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I really don't know what I'm doing..

I would suppose that you told him to stop being like that, and had no problem being quite literal in doing so. Have you been quite literal and told him that it's now okay? I am getting the impression that I have more respect for boundaries that women set than other guys do, and that this respect is sometimes misinterpreted as a lack of interest. If you have set a boundary using words literally you may have to undo it using a similarly direct method.

No I never told him he is being annoying or to stop messaging me, I did gradually reply less and less and then stopped.

What ever you decide to do, don’t do this as it is confrontational:



Most aspie men will not read beyond the first sentence and will not respond. All this message does is show him that he is wrong and a failure, so why would he respond?

Lead your audience to the desired destination and state, don’t send them running for the hills.

I would never say this lol, it does seem confrontational and very clingy to me, its not like im his gf or anything even.. And even if i were, he is free to do as he wants. The thing now is that the way he is behaving, he is confusing me and im close to just giving up, I feel like i made myself seem too desperate and clingy, sending double texts, sending a pic etc etc. He never even called lol, he told me he would call in august
 
Most aspie men will not read beyond the first sentence and will not respond. All this message does is show him that he is wrong and a failure, so why would he respond?

I find that quite surprising, maybe I'm completely wrong.

I've always read in it's entirety anything written specifically to me, and I expect the same from others whenever I write. I would not conclude that I knew anything of the author's intent until I'd finished reading, and will sometimes read it more than once to be sure. I'm not always sure I know even then but that is a bit unusual.

By the end of that (which you're apparently not sending and probably for good reason) I would see that it's not about how I have failed, it's about your needs, and you sharing your needs is a positive thing in my book.

I don't consider something confrontational unless it contains unnecessary insults or belabours a negative point excessively. It seems to me that the airing of a contrary opinion is simply sharing if it is done without disrespect for me personally. When a person avoids airing contrary opinions simply because they're contrary to my opinions that seems to me a lack of trust and the beginning of a breakdown in communication. I had thought this an aspie trait, but then maybe I'm still weird, even among other aspies. It's only in the last year that I've become aware that I'm on the spectrum so this is quite possible.

I must admit that I don't fully understand the 'clingy' thing, I am aware that others see it as a bad thing, it has to do with being excessively friendly and I suspect that it may be related to 'trying too hard' - another thing I don't fully understand. If I attempt to correct my behaviour such that I'm no longer 'trying too hard' is that not the result of further effort and thus evidence that I'm trying even harder? Perhaps it's something that's obvious to me but I draw the lines in different places than do most people, whenever I hear about these things people seem to think that everyone knows exactly what is meant and specifics are rarely given.
 
I find that quite surprising, maybe I'm completely wrong.

I've always read in it's entirety anything written specifically to me, and I expect the same from others whenever I write. I would not conclude that I knew anything of the author's intent until I'd finished reading, and will sometimes read it more than once to be sure. I'm not always sure I know even then but that is a bit unusual.

By the end of that (which you're apparently not sending and probably for good reason) I would see that it's not about how I have failed, it's about your needs, and you sharing your needs is a positive thing in my book.

I don't consider something confrontational unless it contains unnecessary insults or belabours a negative point excessively. It seems to me that the airing of a contrary opinion is simply sharing if it is done without disrespect for me personally. When a person avoids airing contrary opinions simply because they're contrary to my opinions that seems to me a lack of trust and the beginning of a breakdown in communication. I had thought this an aspie trait, but then maybe I'm still weird, even among other aspies. It's only in the last year that I've become aware that I'm on the spectrum so this is quite possible.

I must admit that I don't fully understand the 'clingy' thing, I am aware that others see it as a bad thing, it has to do with being excessively friendly and I suspect that it may be related to 'trying too hard' - another thing I don't fully understand. If I attempt to correct my behaviour such that I'm no longer 'trying too hard' is that not the result of further effort and thus evidence that I'm trying even harder? Perhaps it's something that's obvious to me but I draw the lines in different places than do most people, whenever I hear about these things people seem to think that everyone knows exactly what is meant and specifics are rarely given.

You are right. I do have to take into consideration that not everyone is the same though. He may find me clingy, he may not. Although now that i think about how he used to be, he does seem to not be aware of those limits as you said, at least for himself. He would just text and call me 24/7 until a couple of years ago when i drifted away. Im just still thinking how to handle it or just give up until I can visit him? I have no clue when that will happen though, because besides me getting better, his brother needs to not be there and his brother is usually there. We dont get along.


By the way, I also asked him for help with something (his favorite subject, the gym, he would talk about it 24/7 when we were still talking back then), he didnt reply. That was a couple of days ago. He used to love asking for my help and helping me back. Now its just silence and ''yes'' ''no'' replies and no matter how nice and forward i am, it isnt getting better.

Anyway, for now it seems im totally failing at this. I mean I sent him a pic after he didnt reply for a day, like what the hell was I thinking... So dumb!
 
Just an update, im gonna go ahead and follow Keigan's advice.. I will remove him from social media, delete his number etc. I tried to make it work, I was nice, I told him I liked him but I guess he doesnt feel the same. Yet again he read my message on fb, did not reply, yet he is active on fb posting and liking. It has been 36 hours. I am not going to double text yet again. If you read our texts since august when he contacted me again, it is very clear he isnt interested. They look nothing like his old texts. I tried, im available, he told me he is single as well, i dont know what more I can do. He is either not interested or just waits for me to go there for a hookup, while ignoring my texts in the meantime. Which is not going to happen, i dont like being treated like this. I have been chasing him for the past 2 months and just feeling rejected. I got enough going on and i need to look after myself, i dont need more reasons to get frustrated. I tried. Thanks everyone for replying x
 

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