Being on the spectrum is making me undateable

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  • Allow me to put on my cynical hat. Most human beings are shallow and are atracted to shallow atributes in a partner, at least in the first instance. No matter how unatractive you are or how weird you come off as you would find some women atracted to you if you had tons of money or the body of a althleet / body builder. If you were the leader of a popular rock band. I'm not saying it's not unfair but maybe you should work on improving those shallow atributes that atract women to the point where it compensates for any 'weird vibes' you give off.

  • Well, I'm trying, I've started going to the gym, getting more background acting jobs etc but to be honest I'm long past the point of getting my hopes up

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  • Yes, to be fair that's true. You'd never know unless you saw me getting out of the car.

    Maybe I should try to figure out how to dress myself a bit more tastefully.

  • That's really positive. But remember I'm not talking about being wealthy. Projecting the image of wealth is in some ways more important.

  • Yes but I'd wager you don't wear your bank balence on your wrist. People who are good at making money are often quite frugal. Its the image of wealth some people are atracted to. If not consciesly then subconsciously. If you are with a woman who wouldn't date you after getting to know you if she found out you were poor you really don't want her. But again putting my cynical hat on, human beings are shallow instinct driven creatures, if appealing to a womans subconscious desire for a wealthy partner can gain her atention in the initial stages I don't see the harm.

  • I have to say - I have the job, the money, even the fancy car, but I'm still invisible, so financial status alone isn't everything (this may also say something about certain stereotypes about what women 'really' want).

  • Well, I'm sorry, but background acting and music are the only careers I'm interested in, and I couldn't work everyday in a 9-5 job that I hate, I'd be miserable. I need my passions and hobbies, they're my therapy and help me function. And as I said, the amount of work I've had in the past couple of years compared to before has quadrupled, and that, along with my regular job, is now making me a decent enough amount of money, maybe not a millionaire, but enough to feed me and keep a roof over my head, which is what's most important, and I don't recall the last time I had to borrow money from anyone, plus I'm really careful with my finances (most likely another ASD trait)

  • No offence but acting work isn't very financially stable so unless you earn megabucks it's not going to impress most women. I was thinking more about this sort of thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9K20VMnWyA&t=1500s

    Imagine (if you had the money) renting a very nice car and a very nice suit, supper expencive watch etc. Paying for a fancy make over. Taking a woman out on a date. Being vauge about what you do and how much you earn. Sure it won't work with a real gold diger. But the kind of woman who tells her self she is not a gold digger but subconsciesly really cares about your wealth will be effected by that sort of thing because she's probably too embaresed to come out directly and ask you how much you earn.

  • In japan they have rent a girlfriends who provide everything but the physical intermate aspect of the service. Some people hire them because they are lonely but others for show. to take to their old school reunion or their old friends wedding.

    Here's the thing. Girls are always subconsciesly messuring a mans status. And one of the clearest indicaters is the looks of the girl he is with. It's amazing how much more atractive a man becomes to woman when he has a stuningly atractive girlfriend with him. I thought about this as a dating stratergy. Paying for a younger atractive rent a girlfriend and then having her break up with me after awhile in a very public mannor that made her look like the bad guy.

    The idea being the girls in my social circle would start to think of me as more of a catch and then after they got used to this new idea sudenly feel very sympathetic towards me. This plan has 2 major flaws.

    1. I have no social life at least not one with any single women involved.
    2. I don't have nearly that much money to hand
  • Yes I actually thought about writing a story about this. What if, hypothetically, some one employed someone as a full time prostitute. Not to provide services to 3rd parties. Spicificly in the way you might hire someone as a full time live in maid. What would be the legality? What are the tax implications? Presumably as an employee not a contractor they'd need a pension, sick days. It might be the only time a boss could legally sack someone for refusing to have sex with the boss. How would sexual harament cases work? Is it even posible to sexually harrase someone who's job description is literally to have sex with you. Maybe if you bother them on their day off?

  • Actually, providing carnal services for money is legal in the UK, if it's a private arrangement. It's looking for business in a public place, kerb crawling, or profiting from people who are carrying out the services that is illegal.

    (I know some people find this distasteful, but we are all adults here and what arrangements adults make between themselves is their business, so long as nobody gets hurt)

  • But I don't want women who are only attracted to men for their bank balance

    There is always an option to engage with ladies of negotiable affection and make part of the arrangement to get them to give advice on how to approach and interact with women without coming over as weird.

    Because they are used to role playing and masking as part of their services they should be able to role play the interactions with you to give you practice.

    I'm not advocating doing anything illegal here (although I understand a part of their work is considered so in the UK) but they can also offer services such as I suggest if you discuss it with them first.

    Anything else you negotiate with them is entirely between you two - just remember that services of a carnal nature are illegal I believe but the rest if quite legit.

    This is possibly one of the groups of workers where you can actually get a frank discussion about this sort of stuff and practical advice on the details.

  • But I don't want women who are only attracted to men for their bank balance

  • I'm making a decent amount of money now because I'm getting more extras work

  • There is a 3rd option, fake it. If they come for something shallow maybe they will stay for the personality. There is for instance no harm in giving the impresion you have a lot mone money than you have so long as you don't outright lie (or bankrupt yourself). No harm on using a bit of makeup to hide your crows feet or a suport gerdal to hold in your waist. Spray on hair if it's thining. etc