but got reported to my manager for my advances.
This right there, this sort of thing is a warning that what's being done is not good, and not helping. Pay attention to things like this. For whatever reason, alot of people on the spectrum have a tendency to somehow not notice/process things like that, but it's important to learn.
I don't share any female interests, at all. No females are interested in what I'm interested in and I have many interests.
That's an assumption, and frankly a totally illogical one. I've had female friends before. We have indeed shared interests. But here's the thing: My interests are like, hyper-geeky. Video games, cosplay, anime. And I'm the sort that utterly refuses to pretend to be interested in things that I'm not. Yet still, I've met plenty of girls who are into that sort of thing. Like.... REALLY into it.
But how is that possible, you ask? Here's the thing: Did it ever occur to you that you can meet people in all sorts of different places? Yes, I know society teaches you that you can only meet people in bars and... bars. And that alcohol must always be involved. Society is also dumber than a sack of hammers. If you want to meet people that have similar interests... you need to go to the sorts of places where people with those interests tend to appear at. In my case, I met them at anime conventions. And no, those events are not mostly males. Girls arent rare at those. Simply being one gender or the other does not force someone into a specific set of interests. Again, society tells you otherwise, but society makes a freaking houseplant look like Einstein.
If you want to meet people with your interests... go to different places. I *guarantee* you, those places exist. But you'll have to search them out and break out of your comfort zone. Dont get me wrong: doing this is not easy. Finding the places and managing to reach them, not easy. Though, it's worth noting that places ONLINE also count. You absolutely can go to forums that are specifically focused around your interests and meet some there. But if you try that, DO NOT go in there posting topics like "are there any girls interested in this stuff?" Seriously, just dont. It wont help.
The reason I have become "obsessed" is due to realising that time is passing, now I'm in my 30s, compared to in my late teens and 20s when it felt like time was moving so slowly.
Dont be so obsessed with time and age. People often meet their mates even quite a bit later than where you are at now. You getting older stops you only if you allow it. Again, society says otherwise, but... well, I already went over that part, didnt I?
I personally don’t believe pickup artists are the best people to teach you how to form functional relationships with women.
Exactly.
Pickup artists are, well.... think of a big, cold-hearted corporation, yes? They dont REALLY care about you, the consumer, one bit. They care about their bottom line and pleasing their shareholders. That's why nearly all of them are willing to lie and cheat and abuse in order to get your money.
Pickup artists are pretty much just that. They're selling you on the idea of a "service" that, in most cases, never actually works. And when you see "examples" of them doing it with someone, you can be that someone is paid to be there. Pickup artists have a very negative connotation associated with them for a reason. Some of them are after money, and others are after views and self-validation. One way or another though... they "sell" a service in order to get something. Whether or not that service ACTUALLY helps is irrelevant.
Not to mention that trying to use silly schemes like that will only make the situation more confusing. If you want a relationship to work... instead of almost immediately failing... you have to BE YOURSELF. Dont try to modify who you are in order to fit into some arbitrary group. Whoever you're with *will* spot who you really are sooner rather than later, and if you got them to be with you through that sort of deceit, well... I'll leave you to guess how it ends.
It reminds me alot of those "[insert profession here] HATES HIM" ads. They try so very, very hard to sell you on something bloody stupid that is more likely to harm you or make things worse rather than solve your problem. But they dont care about that: they get their money either way, and that's all they want.
This is one of the harsh lessons of the internet that everyone must learn at some point... for their own good. Can happen offline too of course, it's still the same thing. But the Net is where this crap flourishes the most.
