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Unwanted longing for companionship

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First, no negative, cynical or put-down comments, please.

For the most part, I am accustomed to my own company and just keeping myself busy to pass the time, but sometimes there is a sort of longing for a significant other, though I have accepted I wouldn't have the right stuff to make it happen (money, own vehicle, job, social connections, etc.) and I ignore and quash those feelings by keeping busy.

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  • Autistic people are human, humans are a very social species, hard-wired to seek interactions with each other. Also there is a biological imperative to create a pair-bond and have children. Just because autistic people have additional difficulties and often disappointments in these areas, does not mean that these basic drives do not impact us. 

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  • Autistic people are human, humans are a very social species, hard-wired to seek interactions with each other. Also there is a biological imperative to create a pair-bond and have children. Just because autistic people have additional difficulties and often disappointments in these areas, does not mean that these basic drives do not impact us. 

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