Published on 12, July, 2020
I have been married to my partner for 18 years and we have 3 children. My partner has always been interested in gaming more so than me and we went on holiday and he bought a new camera and spent hours staring at it, playing with it and even took it to the dinner table with him. He gets extremely stressed in certain situations to the point he takes it out on me. We only figures out he was autistic after having an autistic child. He has got worse as our relationship has gone on...mainly though realising he is autistic. He is kind, never goes out, always at home, but he lacks natural affection, somedays I feel very alone as he fails to talk more than 10 sentences in a day. I wonder what it is like to be with someone that shows interest in me and chats to me.
There's autism traits and then there's personality. Two people with autism are very different as two people are very different! Maybe he's just being a selfish bugger as well as being autistic. People have a good habit of using their differences, neurodiversity, illnesses etc as a way to excuse themselves from being kind and thoughtful. Without accepting responsibility for their behavior. Or Perhaps he does not realise how you feel or how his behavior is not meeting your needs. Listen to your heart and soul and do what ever it is you want to do to feel happier.