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As for other autistic relationships, my parents were married almost 50 years.

I didn’t mention the OP, and I didn’t say it was specific to this thread although yes there’s evidence of it in this thread.

It’s an ongoing issue on WP which has been addressed many times before by women, a few men, former mods, and Cornflake.

When I was in my late 20s I took a new job. An older female coworker apparently liked how I looked on paper and fixed me up to take her daughter (a few years younger than me) to a concert. I was a "gift". The daughter and I liked each other and continued dating but ultimately her mother had her daughter drop me when I wanted to make it more serious.

In my late 30s/early 40s I was very involved romantically with a co-worker (slightly older than me) for a few years. She wanted marriage but I didn't trust her judgement on life-in-general and I could not bring myself to marry someone who I didn't think was able to look out for her own best interests, much less mine. She broke up with me...repeatedly...but then kept coming back. I persevered because I was hoping she'd eventually persuade me she wasn't doomed to self-destruction. Eventually I stopped accepting her return.

By my mid-40s I'd given up on ever marrying. Gals became just people to me.

Then, at a Mensa party, I met a gal and we immediately hit it off. Our ages were about the same. We were both in Mensa. We'd both been in the Air Force, achieved the same rank, and had similar technical specialties. We enjoyed talking to each other. I did not follow-up and she later told me she was disappointed I hadn't asked for her phone number.

A few months later she needed a favor from someone, remembered me and realized I would be able to help her, and remembered enough about me that she was able to contact me for the favor. She called me just to ask for the favor and did not expect that we would meet in person.

But while talking to her I realized there was second favor I could do for her. I offered to help with that, also, but it meant we had to meet in person so I could give her some empty boxes that would be useful for a local move.

...and...um...our next wedding anniversary will be our 25th!

I’m not so sure of that. Either way, if folks are solely looking to hear from men, another site would probably be more appropriate because autistic women are going to share their thoughts and experiences here.

We are all human beings. As should be abundantly clear from this thread and countless others, we face similar struggles. Listening to others’ experiences, no matter their gender, can be useful. I know that I’ve found talking to male friends especially helpful and meaningful in certain ways.

There seems to be too much of a tendency to fall back on erroneous beliefs and other people. Maybe that’s why so many around here don’t appear to understand women and believe we’re much more different than we actually are. Talking to women would help with that.

I’m not even talking about advice. I’m talking about having normal conversations/friendships with women as well as seeing what they have to say about L&D concerning their preferences and experiences. Going from having no interactions with women to a relationship could be a challenge, especially if there are toxic beliefs and attitudes involved. Even if one manages to get into a relationship keeping it may be something else.

Working on harmful beliefs before dating is prudent because women shouldn’t have to be subjected to sexist nonsense. Once again, platforms like WP could help with that although talking to women offline is important, too.