platonic connections

Adult autistic here. Grew up fatherless and some abuse was involved sooooo, I internalized both a sadness and an intense longing for sensory-based affection. Preferably from someone bigger. You can imagine how awkward it can be to express this without dudes getting the wrong idea. I'm in therapy...

Having platonic friendship with good, normal men has been somewhat difficult for me, as it seems too many people out there are possessed of allegiance complexes and bogged down by endless identity politics. Whether they're gay or straight, they seem to think that you have to be totally in one...