you fall in there? You fly into the toilet room walking backward while aiming your ass toward the seat? You don't turn on the lights if it's night?
What if the cover happens to be closed? You pee on the cover?
This is ridiculous in unreal scale.
And this was even funnier to me than my discovery that you don't use water to wash stuff after pooping or urinating, but only dry toilet papers.
Omg! I'm laughing so hard I had to stop eating! I'll admit it - I fell in once. It was when I lived back home and my Pa or brother left the lid up and it was night and I didn't want to wake myself up too much by turning the lights on. It didn't matter cause falling in pretty much woke my a** up! Literally!
We actually have expensive wet wipes now for cleaning. I think it's a waste of money cause you can always apply water to toilet paper from the tap AND you can't flush them. Ewwww!!
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Me grumpy?
I'm happiness challenged.
Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 83 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 153 of 200 You are very likely neurotypical
Darn, I flunked.
I don't think toilet seats are a big deal but I have seen women making a fuss about it online and I thought it was only on TV, not something people actually made a big deal about in the real world.
About the toilet seat thing. I believe the whole lid should be kept down that way each person opens it to what they need and everyone closes it back down. Why leave the lid up anyway? And how would I show off my lovely toilet seat cover?
Ps: I always put the cap back on the toothpaste too.
I once made a question online asking if men should put the seat down and women put it up just so it's fair. I thought it was a hilarious question.
I prefer to have a cap on the toothpaste but yet I always squeeze from the top.
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Son: Diagnosed w/anxiety and ADHD. Also academic delayed and ASD lv 1.
Daughter: NT, no diagnoses. Possibly OCD. Is very private about herself.
I don't think toilet seats are a big deal but I have seen women making a fuss about it online and I thought it was only on TV, not something people actually made a big deal about in the real world.
About the toilet seat thing. I believe the whole lid should be kept down that way each person opens it to what they need and everyone closes it back down. Why leave the lid up anyway? And how would I show off my lovely toilet seat cover?
Ps: I always put the cap back on the toothpaste too.
I once made a question online asking if men should put the seat down and women put it up just so it's fair. I thought it was a hilarious question.
I prefer to have a cap on the toothpaste but yet I always squeeze from the top.
Too funny! I'm a middle squeezer.
_________________
Me grumpy?
I'm happiness challenged.
Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 83 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 153 of 200 You are very likely neurotypical
Darn, I flunked.
2. Wants children
3. Somebody who wants to “compete” with me (I would love to have another writer and gamer, but it’s a relationship and not a competition)
4. Religious
5. Hates pets
6. Drinker
7. Drug user
8. Smoker
9. Doesn’t work out or like healthy foods (I would like a guy who will take walks outside with me)
10. Expects me to change physically
11. Expects me to do all the cooking, cleaning and laundry
12. Somebody who hates my kind of music (aren’t couples supposed to have stuff in common?)
working out is going to gym, walking is fun and exercise but not considered working out to most people.
do you working out or walks?
average is 1 mile per 20 minutes walking. so 3 miles per hour would be normal. unless you're jogging or running.
use to walk 10 miles a day. took about 3 hours but its boring and lonely doing it alone.
but do you believe it and if so why?
Even when I walk "normally," I average about 18 minutes per mile.
you're a fast walker like my ex friend then.
not fun to walk with fast walkers, they always leave you behind or exhaust you.
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