The worst rejection you got from a woman?

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How so?

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somebody that cold-blooded would likely have done you wrong somewhere along the line. she likely was the "what's love got to do with it" type.

While you may or may not have "dodged a bullet" on that one, what I can tell you is that she very likely found your query too formal, like you're a lawyer or real estate agent trying to close a deal. NT minds don't operate that way, she would have preferred more playful teasing, being coy, relying on non-verbal signals to move in and cuddle and let things flow from there...otherwise, it feels too "transactional". Which for them is probably as big of a turn-off as halitosis, maybe worse

On the day after Thanksgiving 2003, my wife of 18 years and 23 years together total, the mother of my two children, my college sweetheart, the most beautiful girl I met in four years of college and three years of law school, told me she wanted to separate. We are now divorced.

I felt like I had been hit in the stomach with a baseball bat.

She said to me you must have seen it coming? NO, I DIDN'T. I didn't know then I was autistic.

Over the next ten years I went to hell and back. I suffered significant mental health issues and lost practically everything before I managed to get back on my feet.

^^^ i'm sorry man, you hadda go through that. seems women are just unknowable by many of us.

Good to know.

All things I'm completely useless at. I mean, I can try, but like many others I come across as a stilted, slightly creepy guy if I do. Nowadays I've pretty much adopted the "hip to be square" attitude to courting and fortunately it doesn't drive my wife nuts.

i wish i was high-functioning.

This was 17 or 18 years ago in Tokyo. I was much more unaware then....even though I was over 40.

I had a rather drunken overnight encounter with a young lady, who gave me her number and said we could meet again. A few days later, I called.
I: "Do you want to go out tomorrow?"
She: "It's rainy. I don't like to go outside when it's rainy."
A few days later, I called again.
I: "Do you want to go out tomorrow?"
She: "It's cold. I don't like to go out when it's cold."
A few days later, I called again.
I: "Do you want to go out tomorrow?"
She: "It's windy. I don't like to go out when it's windy."
I told a colleague about this puzzling situation, and he gently explained that I should give up.

Hi:
As an autistic woman, I would say not at all. Though my boyfriend and I are on the spectrum, it's important to find someone with maturity and things in common.

Hi:
As an autistic woman, I would say not at all. Though my boyfriend and I are on the spectrum, it's important to find someone with maturity and things in common.

that is a pretty rare thing.

Referring to the other thread: « I froze my eggs because all men suck ».

That a one nuclear rejection.

"that felt like I was kissing my brother!"

I had a couple in person rejections that were very awkward cuz the women thought I was gay but I do not consider them the worst. The most confusing rejection I had was online. I was using an asexual forum & chat site that was geared towards friendships as well as romantic relationships. Some of the people were seeking just friendships, just relationships, or relationships & friends like I was. I had some online friends that I met there that I liked chatting with. I would of been very interested in having a romantic relationship with some of the women on that site if they woulda been interested in one with me & our life circumstances & living situations woulda made moving in together & possibly getting marred a viable option. I did try to get in a romantic relationship with some of the women but I was very willing to just be online friends with em instead if they were only interested in friendship with me


Anyways... One women from there that I had been chatting with for a brief period said she wanted to just be friends when I tried making a move. Due to me being an Aspie who's kinda a literal thinker, I of corse naively assumed that she was only interested in friendship with me & nothing more. About a week later I mentioned how I just joined another dating site & then she got upset with me because she thought me & her were getting into a romantic relationship & we quit being friends. How the f#ck is anybody supposed to know that "lets just be friends" really means "we should be friends while starting or at least considering the possibility of getting into a romantic relationship" Perhaps she was playing that hard-to-get cr@p that us guys find extremely confusing & frustrating or she just wanted me to show interest in her because of some ego trip while not being into me


After that I started thinking that I was NOT compatible for a romantic relationship with NT women because our extremely different communication styles would cause major confusion, frustration, & give me migraine headaches I've had LOTS & LOTS of misunderstandings with others throughout my life & that very confusing rejection was my wake-up call that I should give up trying with NTs & I hoped that I might be more understood & accepted by other Aspies & I decided to join this forum. Overall I've been aLOT more accepted & understood here. I learned a lot over my many years here & I matured, & grew a lot, & my mental health improved a lot since I joined. I also met my 2nd girlfriend on this forum & then met my current on here very shortly after my 2nd had broke up with me.

i find it infuriating that somebody assumes just because one didn't do the socially required thing and show amorous interest in another, that it is automatically assumed that one just has to be gay. the arrogance, the narrow-mindedness displayed in this situation just boggles my mind.