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What do you think of this?

I just read your link & all the answers the posters provided. Some answers are better than others. Also, the initial question was not asked by an Aspie or by a person married to or otherwise extremely close to the one in question.

It just 'seems to' the initial questioner that the fiancee is manipulating the Aspie. Her perception (looking from the outside using her own prejudicial judgement) that the Aspie is being manipulated may not be accurate. What is also possible that now that this Aspie (IF in fact he even IS one) has met someone he cared deeply for & is becoming interested in trying new things with this person. We aren't all readily vulnerable to manipulation & very trusting. Some of us indeed are, but many of us are very skeptical & sometimes too mistrustful of others (like I am). Also what is really hard unless you know a person extremely well, is separating what is a function of them being an Aspie from what is simply a trait of their unique human personality. Once a diagnosis (or label) has been applied to a person, everything the person says or does tends to get seen only within the context of their diagnosis.

 

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