Dating Differently: Exploring the Awkwardness of Neurodivergent Dating

The Different-Functional Podcast

Happy Valentine’s Day! Do ya’ll celebrate this holiday? To be honest, we don’t really celebrate it much ourselves. There’s too much pressure to make things extra special and it’s uncomfortable to eat at an overcrowded restaurant. Also, does anyone else think it’s strange to romanticize an internal organ, especially since a “heart” looks nothing like the one in your body and it’s not even the organ responsible for creating all those lovey-dovey feelings anyway? Honestly, that last question might point to one more reason why we don't celebrate Valentine's Day in the typical fashion: Neurodivergence. Everything neurodivergents do, we do a wee bit differently (awkwardly too in most cases), and dating is no exception. Join us for some story time and an exploration into some of the ways that neurodivergence can make dating an interesting and challenging endeavor. We’d also love to hear from you! Email us your stories of dating as a neurodivergent person at [e-mail] or drop us a comment on one of our posts for this episode on Tik Tok, Facebook, or Instagram where you can find us as Different Functional. If you’d like to support us on Patreon you can find us at www.patreon.com/differentfunctional And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave us a rating and review. Thanks so much for listening! We’re so glad you’re here!