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Recent content by Anneb68

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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    That is SO helpful and encouraging. This is the way I feel too now. It is shame we are not a couple anymore because I understood all that too late; I had already gone when I understood. I fact I understood BECAUSE iI had gone and took some distance. So that's a good thing. We'll be communicating...
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    It may be more a case of not being able to cope with other people's pain. I get that.
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    Aspies & bereavement

    Yes, I did realise that later on when I was told he may have Asperger's. It's a shame I didn't know because I would have reacted differently.
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    I have been thinking this exactly, but also wondering whether I could just take him as he is and work on accepting it. Understanding the why doesn't get things to change but it does help considerably. I know he won't change but perhaps I can manage without being upset or feeling excluded because...
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    Thank you for sharing this. If it is a personality thing, then I wouldn't chose to see him because I'd find it too hard and too upsetting. I guess I need to clarify this with myself...
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    Thank you!
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    Good point and an important one for us to understand. Thank you.
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    Aspies & bereavement

    I can give you the perspective of a non-aspie living with an aspie. When my father died, I called my then partner to tell him. It is important to know that, at the time, I had no idea he may have Asperger's. It had just happened, a few minutes earlier, my father was in the house and I was...
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    Fair enough! I get it. Thanks.
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    That is definitely a big part of it. Being positive, I think we can make the most of this by taking advantage of that free time to do our own things!
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    ;-)
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    That is interesting because I read on many occasions that Apserger's can make people behave in away that is seen as uncaring and unkind. In fact sometime truly awful. I have experienced that myself.
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    That is a difficult one to understand for us, non Aspie, but a crucial one. When, following a lovely day out, you rather innocently offer an evening out at the theatre and get told "No I can't" followed by days of silence.... I now look back and see when I could possibly have put pressure on...
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    Yes, that is what I can see. It's like walking on egg shells! It's got to be gentle I suppose so he doesn't feel vulnerable. Thank you!
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    Having a relationship with someone with Asperger's

    In the past, I did ask but he wouldn't say. "I haven't thought about it"; "Nothing, really". But now we are no longer a couple, I suppose I can take a different perspective on this. I used to insist but now, I would just leave it.
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