Limerence & Autism - has love only ever been a special interest for me?

How romantic love can be all consuming, but not really mean anything when you're on the spectrum

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I came across the word ‘limerence’ the other day for the first time. It turns out it’s basically the word for love, or the process of being in love, the obsession of physical attraction. 

This word has been linked with autism a few times and there are several references to it online. It was used interchangeably with the term ‘spec…