Dating Disqualifications

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Does it seem odd to others that, at least for males, Asperger's syndrome is more a disqualification from dating than cheaters, wifebeaters/abusers, criminals/thugs, and various other assorted lowlife?

What I do encounter, sometimes, is men who are not attractive at all - even less so than me - who are in a happy relationship. A convicted serial killer often receives love letters. Joran van der Sloot was able to get laid even after everyone knew he had murdered Nathalie Holloway (he murdered another one who slept with him after that). I haven't even murdered anyone. Dating-wise, I'm deemed less desirable than murderers.

Ineresting post! Well another disqualifier is being a devout Christian. Another is being a really good, kind person as well. I guess there is no thrill or chase involved. Maybe that's why.
I've been married for a long time now but when I was single, I was NEVER asked out. I was stylish, attractive, and educated. My grandmother said something as a joke once but I think it may have been a truth that seems bizarre. I didn't smell right - but smell meaning animal kingdon smell - not cologne or B.O. No human phernomes. Sometime I think that we aspies all share that from birth. It's people's rejections that make us even moreso awkward - like a vicious cycle.

People become nervous doing things they are not used to do/inexperienced at and others can see that they are nervous/feeling a bit uncomfortable.
This is supported by just about every article on the subject of being nervous and whatnot.

A few years ago a friend I recently met grabbed my hand on the street. I was about to crush into someone else and she didnt think of telling me something instead I guess.
I didnt say a word to her about it and I didnt make any conscious change on my posture/anything however 3 minutes later she was apologizing.
I told her it was fine and there was no need to apologize yet she still said that she could see I was upset so I tried to explain her that Im not used to unexpected touch.

How did she know? I dont have a clue. But Im aware that its not a unique experience(meeting new people makes me nervous 3/10 times they ask me if I have a problem with them because they saw I was uncomfortable...)

well then the problem is with them, not with me.

Call it intuition. Nobody knows those things for certain but a savvy person makes a general assumption and finds a way to handle the situation as sensitively and diplomatic as possible.

datability = conformity points x social darwinian 'pass' points.

I might have a handful of social darwinian 'pass' points (ie. points that would lead people to choose respect over bullying) but my conformity points are a bit like multiplying that number by high denominator fractions (not quite 'zero' but outlandishly bad nonetheless).

The most disabling aspect to Asperger’s or ‘high functioning’ ASD are the deficits in social communication.

I read recently that only 7% of communication is in the actual word meanings. (the part we {me} are good at)
That there are over 10,000 individually identifiable (by neurotypical humans) facial expressions.
That there are between 2.5 and 3 million words in the English language.

That’s a lot that I can screw up.

Then there’s body language…

And chicks are highly aware of what’s ‘normal’ and not.


But on the third hand chicks seem unable to resist the adventure and drama that clouds around the ‘bad boys’ like a stench of burnt motor oil.

Maybe it’s because they can relax and have fun because it’s no big loss to be dumped by a loser. Maybe they’re really just slumming.

Conversely we (thread) are posting on a site called the Wrong Planet.