Hey everyone,
Good Morning. I hope that this finds everyone well.
I am a 29-year-old living in Bristol in England and was diagnosed with mild Asperger's in the summer of 2014. I always found it really hard to date someone and/or adapt to the standard of societal codes for dating, such as not realising that I was being a bit too intense with a girl by asking to exchange telephone numbers too quickly in a club.
I have been reading up on the relationship side of things and am still struggling and finding it hard to date someone, i.e. the initial stages/saying that I want to meet someone for a coffee. I used the line that I couldn't face the rejection, which is true, but I feel much stronger in myself and better about my diagnosis, so would like some general advice about dating from/for people with Aspergers. I am not a lop-sided tongued inanimate figure from a Hogarthian print that doesn't know how to say to someone that I like them as I have told some girls I am fond of them, but like I say I welcome any advice about dating as I haven't dated anyone for my whole twenties and since the age of 18.
Thank you!
Tim