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Getting married when you have autism

Programmer37

I was diagnosed with autism early on this year. I currently have a partner who's understands am not the chatty type.  She always tries to initiate a conversation with me. But am scared she might leave me at some point. 

My previous gf broke up with me for this exact reason. 

How do you my fellow autistics get along with their partners?

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  • Autistic and married to a neurotypical woman for 27 years. I just use the phrase, "Yes dear" a lot. I had problems before we were married, when we lived a couple of hundred miles apart, as I am considerably worse at conversations on the 'phone than face-to-face. Once you become very familiar with someone, I found that difficulty in holding conversations become much less, as there is no anxiety involved. We both worked as research biologists, so had interests in common, which also helped.

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  • Autistic and married to a neurotypical woman for 27 years. I just use the phrase, "Yes dear" a lot. I had problems before we were married, when we lived a couple of hundred miles apart, as I am considerably worse at conversations on the 'phone than face-to-face. Once you become very familiar with someone, I found that difficulty in holding conversations become much less, as there is no anxiety involved. We both worked as research biologists, so had interests in common, which also helped.

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