Hello everyone!
I am a 56 year old male who is not diagnosed as of yet (playing the waiting game). I am unemployed, have 2 kids, 5 stepkids and I am married... but not for much longer.
I always had trouble with friendships and greater difficulty with romantic relationships. Once I reached my 30s anc had finally left my childhood home, I began thinking about Internet dating. I joined a site where I could maintain a degree of anonymity, which allowed me to be myself a bit more. I soon realised my biggest asset was my sense of humour. People liked me and I soon discovered I was not the ugly duckling because I was soon speaking to ladies who found me attractive. It was such a new and exciting feeling after having spent much of my life thus far being alone. I chatted to women from all over the country. It made me feel special, although in time I was starting to find j was being a bit of a player, which brought about interesting but troubling new challenges (some of these I might talk about another time).
This site would hold group meet ups. These would either involve a specific event we would all take part in, or it would just be groups of people meeting for drinks and conversation. I attended some of these and met some of the people I'd been chatting to - men and women. Everyone seemed to get on really well because if was as if we already knew each other. It was fun to finally put faces to usernames. Occasionally, we would have an wail of a time, though it was always fun once the ice had been broken.
On one such meeting, a met a woman who I didn't realise at the time was to become my wife...
I'm going to stop there, because this may turn into a novel rather than a post. I will post a second part later.
For now, it feels go to be part of a chat group again, even though this time it's for different and more profound reasons. I wanted companionship previously. This time I'm looking for understanding,
upport and validation. This seems like the perfect place to find them. 
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