I know many people with Asperger's syndrome who have had perfectly fine relationships with others, many of them marrying an staying together for a long time. So, it is definitely possible. As for the main symptoms, if they find it hard to make friends, or shy away from other people a lot, it can be cause for concern. Especially in children, if they seem awkward around other children, and seem to gravitate towards older people (adults), that can also be a sign that they have asperger's. I hope this helped.

It can be difficult. Asperger's people have trouble relating to others. They can be very eccentric and cranky about particular issues. They can also be very unpleasant, not realising the effect their words have on others. But people with Aspergers are as varied as the rest of us, so a relationship is certainly not impossible. But it *is* likely to require harder work than a relationship with an nt (neuro-typical).

Hell yes! I actually have moderate AS, but I've maintained relationships in the past. Most of the main symptoms can be summed up into two words: social ineptitude. We don't know how to act/talk the way regular people do. There is usually no mental retardation. People with Asperger's are just socially different.

The symptoms/problems differ to such a great degree, depending on the severity or mildness of the person. They come in all degrees of social ability it's up to you to decide what changes you need to make in your expectations, just as in every relationship we form with other people.

i know peeps with a/s i think it varies on the person and how they accept there a/s and there dealing stragies

Meaninful is realitve actually, at first the friends I concentrated on making were the executives and managers of institutional funds and hedge funds including Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. This group of 400 people who have been so graciously responding back at rates exceeding 19% since December 08 has been pheominal to me. As a group they manage over $10 trillion in stocks of publicly traded companies. In December 08 I solved a financial security valuation algorithm which I have been trying to get their interest into trying to implement at a company they have a majority interst in, so far it is working at Sysco Foods and Smith International. Then I started corresponding with 1,200 directors of boards here in Houston for the purpose of becomming co-CEO. If I were to be graciously given such an honorable position the incumbant CEO would become so pissed off about having to share his power with me that he would voluntarily leave, foregoing any rights to collect his golden parachute severance saving the shareholders billion of dollars. So far the momentum growing on this little project is getting me quite a few interviews. Now if I just stop sounding so crazy when I talk about it, definately need more help with emotional intelligence reading and could use some good pointers from the leading Aspergers suffer Bill Gates himself. Just having impeccible credentials is no match for getting a point across to someone who does not care to understand your seeming incomprehendable proposal given the little info in comparison to your that you can prove to be true against what they believe to be true and correct today. I have a meaningful relationship with my wife ... I try to please her every day, she disrespects me tremendously and yells at me until she passes out from pure exhaustion. The main problem as I see it is God gave me an extraordiany gift of understanding highly complex phenomena with extremely high-reaching applications but the world does not care to take in any information that vaguely goes against their present belief system. It is a communication problem where you know something but when you try to communicate it comes out unrefined, harsh, in their face and they tend to feel stupid and threatened and would rather destroy you than allow you to achieve something you think would be good to do. Your frustration is uncontrollable and you tend to tell them to try an impossible sex act because it seemed appropriate at the time to say that to them. That always works out well for the Asperger person.

It depends...I know of one couple who was married over 26 years, and would have gone on longer if the husband hadn't died of cancer. He was the aspie, but she also might be on the 'spectrum', and she was very understanding of his quirks. Oth, they say that fewer aspie's do have long-lasting relationships. Really depends on the people, the symptoms, and the workarounds. Love can conquer all, but sometimes it takes great love to do the work involved.