NeantHumain wrote:
Would you guys say love necessarily requires courage?
I would say that
requited love does require courage. Love can be its own source at times, but, love always involves risk. Aspies involved or not, rejection from all kinds of angles is possible as well as other consequences.
tomamil wrote:
i dont know what a love is. but if someone has a problem to say that he/she is in love with an aspie then the someone has some other issues if giving an importance to what others think. i would love to know what it is like to be in love.
Love is a spectrum beyond even that of what autism is, I think. My theory is no one who says "I love you too" ever means it the same way as the person who said "I love you", through no fault of either party, its just so very personal its always ifferent from one moment to the next and from one person as the next.
And admitting to loving someone different or unexpected or whatever, I think, probably can be hard for some people in a similar way that admitting to
being different can be. Its not the same, of course, and one would hope that this hypothetical person would, after some thought, decide that love in open is worth the risk, but, neurotypical people by nature are more concerned with what others think.
As for what being in love is like, again, it depends on the kind of love. Good luck with that, some would argue you're better off NOT knowing. But, as my friend always says, "its' better to have loved and lost than to be mauled by a badger." Though she's firmly aromantic.
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