I got together with an old friend on a night out, and it became serious very quickly (we were both in our 30s), now we’re married / kids etc
before that, dating was very disappointing. I was either getting the ick from perfectly nice men and then unable to remain interested, or getting too intensely involved (now that we know I’m autistic, we know why!) and getting dumped in 3 months (but then having the exes contact me even after it was all over). It was always the wrong person, and I could never deal with the ambiguity and the game playing in early courtship
I also could never tell if someone liked me and also tended not to like people if I knew they liked me
For late diagnosed people - how did you get together with your partners? were the early days of dating difficult like it was for me eg emotional regulation, waiting for a text back etc
