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

SJH1994

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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  • 52 year old woman here. I am married, it isn’t easy and I think I make things complicated due to being ND. I used to have crushes on boys and girls at school, I didn’t date anyone until I was 18, then had 2 very short lived relationships that lasted no longer than about a month each time. I didn’t need to be in a relationship but I thought I should be, because everyone else wants that. I didn’t meet my partner until I was 31.
    I think there is nothing wrong with being single, especially as a ND person. 

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  • 52 year old woman here. I am married, it isn’t easy and I think I make things complicated due to being ND. I used to have crushes on boys and girls at school, I didn’t date anyone until I was 18, then had 2 very short lived relationships that lasted no longer than about a month each time. I didn’t need to be in a relationship but I thought I should be, because everyone else wants that. I didn’t meet my partner until I was 31.
    I think there is nothing wrong with being single, especially as a ND person. 

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