Aspie guys: what's your story of the worst rejection you ever got from a woman?
Like, laughing at you when you ask to go on a date, telling you that you must be deluded, or...?
I can only recall once at the age of 21, where a girl I was on a date with just directly told me at the end "we're very different people, I'm looking for someone more spontaneous". This was still in the 90s a few years before my dx.
So it kinda took me by surprise, especially since being spontaneous in the past kinda got me into trouble!!
Another time, in a club in my early 20s, I was making out with this good-looking blonde, and near the end when I said let's walk home together, she told me that she wouldn't go home with me b/c I'm not her type (huh???)
I found that during my earlier adult years, I had a certain fear of rejection but I still chatted up females, asked them to dance, got their phone numbers etc... I viscerally knew that there was just something "off" about me compared to others, and that I'd expect rejection w/o knowing the "real" reason - I think that one of my bigger fears was that she'd introduce me to her friends, maybe her ex or a male friend or relative, and they'd be able to "sniff out" my difference in demeanour... like I had to win the acceptance of her circle, not just her, which is where I had a big-time disadvantage compared to an allistic male. Yet I persevered regardless and the crushing verbal rejection never happened and it helped that I was able to cover up the bulk of my Aspie manifestations via trial and error.
...so hopefully that's an inspiration for some of you out there.