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My autistic ass bf hurts my feelings sometimes. I asked him who his fav super hero was and he didn’t ask ME back 😭😭😭😭😭
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Anonymous 10w

Talk to him about it! Just let him know that if you ask him a question about his opinions, you would like him to ask you it back. It’s possible he thinks of it as you simply wanting an answer rather than wanting to have a reciprocal conversation

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Anonymous 10w

i’m autistic. i’d say if you want to share your fav super hero, you can just be blunt about it. like after he says “batman is my fav” you can follow up like “batman is cool, but my favorite is elektra” and if he doesn’t respond, you can be like “what do u think about that?” i’m not saying to put all the pressure on yourself to change your communication, commenter#1 has some good advice on how ur bf can contribute, but I will say that autistic ppl are put under a lot of pressure to change, and

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Anonymous 10w

real … i always forget to ask the question back until it’s too late lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

at least for me, it’s nice when people make an effort to see things the way I do, and adapt to me instead of the other way around.

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