I feel my realationship with my aspie bf is a rollercoaster

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HE thinks that I think he's a loser and a bad boyfriend

Could he also be borderline? That sounds like typical borderline.

It sounds pretty complex to me. Can one or both of you go to counseling?

Great stuff here. May I continue to add to this thread by asking what if the AS partner is depressed about something he/she can't control(ie. Grades that were Bad, financial status, perhaps even apearance) that they dwell and complain about it and can't seem to believe others around them? What is the best thing to do other than convince them about the positives?

Colleges have free counseling don't they? Mine did.

The key thing is to remember that chronic depression is a fact of life for Aspies.

I will say, though, don't try to talk him out of his depression; it won't work. If you can, endure it, and, if he's worth it, try to love him as best you can. He's loving you the best he can.

Let him post in this thread.

I want to tell him about this entire website! it's great! I think I would help him a ton
but I just don't know/want to find out how he'd react so for now I think I should just keep it on the hush ha

Just mention it, and be as direct as possible.

Hello friends,
When I first met my bf, in all honestly I didn't even know he has aspergers until he told me
I didn't really know much about it (except for what i've seen from Degrassi episodes)
He seemed (at the time) like he had a pretty normal life (a nice group of friends etc.)
but we have been together for almost a year and mostly I feel like it's going in a downwards spiral
We will have periods in our relationship for like a 2-3 week period in which everything will seem almost perfect and then all of a sudden he will go into this mood thinking everyone hates him at work his friends think he's a looser and I think he's a looser and that he's a bad boyfriend.

I try so had to help him out of these stinks but I just don't know what to say to him anymore
I love him so much and I want this relationship to work
like what can I do?????

Edit:
Also as far as our relationship goes, it's loving, whimiscal, and happy go-lucky
we're both in college (he's 21 i'm 19)
we jokingly insult each other at times but Idk could I be secretly hurting his feelings and making him feel worse? should I try to be more sensitive towards him?
Sex is pretty great (tmi *shrugs*)
as far as his friends go...as I said when I FIRST met him he had a nice group of friends
it seems like most, but not all of them have kind of drifted off and doing their own thing (since they're all at different colleges and such)
He has this new small circle but he feels at times they don't really like him and yesterday he told me he "cut them off"
I just really worry about him feeling lonely

He understands that he has me and that i'm there for him at what not but he longs for a group of guy friends

He's also had 2 previous suicide attempts
one before I met him and one back in December...I know he's in a better place since then but should I be worried

and as far as medication goes he's taking I know he's on trazadone

The key thing is to remember that chronic depression is a fact of life for Aspies.

I will say, though, don't try to talk him out of his depression; it won't work. If you can, endure it, and, if he's worth it, try to love him as best you can. He's loving you the best he can.