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aspie son and relationships

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ThatVikRinA22 · 01/05/2011 19:50

ds has aspergers, dyslexia and dyspraxia

he is really good friends with lots of girls, they seem to love his company

he met a girl on line and for months they have been getting on great over the net (web cams hooked up, the works)
he has recently met her and since then she has said her mother doesnt approve....now im not daft, but he is...naive to say the least

he wont accept that it may be because in the flesh he doesnt wash, shave, keep tidy or care about his appearance or personal care in any way what so ever, or even that maybe in RL they just didnt gel.

he is 19 but quite immature

do i just keep out of it? i want him to find some happiness but i cant see what type of person would accept they way he is (geeky, unkempt, scruffy, untidy, nocturnal, stubborn) but he has some lovely qualities aswell.

ive asked DD to try and speak to him (she takes personal grooming very seriously! but is 5 years younger) but he isnt willing to take advice off a 14 year old girl...
or me
or DH

he is insisting its simply that her mother did not approve (this is after a year of talking on line) Sad

how do i broach this? please bear in mind that he is not simply lazy, that he has special needs, but is also an adult. i want him to be happy.

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issey6cats · 01/05/2011 20:12

my husband has aspergers and i just work round his quirks, re your son my stepson takes after his father he has aspergers too, for quite a while we could not get him to shower wash his hair etc he just didnt get the importance of personal hygiene, now he has done a turnaround at 19 and we cant get him out of the bathroom he is in the shower that long that the walls are leaking,lol, so there is hope that he will get it just on a different time scale to what you want thats aspies for you

GKlimt · 01/05/2011 22:13

Has your son read 'Freaks, geeks and Aspergers Syndrome' ? Lots of stuff about personal hygeine - and dating.

ThatVikRinA22 · 01/05/2011 23:39

yeah he read that one a while ago. so did i. might need a refresher though.

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