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Dating Agencies for Asperger People

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Not sure if this is the correct place to post this but ..

My son is 38 , diagnosed with Aspergers at age 20 .

He has a very limited social life but is so wanting to find a girlfriend and has been joining various well known dating agencies online ( and spending quite a bit of money to do it Frown ) but he is finding it hard to accept that his aspergers may put people off .

I don't want him to feel that he is inferior to other folks , which he isn't , but I really don't think the websites he has been trying are suitable for him . Does anyone know if there are any "asperger friendly" sites that he could look at ?

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  • This is helpful to read.

    I was just diagnosed a couple of months ago and I was considering signing up for an autism specific dating site, but now I'm not so sure. I've only ever had one long term relationship and, besides the creation of my son, it was difficult and a relief when it finished. It only lasted as long because I have some concerns about being old and lonely.

    I don't find it difficult to get dates on traditional dating sites and have engaged in a lot of meaningless casual relationships, but this was making me unhappy and I quit using them - in fact, I quit a lot of unhelpful behaviours round about the same time which left me isolated. I used to drink to hide who I was, and who I am is not a social butterfly.

     This post has led me think that the onus should not be on dating per se. I should make attempts to widen my social circle. Which sounds very difficult indeed...

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  • This is helpful to read.

    I was just diagnosed a couple of months ago and I was considering signing up for an autism specific dating site, but now I'm not so sure. I've only ever had one long term relationship and, besides the creation of my son, it was difficult and a relief when it finished. It only lasted as long because I have some concerns about being old and lonely.

    I don't find it difficult to get dates on traditional dating sites and have engaged in a lot of meaningless casual relationships, but this was making me unhappy and I quit using them - in fact, I quit a lot of unhelpful behaviours round about the same time which left me isolated. I used to drink to hide who I was, and who I am is not a social butterfly.

     This post has led me think that the onus should not be on dating per se. I should make attempts to widen my social circle. Which sounds very difficult indeed...

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