Outrider wrote:
elbowgrease wrote:
One of us may accidentally find the door though...
Just my 2 cents if you don't mind.
I just wanted to say that it's surprising you're single mate.
If that's you in the picture you're pretty good looking so (no offense) your issues with dating are in my humble opinion more likely to be of a social or environmental (e.g. location, etc.) factor than physical looks.
No offense taken, or even implied that I can see.
That's the thing, really. I've got some real social issues, that I wasn't really aware of until recently. It's been really frustrating. I am a relatively good looking guy, been hearing that for a while. Smart, funny, caring, open minded, let's say a few things going for me.
I'm also an aspie.
Can't do conversation, usually make things worse once I start talking. Don't usually leave the house. Don't really have any desire to. Don't really know where to go to meet people, or how to meet them once I'm there. Can't really tell if a woman is interested. Don't do subtlety at all, either giving it or receiving.
Finally starting to feel comfortable alone though. Starting to accept it. Honestly, not sure if it's really healthy or reasonable to want a girlfriend at this point, and really my concept of what I think the ideal relationship is has changed recently. I wasn't aware of Asperger's at all until fairly recently, or that it's something that I "have". And, thinking back on the complaints of my last two girlfriends, and anyone else I've ever spent time with, the problems and issues that I've brought into every relationship of any kind that I've been in seem to stem from that. My lack of awareness of and inability to deal with the real social and emotional issues I have that seem to be rooted in an autistic spectrum disorder.
Hopefully that doesn't sound like I'm just blaming everything on Asperger's or something, that's not what I'm trying to do.
I'm not really awake yet today. I just saw this post and had to say something, because I've been hearing "you're a good looking guy..." forever, and never had anything like an adequate response before.