How do you have a happy relationship with someone autistic?
It’s not actually confirmed if my gf is autistic or not but there are signs and her and I don’t know how else to explain the problems we have—She’s terrible at cues like when I need attention (I need to ask for it expressly). She has no idea when I’m flirting with her and she doesn’t know how to flirt. She’s never initiates sex. I’ve given her a literal list of things to say to be flirty or dirty and she can’t seem to have any creativity outside of examples I’ve provided. She hates physical touch unless it’s mine. I’ll send her photos of me that I would consider decently attractive (I’m average) and she has no reaction other than “looking good”. She has never sent any elicit photos that I didn’t have to specifically ask for.
When I’ve brought all these things up she explains that her mind just doesn’t think like that. She does try, and we do love each other, it can just be so frustrating and disheartening when all of my needs have to be asked for in writing in order to be met