What can I do to be less distressed about my relationship?

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I'm currently dating an Aspie and suspect that I, too, am an Aspie. Our relationship is very fresh, and I'm trying really hard to take it slow for several reasons. At the moment, I'm sort of psyching myself out about a lot of things and my usual reaction is to bug the hell out of the other party. I've briefly mentioned my feelings to a couple of NT friends, but I don't think they understand why I am acting the way I am, because I sure as hell don't. I was wondering if anyone else here behaves the same way when they enter relationships.

I'm a 23-year-old gay man, and most of my relationships in the past went really fast. We'd call each other boyfriends the first day we met or at least within the first week of meeting. Sex came quickly, and the relationships more often than not lasted no longer than a couple of months. I reckon it's because we never took the time to properly date and get to know each other. My feelings were inevitably hurt at the end of the relationship, and I wish no longer to rush things because of this.

The relationship I am in now is something very new to me, but the relevant reasons are that I've never dated a diagnosed Aspie before, and for the first time, I have been suspecting I also have Asperger's. I very well may not have AS, and I confess that I am still pretty ignorant to all it entails. Part of the reason I joined WP is to get to know the community better and what it means to belong to any part of the Autism spectrum so that I could be a better (eventual) boyfriend to the guy I'm currently dating. I want to respect all of his social quirks and not force myself on him, and that's where I'm running into a problem.

At the moment, I'm not sure how to handle my feelings. I don't know what this or that means when he texts me, doesn't text me, and I over-think everything. So, my response is to text him more. I'm positive this is an inappropriate response. I want to talk more about his feelings (especially regarding the relationship), but he doesn't talk about them much. I'm being terribly impatient, and I don't like it. I want to be able to be patient with him and myself.

He's a wonderful guy, and I like him a lot. The last thing I want to do is be a creep and stuff up the relationship that could have been great had I not done something the way I might have done it. I want to know if anyone else here has ever acted the same way in a relationship and learned to cope or behave differently. What personal techniques did you use to calm yourself and learn to just go with the flow?

Thanks.

I dont know. but maybe you should think before you say/do anything, If you are able enough to have a relationship with another person it shouldnt be that hard to do

Maybe to avoid being impulsive you could set up a schedule for yourself, whatever you think is appropriate when you are thinking it through, and then don't text/call whatever except according to your schedule (unless he calls or texts you and expects a response).