Published on 12, July, 2020
A place for spouses of someone autistic to talk
I am the SO of an ASD man. We're both in our 30s, and have been living together for almost 2 yrs.
I am at my wit's end, and don't know what to do tbh.
Every day is the same, and it seems as though change will never happen. I feel like our relationship is over, but he insists it's not.
We don't have any intimacy, and when we try, it fails.
I feel like I am just a convenience for him. Doing all the house chores and still working a full-time job.
Am I over thinking everything? Will he ever just do what needs to be done? Will I always have to be the "adult" in this relationship?
Help me
Hi, I'm engaged to someone on the spectrum. Not diagnosed, but shows MANY signs. we've been together for 6 years wedding planned for April. While things can be amazing there are some serious challenges and I can't deny I'M STRUGGLING! My fiancé is smart, kind and loving man, I'm lucky in so many ways but he has a terrible time with empathy he truly has no idea what to do sometimes. your husbands may not exhibit this behavior but if so how do you cope?
We have know each other for two years. I always knew he had for lack of a better word “special needs” and he would have melt downs but he wasn’t diagnosed until the month before our wedding. It gave us both some clarity and and a sense of direction.
Wow congratulations x have you been together long, was your partner diagnosed before you got together or during?
Awe :) congratulations! I’ve only been married just under 4 months
Yes i am we have just had our 3rd wedding anniversary
Thank you for posting. You are married to someone autistic?
I am, and this is my first time ever posting anything ive always just read posts on here