His Girlfriend Is Severely Autistic And Has The Mind Of A Child So He’s Thinking Of Leaving Her

A 20-year-old man is in a relationship with his 22-year-old girlfriend, and she has very severe autism.
His mom and his girlfriend’s mom have been best friends through their whole life, and so he has known his girlfriend for his entire life.
Ever since was a child, he and his girlfriend have been as thick as thieves, and he loves her so much.
Unfortunately, though, he’s thinking of leaving his girlfriend because she really is so child-like that he doesn’t see how he can be with her long-term.
“…She has the mind of a child,” he explained. “Like she just isn’t there. I lied to myself for years thinking that she just ignores complex stuff but I now know for certain she just can’t grasp it.”
Simple things like filling a car up with gas or using a debit card evade her, and even though he has tried so hard to explain simple things about life like this, she doesn’t really understand at all.
“She is nearly identical to say a 4 or 5 year old who spends 90% of her life watching YouTube on her tablet,” he said.
“Her main interests are Marvel characters, literally like shows aimed at kids of a max age of 5 and these things called Trevor Henderson monsters which if you don’t know what they are give them a Google its pretty strange.”
Additionally, his girlfriend has a hard time speaking and she’s basically impossible for anyone to understand.

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He also sometimes has a difficult time understanding what his girlfriend says, but that’s not one of the biggest issues in their relationship.
“So basically our time together consists of her talking about the things she likes obsessively like to the point where it’s literally impossible to listen and you have to just nod your head and act interested,” he continued.
“Honestly, I feel more like a carer than her boyfriend that’s just the label everyone has given me.”
He obviously can’t be intimate with his girlfriend at all, though he previously thought that might be a possibility for them especially since his girlfriend’s mom and dad have asked him to try that with her.
His girlfriend cannot handle being physically touched in any way, and she also can’t handle being looked directly at, so it’s hard to have a relationship with her.
He was supposed to go to college last year, but his girlfriend’s entire family pleaded with him to not go.
They even said they would pay him to stay with his girlfriend.
“I dont know what to do I want to experience life I want to be close with people that can understand me and who I can be intimate with. How do I humanely leave her?” he asked.
How would you feel in this situation?
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