Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, I'm a 25 year old female and am looking for some friends on here to speak to. It's hard making new friends so I recon this is a great place to start.
A few things about myself, I was just diagnosed this year and am learning new things about myself everyday. Some of my hobbies include photography, birds, bees, animals, harry potter and gaming.
Naturally I'm a very shy person in real life due to extreme social phobia, but I enjoy chatting with people online and always do my best to respond as soon as I can. I have a fiancé who I have been with for 7 years now, engaged for 3 years and I will be moving in with him at the beginning of next year! We are both autistic and require a bit more help than neurotypicals so we will be starting out living with his parents, possibly in an annex or very close to his parents house if any surrounding houses become available.
I hope you can understand, I would prefer to speak to people who are 20+ as I feel friendships with younger people a bit uncomfortable.
Hi Freckles, I like the new name and picture!
I'm sure that you will find similar people to chat to here. You already have been, but look out for other threads too. I personally recommend Desmond's "3 Good Things (Redux)" thread.
I think notifications aren't working at the moment, and there is a site upgrade soon. It normally works a bit better than this.
I know that you are having problems with friends, and I am sorry to hear that, but it is great that you are in such a long term relationship and engaged to another autistic. (I'm also in a neurodiverse relationship - my wife is dyslexic) You are very lucky!
Yeah I realised that one of the things that were recommended were to not use your real name or picture so I changed them for safety. As lovely as this site has been so far you never know who is actually on here!
I certainly do feel very lucky to be in a relationship with my partner. He is so so understanding and caring. Sounds like you are lucky in that department too! I'll check out that thread, thank you.