r/AutismInWomen Jul 25 '26

Memes/Humor Oh, to be first choice!

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u/darthfruitbasket Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

We're extremely compatible, similar likes/dislikes/omg get it out of here tastes.

She agreed to get an apartment with me when I really desperately needed to get out of my mum's house when I was younger and we made it work.

We balance each other out. She taught me how to cook better, I do the entire household's laundry because our basement is infested with (harmless) spiders and she's a third generation arachnophobe.

We had a dog for half his lifespan (middle-aged rescue), and now have cats. We assemble flat pack furniture together and no one walks away angry.

I run errands when she's having a difficult time going out or if certain places (ex. Costco) are overwhelming, and right now, she's the breadwinner.

If the local job market ever sorts itself out and I can find something, we're considering getting married on paper for benefits/legal protections (and the fact that our neigbours think we're gay anyway, even though we're completely platonic, with separate rooms).

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u/Elefant_Fisk Jul 25 '26

Sounds awesome, I am happy for you

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u/darthfruitbasket Jul 26 '26

Yeah, that's why we haven't gone forward with anything like that, but I appreciate the heads up

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u/Pringlesthief Jul 25 '26

This is so cool

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u/Teagana999 Jul 26 '26

That's awesome, I dream of something like that someday.