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Recent content by nofu2603

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    As an AS female I can only talk to guys online

    Hi, please forgive me if I am doing something wrong but I am an oldie and this is the first forum I have ever been on so don't know the protocol, (is it ok to comment on other people's posts? )but I have been reading this thread and a few things have struck a cord with me. Your comments about...
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    Sensitive Topic Are Aspies prone to be emotionally abused?

    I think you have hit the nail on the head 'I am not free until I want to be' , my difficulty is that I don't hate him so can't walk away in anger, I just feel sorry for him, he is mentally fragile and physically wrecked, we have been together for 33 years and to turn my back on him now would be...
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    Sensitive Topic Are Aspies prone to be emotionally abused?

    Hello, I was looking at this thread as I have a dilemma in my marriage. My childhood like yours was emotionally damaging and as an adult I have always found myself drawn to people with difficult personalities ( I read somewhere that as adults we do this as we are still trying to resolve issues...
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    Just wanted to say hello

    Hi Thank you for replying, I do not want to get an official diagnosis, at my age what difference would that make. What angers me though is that I have a nephew who is clearly on the autistic spectrum ( he is now 22) but has gone through his whole education without any one suggesting he be...
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    Just wanted to say hello

    Thank you for your kind welcomes, I have looked through a few posts and most of you appear to be younger than myself ( I am in my early 50's) are there any golden oldies out there who have just discovered they are on the spectrum? I am a librarian in a senior position at work, among other...
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    Just wanted to say hello

    Hello After a lifetime of not fitting in and not understanding why I am not like other people, I have finally figured out that I am on the spectrum, I never realized a person could be on the spectrum and not know it. I never realized there was a HF version, many things that have tortured me over...
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