I was wondering if a community like this existed

I see it's not incredibly active, but that's not really the point is it? It's good enough to know there are people there. :)

So my husband and I have discovered that it is very likely he has Asperger's. It's mild, and over the years he's learned to tone down some of the symptoms, but once we read a book titled "The Other Half of Asperger's Syndrome" he remarked "You found the owner's manual!"

Knowing of this possible diagnosis has definitely been valuable in understanding him, although I'd be lying if I said that some things didn't make me sad. As a person who is empathic and pretty good at reading people, it's challenging to explain to him why I think the things I do about people. I hoped to be able to teach him how to be more aware of other people, but I don't think I'm ever really going to teach him that completely. Fortunately I have a logical mind that is also good at noticing patterns, so I'm hoping if I work at it from that angle that I can at least make a little headway. It depresses me that his sex drive will never match mine. But, I can think of worse things. At least he likes to cuddle.

One interesting thing is that he has depression and I have Bipolar II. You can imagine the fun when we're both in a mood. :)

So, I'm probably going to and read a bunch of back posts here now. :)