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So I'm 20 years old and high functioning autistic, I've been with my online girl friend for almost 8 months now. I told her before we started dating that I was HFA and explained some things about me that make me different from other people like how I can't do complex math very well, or deal with large amounts of stress. She did some more reading about it on her own and pretty much said it didn't change the way she felt about me and still loves me no matter what. Well like last night we're talking, and she seemed kinda down. I knew part of it was probably because of some recent family problems she's been having, but she wouldn't tell me what was wrong. Then later she told me it was because of something she was thinking about when the two of us live together, but didn't really wana tell me because she thought it sounded dumb. So I left it at that and told her I wouldn't force her to tell me if she didn't want to. So then like few mins later I asked if I could have hug....you know like how online couples do? *hugs her* *kisses her* I know it may sound silly, but until we're together in the same house it's all we can do right now, and most of the time it's ok. Well she didn't wana give me one, and then got all upset because she might had hurt me. I told her it was ok and that it wasn't a big deal. But she was still bothered by it and got offline and went to bed. Today she still seemed down, and I thought it was because of that still, but it turns out it's because she was "frustrated that she can't figure out how I work. Like, she doesn't understand why I didn't seem too bothered by it and just let it slip aside like it wasn't a big deal. I know a "normal person" (one thats not autistic or has AS) would probably be hurt or bothered by it, but in my head...I saw it as something that wasn't worth getting too worked up about and let it go. I told her before that sadness is like one of those emotions that I don't feel very much or show. Like I had told her before we started dating that like if I go to a funeral you'd probably think I didn't seem to care that the person was dead, because I don't seem sad or anything. In fact....the only time anyone has really been able to hurt me enough to make me show and almost cry was when my one and only real life ex girl friend was hanging around another guy at church (whom she eventually dumped me for, and then dumped him a month later <_<) and I wasn't liking the fact that I was being ignored when I was supposedly her boy friend. She noticed that I was upset, and I almost got up and walked home that time....But yeah, I guess I just need advice as to how to handle this, because I don't wana loose her over something like this. I mean I don't think shes planning on breaking up with me, she loves me way too much to be apart from the computer and me, but I know it really bothers her that I think differently then her, especially when it comes to things dealing with relationships.

It sounds like you're already doing the best you can do. You explain things to your girlfriend. If she is wise enough, she will realize good communication means more than anything else in a relationship. You are honest and you are yourself. If she doesn't appreciate whatever ways you express your thoughtfulness, most likely it would be because she might need to learn some lessons the hard way.

Whatever happens, be glad that you're a HFA at 20 years old in today's world. For you, it will improve. For me, it's too late.

How old is this girl? does she have some sort of syndrome herself? because anyone who is okay with being in an "onlline relantionship" propably has wayyy to many issues herself and it is best steering clear. Also what is stoping you two from actually meeting?


Online relantionships, cute idea.

She's almost 19, and no she's what I would call "normal" But her last relationship was like 4 years long, not that they really did much between then, it was just that long till they called it quits, so I don't think she was really looking for many people in real life, we just met online and started talking a lot for a month and decided to see if this would work, and so far for almost a year it has. Oh, and by the way, we talked last night, and I think we're all better now, I guess we can't all be happy and getting along 24/7 And what's stopping us? Well the nearly $700 plane ticket from Oregon to North Carolina and back is the big road block, otherwise I probably woulda been there many times by now.