Sorry if I ramble a bit but I would appreciate the time you take to listen and possibly advice me on how I should proceed with this new and scary part of my life, that being said. I (23m) recently started divorce proceedings from a neurotypical (25f) and so many of my relationship problems were because we had completely different love languages and she wasn’t always understanding of my quirks and behaviors and problems, eventually it, as well as other factors that aren’t related to my autism so I’ll omit them, drove a wedge between us that we couldn’t recover from. We were high school sweethearts and had been married for 4 years and together since 2017 and I dedicated my life to her to the point that the only friends I have are work friends, we have 3 kids and it all ended literally a week after she gave birth in September. Now I need to rebuild my life. I want to make friends that understand what I go through and gets my quirks and when I’m ready to date again I decided that I want my next partner to be autistic because I want someone who understands my struggles and shares my love language and shows affection in the same way.

I guess what I’m trying to get at is where can I meet other Neuro divergent people, and more importantly, how do I make friends?