Please don’t place blame on yourself for this situation. You weren’t duped because you’re autistic; you — and we — were duped because he said and did exactly the right things. It’s all on him. Sure, you could say we were naive and ignored the red flags, but I don’t want to assume that every new online (or real life) relationship is going to go up in flames. It’s exhausting to assume the worst about people. So, we trusted him and we got burned. The good news is you have so many writers who have your back and you’re not alone in this.