>>18041160I'd say there's a significant difference in how the world perceives a 21-year-old autistic girl vs a supposed older male, but then I remember Jon exists. The proper way to handle such a situation is to seek out long-term meaning in it rather than breaking down over the emotional difficulty of love for Josie. Or you will look back at this post a month later and think "Damn, I wasted another month sitting here". There is a lot to be learned from her, like the Brit says. Not that I found a way to deal with it fully.