I am a 43 year old male. Highschool dropout. Behavior problems all throughout my teen years. Got my GED. A handful for my parents. Now I’m on the complete other end of the spectrum. I lucked into a good job making good money. No issues.
I had a lot of trouble making friends when I was younger. Had a girlfriend in 8th grade, and another girlfriend in my early 20s. That relationship lasted for 2 years. No girlfriends since. I have a couple friends, that are married so there really isn’t an opportunity there to go out and meet people and have someone with me to make me feel more comfortable. My whole life is like a secret to everyone but my parents. People I work with have no idea what a loser I am.
I’ve been set up on a few blind dates in the last few years, and I have no trouble carrying on a conversation on those dates. But I have zero ability to meet someone on my own. I cannot talk to strangers if my life depended on it. No chance. People I know I have no problem talking to.
So I recently moved back home because I live in a very expensive state, and I’m trying to save money to buy a place. I only recently within the last 5 years got my good job. Prior to that I was working lower paying jobs. I’m very close to my parents and they are getting older and it’s making me nervous thinking about how I get thru life when they’re gone. I literally would have no one to talk to.
I’m so sorry this is so long. I feel like a weirdo. Not to toot my own horn but I’m not a bad looking guy. Dress nice. There’s nothing wrong with me other then the fact that I can’t talk to strangers and have zero ability to make friends or meet a female. So in the last year or two I’ve been thinking that I must have Asperger’s. What does everyone think? Again sorry so long
I had a lot of trouble making friends when I was younger. Had a girlfriend in 8th grade, and another girlfriend in my early 20s. That relationship lasted for 2 years. No girlfriends since. I have a couple friends, that are married so there really isn’t an opportunity there to go out and meet people and have someone with me to make me feel more comfortable. My whole life is like a secret to everyone but my parents. People I work with have no idea what a loser I am.
I’ve been set up on a few blind dates in the last few years, and I have no trouble carrying on a conversation on those dates. But I have zero ability to meet someone on my own. I cannot talk to strangers if my life depended on it. No chance. People I know I have no problem talking to.
So I recently moved back home because I live in a very expensive state, and I’m trying to save money to buy a place. I only recently within the last 5 years got my good job. Prior to that I was working lower paying jobs. I’m very close to my parents and they are getting older and it’s making me nervous thinking about how I get thru life when they’re gone. I literally would have no one to talk to.
I’m so sorry this is so long. I feel like a weirdo. Not to toot my own horn but I’m not a bad looking guy. Dress nice. There’s nothing wrong with me other then the fact that I can’t talk to strangers and have zero ability to make friends or meet a female. So in the last year or two I’ve been thinking that I must have Asperger’s. What does everyone think? Again sorry so long
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