I am 35 years old and I don’t date despite wanting to. Some factors in this are that I am socially isolated due to both the effects autism causes for me and being a non-religious person in a Bible Belt city. I struggle with clinical depression both from the loneliness and the trauma I’ve been afflicted with from being bullied from both family members and social peers in my developmental years and failing to achieve accomplishments despite my best efforts. I worry that my time is running out, especially since I am getting close to being middle aged and men who struggle socially often have unfair stigmas placed on them.