Somehow, even though the dress was available to be sold to anyone who would buy it, I had accepted, subconsciously, that I couldn’t have something that wonderful. That’s the best comparison to how I feel now.
Tag Archives: autistic spectrum
Getting back ‘out there’
No, this is not about lockdown. It’s about online dating.
Book Review: ‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simsion
Short review: I did not dislike it. I was pleasantly surprised.
In Regards to Love: Special Interests
And yet, as someone with a collection of hobbies and a collection of special interests, I believe they are still different things. A hobby feels good, but a special interest feels electric.
‘The Great Gatsby’, Truth, Lies, and Disappointment
We all experience the routine of choosing particular words for particular people as part of moving through the world. But there are situations where your focus narrows just as if your conversation was a pivotal scene in a novel. When you are autistic (a lot of the time) and when you are trying to attract someone important, and especially when you are trying to do both.
Being “self-partnered”
When British Vogue asked Emma Watson about her relationship status ahead of her upcoming 30th birthday, she described herself as “self-partnered”. But she wasn’t just looking for a novel way to say “single”.
Why ‘Love Autistic’?
Love (when you’re) Autistic: Love, as experienced when you are autistic. Our definition of ‘love’ here is very very broad – we do want to talk about love, but also about sex, and sexuality, and gender, and friendship and self-care and a lot of things under that umbrella. But the blog’s inspiration came from the special mystery that is finding love, so “love” is the title.
