Dating an aspie - when to kiss him?

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I LOVE MY ASPIE!! !! !

I love my Aspie too! (Married 30 years come Christmas!)

If he is anything like me just let him know that your going to kiss him that away your not envading his personal space.

Woo Hoo Joker! Wondered when you were going to bring that out!

Hey gaffa91,
You're entitled to your opinion of course but I don't share it.
My last partner was an extremely sociable man who was popular with the ladies and a very good lover but I left him because of other faults in his personality. I've chosen to date this man because I feel a profound connection with him. He's kind, giving, sensitive and very attractive as far as I'm concerned. He's a bit awkward certainly when it comes to seducing women but that doesn't put me off him. I can be quite shy myself though I'm probably not on the Asperger's spectrum. So my motives are: I really like this man, I think he would be a good boyfriend and I want to give it a chance. I have had lots of offers from other men as I'm considered quite physically attractive but I'm not interested in them. I don't think there's something wrong with me because I fancy a man with Asperger's and if there is I don't care. Anyway, Asperger's is a very broad term. There are so many different types of people who can fall within the spectrum and each person is unique. And I'm sure they can be very good lovers too. They don't have to be especially sociable for that.

And apologies to anyone such as BlueMax who felt offended by the ensuing discussion: I didn't mean to open such a can of worms, however indirectly! I'm very grateful for the advice given and I find it's helping things move along in a positive direction.

So I tried again but it totally backfired. I tried taking some of the advice here but I failed in regard to timing.I went to see him (unexpectedly) when I was on my way somewhere else and he had slept late and I woke him up when I knocked. He invited me in anyway to have tea while he had breakfast before going to work. When I was leaving I tried then and he turned his cheek to me and I asked 'May I kiss you?' and he let me kiss him then he kissed me again. I thought this was a good thing but when I rang him later he was grumpy and I got annoyed with him and asked what was wrong. He suddenly had an almost violent outburst of temper and said I had been annoying and made him late for work when I came to call and that I had been yapping. Yapping?!I asked. Yap yap! Bark bark! he said in a falsetto voice. This totally shocked and upset me as no man has ever talked ot me like this or reacted this way before and I told him I never wanted to speak to him again. Since then he e-mailed me and said that instead of being angry he thought I should be grateful he was 'gentle' when I came to call and didn't lose his temper because I had been annoying him when he was trying to get ready and 'yapping' (I think this means when I made an affectionate noise as I hugged him!) and that my 'posing' and 'flirtations' upset him very much while he was trying to get ready (as if I did it on purpose to annoy him). He said I should know he wasn't ready for this as he feels it is too soon since my last relationship ended (a few months but he was a friend of my ex) and he just wanted to hang out for now and it is a 'long game' getting to know him. I can respect that if it's what he wants but I am quite shocked by the violence of his anger and the things he said. I don't know what I should do now and I won't contact him unless he wants to contact me. I know he might react badly because my timing was bad, but alarm bells are going off in my head at his anger and meanness.