Having a partner with Autism
My partner has Autism. He’s very functioning and smart his problems lie more with keeping eye contact and some social cues. We’ve been together for 7 years now, 1.5 years in college and the last 5.5 two states away while I finish my degree (he put college on the side but has an AA degree at least) He adores me to death, everyone in our lives can see it but as we get closer to being able to move in together, I’ll be done college Spring 2022, I find my self worrying more and more on if we’ll be compatible. He mainly plays video games when he’s not working with his job coach to find more substantial work then retail and over the years he’s talked less and less to friends online let alone in person (covid has been the reason for the last year so I’m fine with that) but even when talking to me I always have to start the conversation or make the call. Over the years it’s always been me to set up the dates and find things for us to do, rarely him. I wouldn’t call my self a social butter fly but I love to talk with people and just be around them but he doesn’t, he barely talks with his own family! We’ve spent the last year without any contact because of immune compromised family member and not wanting to risk it over state lines and in that time I just worry more and more that maybe I can’t handle his autism and thus the problems that come with it, I want to so badly because I love him to death and yet I still worry things won’t work out. Any tips from someone who’s been in a similar relationship?
@ivoryBunny592 I have Autism and sometimes it's hard for us to make eye contact but for me, it's not as hard anymore for me with a lot of practice I would suggest doing research on it they got tons of articles.