Almost everyone on here can agree that Neurotypicality is one of the most important aspects of SMV, and I feel like there's a sentiment here that Self-improvement is worthless for Aspies unless there already chad-tier lookswise, and that being short-ugly-broke-Autistic is pretty much the worst possible combination, like a inverted version of the three sixes, literally everything women avoid. I'm kinda short for North American standards (I'm around 5'9) I'm White,but Ethnic,raised in Canada,but of Mediterranean/southern European ancestry (I have a large noise,larger lips, excessive bodyhair, thick head of curly black hair, and broad shoulders) I also have Aspergers Syndrome(Diagnosed as a kid) and some kind of social anxiety disorder, that made meeting new people in high school a living hell. I was technically obese for most of my life(I was 230 pounds at age 15) but ended up losing tons of weight, gymmaxxing,eating real food and getting a six pack within a couple years, and my whole social and romantic life changed. I don't have the best face, but after getting lean, and dealing with some grooming challenges(I'm very hairy and had a uniqbrow, and a neckbeard for a number of years, very rarely shaved as a teen) I think I'm around a 5.

I'm now in my a LTR for a first time since high school. My GF is great, and this is gonna sound horrible but We are not looksmatched at all. She is a bit overweight, not fat/obese , but not athletic at all compared to me. She's cute, but not what most what describe as pretty, especially not in her home country. She's NT, but a massive introvert, and was bullied a lot in high school.

I guess my thesis is that you can self-improve, looksmaxx, etc but without gigachad features you're still gonna need to date-down lookswise if you want any-kind of commitment.