Aspies with distant or missing fathers.

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My father left my brothers and I when I about around 4 or 5. He has some Aspie traits (extreme procrastination, etc.), but I was the only one to get them (My younger brother, is the complete opposite), although I'm also the only engineer of my brothers. My mother remarried, so I didn't live in a single parent family.
I still get in contact with him sometimes, although he lives on the other side of the world now and I don't get to see him very often.
Last time I did get to see him I went over to the UK for three weeks. Half of it was travelling with another group, but I spent the rest of the time with him. He has a new girlfriend, who coincidentally shares a name with a famous figure in the Aspie community (though they are not related) and they have a son. She is a bit more understanding of my limitations than he is (which probably explains why she hasn't left him). Unfortunately he pushed a bit too hard at making me better at being social and I was extremely depressed when I was ready to go home.
At the moment, the only way he ever communicates with me is by sending me instant messages in the middle of the night when I'm either sleeping or trying to sleep. Ever understand the concept of time zones?

hey Nambo, welcome to wrongplanet, i'v been diagnosed with aspergers/generalized anxiety disorder,ptsd and artheritis and lumbar lordosis. i think the main cause for most people with aspergers has adhd, ptsd or something related in one way or another. i was pretty much fine when i was young, of course i always had some kind of anxiety and depression but my thoughts, mind,memory(asperger thing) really was much more mild in the past, then it is now. I could think much better and was socially better. well my thoughts on the subject of aspergers is mainly related to family tragedies,divorce,bad roomates(drunk all the time) just pretty much caused me to be more isolated now, and locked out of society. i dont leave the house unless i have to(shopping or whatever).

my dad doesn't like me, and (maybe as a result i'm not sure about this) i dont like him.

Cheers Jaydog,
So you are saying what I was thinking, that various negative circumstances in your life have given you enough aspergers symptems, to be diagnosed with it?
As in, if you had an ideal upbringing, you wouldnt have aspergers?
Yet it is supposed to be genetic.
Maybe the pair of us had mild aspergers genetically that would hardly have been noticed, except that envioroment exasaperated the condition, hence it getting worst with age and experience, rather than better?

I dont know, the only clue Ive got is in my Childrens home psycological report where it states I was friends with another boy, but in a way that looked to the carers, to be completely devoid of any emotional attachment, and that wqe where just using each other as a tool.

It also states I didnt cry or show any emotion when my Grandmother died when I was 3, and I remember not feeling at all upset when mother told me grandfather had died when I was 5, though hes the only person I ever was close to.

But yes, I seemed to manage ok in primary school, its from puberty I seem to have blossemed into an Aspie.

My parents divorced when I was 10 or 11, I'm not sure any more.

Like the OP, I used to go to my dad's house on weekends and stuff but all I did there was play video games. Now I barely see him, he's filthy rich and I live at my not so rich mom's. I notice he wants respect from me and my 2 brothers, and he often tosses lots of money out of his never-ending bag at us, yet I hate the feeling of being rich, I often would rather be poor than as spoiled as I am. I think I'm the only one in this "side" of the family that isn't using him for his money.

I feel sorry for my dad.

My parents are divorced, but it happened late enough that I was too old to do the swapping-houses thing. He's a bit seemy and unwholesome for my taste, and I keep myself at a distance. I can't decide whether to hate him or like him. I suspect he has mild Asperger's as he shows some of the signs and his family does as well.

My dad died when I was 13, so while I had a "normal" childhood with both parents, in my teen years I was at a disadvantage b/c I was surrounded by females - my mom, my sister, my friends - and now I have trouble relating to men. I've had one good guy friend since then (for a short time), which helped, but I reckon if I'd known my dad a bit longer, I would be more socially capable (if capable is the right word).