Is there anyone out there - whether diagnosed with ASD or who’s been in a relationship with someone diagnosed as being on the spectrum - who can give an insight into how you/they behaved before you got together?
I’ve been reminded of someone I knew who had ASD. We had a really odd relationship - we got on but nothing ever really happened. This was partly because, in person, things would seem super-intense, almost like they were a bit fixated on me - lots of long stares, following me to places to talk to me alone for no reason, etc - but online things were completely cold. I followed their Instagram profile, for example, but they didn’t follow mine back which I took to be a sign they obviously didn’t really consider me much at all. So I actually never took the step to ask them out.
We only knew each other a couple of months before they moved away and - due to the lack of engagement online - we lost touch. Something’s just brought it back and I guess I’m trying to make sense of it again.