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Ok, so I'm a 33 yr old guy, been single for about 6 years and have been browsing dating websites with no real success. But I've always felt that I want to find a relationship. I don't really have a social circle - a few friends but I see them rarely, maybe once every couple of months. I'm decent looking and successful - good job, my own place, etc. I'm selective about who I write on the dating sites, I don't just write everyone I think is attractive - only if I think we have things in common and would get along well. I never hear back from anyone…until now…and now I'm terrified…

I've been writing back and forth with her for a couple of weeks now, and things have been going well - she's really nice, seems very friendly and smart and is very physically attractive too. In the last message she suggested we think about meeting up. Now in my head I'm coming up with every reason not to and I feel like deleting my profile and going back to my solitary sort of life where I'm comfortable - lonely, but comfortable in my regular routines. I tell myself she's probably a fake profile and I'll go to the meeting point and get mugged, or that I don't have any clue what to do in a relationship and so it's doomed for failure so why meet, or that she'll expect me to come up with a date idea and I'll only come up with something stupid that turns out to be a bad idea, that conversation will be so awkward that I'll regret the whole thing…etc.

I haven't wrote back for a couple of days, still on the fence. My only relationship was not a success and I was ridiculed for my shortcomings, so I don't have much confidence when it comes to these things. Part of me really just wants to retreat and forget it, part of me wants to see what'll happen - but when that latter part pipes up, my brain douses those thoughts with a flood of negativity until I'm feeling in over my head and back to giving up on it.

Has anyone ever encountered a similar situation - finding success in something you wanted and then wanting to run away before it has a chance to develop? Any advice?

Personally, when I look back, I tend to regret the opportunities I've missed much more than the times I've gotten hurt. (And, I've gotten hurt pretty badly on multiple occasions!) So, I say go for it. Try to keep it light and approach with caution, but go for it.

Have you seen the movie We Bought A Zoo? In it the characters talk about the neccessity of having "20 seconds of insane courage" in order to get out of your comfort zone and do those things which ordinarily you would not do, like meet someone new.

have the first date in a public place in daylight so you can't get mugged. as things progress and you have questions, you know how to get advice here. GO FOR IT!

Personally I would disclose the asperger's. People feel more comfortable. Plus, she'll find out if you two hit it off anyway.