#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – are you in a romantic relationship?
What is the most difficult part of being involved with someone?
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I think the hardest part is (and I genuinely mean this in the most non-patronising way possible) to find the fine balance between treating your partner as an equal in your relationship and as a person in their own right and letting them make decisions, even if you don’t agree with the decisions they are making, while also looking out for them and supporting them in daily living to ensure they are well and not taken advantage of. Without trying to take over, if that makes sense?
People fall on different places on the spectrum and need different kinds of support, but this has certainly been the experience for me and Husband (I am NT, Husband has Asperger’s syndrome).
The above is good advice for any relationship no matter what the circumstances