Young woman at the gas station

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"50 ways to leave your lover"

I third that.
Stalker territory. EEP!

I'm not gonna spend time clinging to whatever little hope is left that this girl will change her mind after 36 hours of her not texting me. I've been rejected too many times to think that a miracle might happen.

I've been in this same cycle for several years now. I've had a girl who went to a homecoming dance with only for her to get caught up in her friend drama and not talk to me after that, I had a girl who I had a strong connection with, only for her to slowly fade away from me without any explanation, I had a girl who refused to go to a homecoming dance with me all because she "already had someone else in mind(in other words, she didn't even have a date)". This past February, a girl went on 2 dates with me in less than a week, only for her to stop making an effort to fit me inter her schedule.

Those are just the past instances that stump me to this day. There's way more than that, of course. And now here's a female who seemed genuinely happy to see me every time I walked into the store that she worked at, only for her to not text me at all when I gave her my number.

It really makes me confused and more depressed the more this keeps happening. I felt this sort of thing in, let's say my sophomore year in HS, and I'm now 20 and nothing's changed. Yes, I was in a few relationships, but none of them were ones I really want to have.

Really....and this is the truth: there will be other girls/women.

No. I’m not dismissing your confusion and sadness.

OP, it is better to use another gas station from now on.
And don’t try this with other girls at their work ever again.

Talked to my therapist about this situation. She said that it’s possible that the girl thought that I was giving her a piece of paper for her to throw away and never even looked at it. I suppose that I could go back to the store and if I get a chance to talk to her with no one around, I’ll ask her if she saw it and see how she responds. I still think the odds of having a relationship with her are low at this point, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t explore this possibility.

^ No no no, don't do it.

Boo, the way you’re saying all the things you’ve been saying makes it seem like you don’t want me to have a relationship. How many more things do you have to say is so wrong for me to do? You know you’re the only one who’s been so harsh towards me on this thread, right? Perhaps there’s a reason why that is.

Oh, and you also called me unattractive.

I would advise against going back this soon after and asking about it. I've found that people tend to find this level of persistence to be off-putting. As autists we are inclined to hyper-focus on things, making it hard to play the waiting game that is dating. I understand why you're anxious for a resolution, but being on the receiving end of that intense focus seems to signal to NTs that your desperate. Obviously this is a faulty conclusion, but I've heard it said many times before.

It took me many years to learn how to tone down my need to speed through all of the steps to the end goal (i.e. the relationship), so I know this is hard advice to take.

Here's what I would suggest:
Don't make a point of retuning to the shop in the next few days (or even week). If you need to go in and she's there act as you normally would. If she is less friendly than usual, that may be a sign she got the note and wasn't interested. If she continues to act as she had done previously then, in a few weeks casually ask her if she would like to go out sometime.

I agree. I wasn’t exactly hell bent on going back there ASAP anyway.

^ Oh okay good to hear. Well I hope you have more prospects soon.

If you’re running out of gas, and that gas station is the only one open for miles, it would be ridiculous to not go to that gas station just because this girl works there.

There’s others nearby I can go to. I’m not worried about that.

You have the right to that one if it’s the cheapest.

She’s probably not going to see you pumping gas—unless she pumps gas herself

I wouldn’t deliberately avoid that gas station.

^ I just meant going into the shop. I assumed that OP pays at the pump and therefore doesn't need to go inside. Of course if this assumption is incorrect, going in makes sense.

^That’s true.

I do hope both these folks at least reach an amicable understanding.