I've been having 2 problems with women, I'm overweight and mildly autistic. Obviously those two put together are a romantic death sentence, but I've been doing an excellent job working out and losing weight. I've already lost a lot of weight and in a few months I'll look outstanding. I'm also pretty good at masking, but there are still signs of autism that bleed through especially when I'm stressed. Before I became depressed and overweight I sometimes had success with women, so I assume that being overweight is the real problem. There are so many posts on this sub about how screwed autistic men are, but are they exaggerating? I see three scenarios.

Scenario 1: The posts on this sub are exaggerating. Keep improving your appearance, practice social skills, and dress well. No girl will care that you're slightly awkward if you look like a male model. You can pull a 10 if you look like a 10.

Scenario 2: Those posts aren't exaggerating at all. You are fucked. Normal overweight men have better luck with women than handsome autistic men. Masking 99% of your autism won't matter, women will subconsciously detect problems with your body language and immediately lose interest. Keep improving your looks, but even when you look like a 10 you'll struggle to pull a 6.

Scenario 3: The posts on this sub are exaggerating, but not by much. A handsome mildly autistic man will have better luck with women than an unattractive normal man, but you'll always be at a major disadvantage. Keep improving your looks and doing your best. You'll never pull a 10 because of your autism, but when you look like a 10 you can pull an 8.