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Do Autistic adults understand emotional connection?

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I am married to an ASD man.

I talk about my unmet emotional needs and he doesn't understand when I talk about the lack of connection.

He just talks about whether I am meeting his unmet needs which are just idealistic and not a basic need.

Can anyone help?  Am I fighting a losing battle?  Is an emotional connection not possible in an ND relationship?

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  • Seems like you have difrent perspectives on the world and what you want out of life. If you clasify what he sees as his needs as 'idealistic' then clearly you have masivly difrent outlooks on life. That's not nessicerally an 'autistic thing.' But him strugelling to convey his point of view clearly to you might be.

    I can give you one bit of advice though if you don't think he understands what you are tring to say. You know when people are so blunt and matter of fact about things that it actually sounds a bit rude? When if you aren't blunt enough with him when expersion your concerns that it might sound a little bit rude you probably aren't getting through to him.

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  • Seems like you have difrent perspectives on the world and what you want out of life. If you clasify what he sees as his needs as 'idealistic' then clearly you have masivly difrent outlooks on life. That's not nessicerally an 'autistic thing.' But him strugelling to convey his point of view clearly to you might be.

    I can give you one bit of advice though if you don't think he understands what you are tring to say. You know when people are so blunt and matter of fact about things that it actually sounds a bit rude? When if you aren't blunt enough with him when expersion your concerns that it might sound a little bit rude you probably aren't getting through to him.

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