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DH with suspected Aspergers

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nnnnnamechange · 29/05/2011 11:27

DH and I have been having some problems. It really all comes down to communication. So we decided to go to relate. We love each other very much ad want our marriage to work.
After 3 sessions our counsellor mentioned Aspergers with regard to DH. She clearly said she is not qualified to diagnose but some of DH characteristics suggest he has "low end, high functioning aspergers".
Must admit, when she described exactly what Aspergers is DH & I cried in relief - it sounds accurate, neither of us is going mad, nor acting maliciously/unthinking which is how it felt.
So my question is, do you or your partner have aspergers? How do you cope? How do you make your relationship work?
Any advice greatly recieved.
Thanks

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HansieMom · 25/07/2011 17:54

Blue, maybe a counselor is called for as he wants to ignore the problem. His attitude is immature. My DH and I never managed it, but every family should have six months pay saved up. For you that is particularly important as he does not have a steady income.
DH and I are retired now, so I have decades of life to think about. I wish we had always lived below our means. Three simple wordsbut doing so would have saved us a lot of stress. We lived above our meansalways had credit card debt. We never saved for anything--just put it on a card. Well, we did save once, to get our first house.

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