I'm curious, how do women/girls on the spectrum deal with dating?

I'm asking this as a male, so hope its okay, as its just a subject I was curious about

I often here how there is a difference in autistic behaviours between boys/men and girls/women, I was just wondering how this pans out in the dating world? I know a lot of males struggle in this regard, and are not as easy at hiding autistic traits such as social awkwardness, whereas women on the whole -I underline ON THE WHOLE, seem to be better at masking and dealing with social situations, I was wondering if there are any women who may have difficulty in this regard, ie feeling a bit overwhelmed, struggled with social situations and have not been able to participate in dating and are single as a result, or whether anyone has not really struggled so much, as I have seen it mentioned that autistic women are more likely to be partnered/married than autistic men.

Note-My experience with this and my current situation is fairly typical of many autistic men

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  • I’ve never dated anyone and I’m 26 in December! Only time I have been asked out was in secondary schools and when I refused them I got bullied for it and then got bullied into “going out” but nothing happened. But I feel that was more just kids being stupid and cruel as I went to a very rough school. If anyone has approached me since then my dad scares them off and says I’m not ready for relationships. I guess I am just hoping the right guy will come along one day, even if I don’t get married till like 40

  • I mean if tour worried then take this on board sometimes you will just find a close friend and it happens from there I mean it’s never happened toe but it does happen 

  • It’s funny you mention that because I know a couple who were actually just good friends at first but they were engaged to other people and that lasted years but then when both engagements ended the couple fell in love and got married. It’s interesting how love can happen

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