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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My boyfriend is diagnosed neurodivergent. I love him a bunch. He is insanely smart and we have a lot in common.

His neurodivergence causes him to be super blunt all the time. He is very direct in expressing this he doesn’t like about me, though I know overall he loves me deeply.

We are talking marriage and I feel reluctant to marry someone who may complain about my traits regularly. Anyone have experience
With this?[/quote]

My niece just married a man with ASD. He is brilliant and quirky. She loves him and he loves her deeply. He really appreciates the best things about her. Yes, he's a bit odd, and there are some things we don't like about him (he's quite acquisitive and materialistic, for example.) But he told my niece right up front that he is on the autism spectrum and she's a child psychologist, so she has some insights. He earns a lot of money in some tech field, so that's helpful, as they won't have money worries (unless his spending goes crazy). I think there are some risks, but it depends on the person. The bluntness, yes, that's an issue, but you can explain to him that you don't like it, and he can learn to curtail that speech, even if he doesn't "believe" in it or it seems unnatural to him to not say just whatever pops into his head. [/quote]

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