SkinnyElephant wrote:
I haven't used any dating sites specifically for people on the spectrum. However, I have used dating sites (OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, and DateHookup). I found a girlfriend on each of those sites.
However, I also had lots of failures. Been blocked. Been ignored. I even had a woman threaten to contact the cops if I sent her one more message (When I shared the story on this forum, one poster blamed me for using a dating site in the first place, which really ticked me off).
With 2 of the girlfriends I met on dating sites, I was jobless when we first met. But I was in college for one of those relationships, and fresh out of college for the other one (therefore, being jobless wasn't entirely unusual). Unfortunately, being without a job at your age will likely get you judged (I'm not saying it should get you judged; all I'm saying is it sadly will get you judged)
That being said, I'd recommend giving dating sites a try. When you're on the spectrum, you tend to make a bad first impression in person (I speak from experience). If your first impression is online, it's easier to make a good first impression.
OLD was probably better before every app adopted the swiping model. I tried several of them on and off - I had less than 1% rate of mutually matching with anybody...
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03 Jan 2025, 9:39 pm
