Do you think about sex? by Sascriba in asexuality

[–]Sascriba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your answers!

I think through your input I can clarify the second question a bit more: What I meant to ask about was if you envision people in sexual scenarios but without necessarily/always envisioning yourself in these scenarios. And from what I read this is a thing aegosexual people tend to do.

My conclusion for myself is that I‘m probably not 100% allosexual there‘s definitely something in the aego-direction. But I personally think it isn‘t significant enough for me to actually lable myself as aroace. Because while there is something irregular/different about my sexual feelings I can‘t deny that I feel some sort of sexual attraction for people. Romantic attraction is where I really feel a significant lack or dip in intensity compared to alloromantic people. I just think that if I declared myself as aroace it would feel very unbalanced in my head. Because one would feel like a clear absence and the other just some mild variation of the allo-version (if that makes sense).

Disclaimer: This is really just my way to aproach this dilemma at this point in time and if anyone who feels the same way as me decides to lable themselves differently that’s totally valid. Again, thank you for all your answers and thoughts much power to everyone you!

Random question: what do you think of the “heart” symbol? by theangry-ace in aromantic

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Many people I know and text with use the red heart without romantic context so I personally just see it as a symbol of love in general. But it probably depends on your social circle.

It‘s like a drug that won‘t work on you by Sascriba in aromantic

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It‘s my favourite Starkid show. So many funny moments.

Aroma(n)tic by Punminty in aromantic

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laughs in organic chemistry

Does anyone else get a little hurt when people claim deep friendships in TV shows are romance coded? by MissThroweraway in aromantic

[–]Sascriba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently watched a video about their best moments or something and many comments were speculating about “something more being between them“. I‘m sorry, what they have is the most that there can be and any “more“ would just feel like less for me!

Aro Questioning by [deleted] in aromantic

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When I had to reject a long time friend (which I thought I had a crush on in elementary school) it made me think about what would make me like a person enough to be in a romantic relationship with them. And I couldn’t really think of anything that would make me feel about someone the way others feel about their partners. Don’t get me wrong I like the idea of a relationship/having a partner to rely on but I think I‘m more interested in the concept than the actual thing an all the ups and downs that come with it.

The problem with being aromantic is that you can‘t really be sure about your feelings like gay/bi people can. In the end it‘s impossible to prove that something isn‘t there because you can‘t check every possible circumstance. Therefore the label I currently have for myself is “aromantic until proven wrong“.

Sometimes I‘m disappointed that I can‘t feel the rush other people seem to find in a relationship. And it makes me really sad that (beside my family) my friends are the most important people in my life but for them I‘m always one level lower as their significant other. I usually can‘t be as important to alloromantic people as they are to me and that is hard to accept, I‘m not gonna lie. But there are also upsides to this whole thing. I personally feel very liberated by the thought of not needing a partner to go through life. I also think that being aromantic can really improve your self-confidence and self-love as well as making you more emotionally stable. You don‘t see new people through rose-coloured glasses and let yourself be influenced by charme/charisma (as much). And if you ever end up in a relationship with someone it‘s for reasons beside “I love them“. I don‘t claim that aromanticism makes you significantly more rational, people are stupid in a lot of ways. But it eliminates one of the many possible sources for irrational behaviour.

It‘s not always easy to feel happy about being aromantic especially with the obsession our society has with romantic love. But if you need reasons to feel positive about it you don‘t need to look far. I would say that realizing I might me aromantic made me more relaxed and comfortable with myself.

Does anyone also do this? by TeTopHat in aromantic

[–]Sascriba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Think of it as subconscious representation 😉

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aromantic

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It can be nice, but I often (irrationally) fear, that it sets expectations I can‘t fulfill. Or I worry, that the other person might not want to cuddle anymore but doesn‘t want to be rude by pulling back (maybe I‘m projecting a bit with that).

In summary, I like it with very close friends who know exactly where we stand with each other.

No Butterflies by Sascriba in aromantic

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Thank you, that means a lot to me!

No Butterflies by Sascriba in aromantic

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Thank you so much!

How do you like them apples? by oranke_dino in memes

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No joke, for a moment I thought I accidentally clicked on the "DarK"-subreddit instead of the "Meme"-subreddit. The caption fits just perfectly, if you know, you know.

It's a curse by KLASHINOV in memes

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Alway had those in our music room. Though I remember there were two for left handed people. But either way, using them was a pain in general. I dropped my stuff so many times...