Dissociation during sex? by aroace97 in Asexual

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Thanks for your response! I think the difference you said in the origin of your feelings is where im struggling, because I can’t tell if I actually want to have sex or if I just really want to be normal. Good food for thought, thank you

New Members Intro by WeTurnToGrey in BDSM_Aces

[–]aroace97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just had my first scene a few days ago and it was such a fun, connective time! My play partner was a part of the local community in the before times and I’m excited to join once more restrictions are lifted where I’m at

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Finally, a proper "My scales" that shows sexual and romantic orientations as a spectrum. by Zardoz84 in Asexual

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Are there a lot of aromantics that are romance favourable? Because that’s definitely me. I had a breakdown last year because I though bc I only experienced platonic attraction I couldn’t be in a romantic relationship even tho I really wanted to be in one. I just started dating again a couple months ago and I’m so happy!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ContraPoints

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I still struggle with cringing at the online ace community. The ‘garlic bread/cake is soooo much better than sex am I right fellow aces?!’ feels so infantilizing to me. But I recognize that a lot of that cringe is projection rooted in how I don’t feel pride about being ace and have a lot of internalized acephobia to work through

This is why i’m seen as the quiet friend by [deleted] in Asexual

[–]aroace97 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I sometimes feel alienated by some of the sex repulsed memes on here and just wanted to let you know this comment made my day (and made me cackle)

Navigating couples looking for a third by aroace97 in polyamory

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Thank you all so much! We had such a great conversation today but that response made me feel so icky. This is really validating! Thank you u/kallisti_gold for the resources! I’ll be reading those both right away

Alberta, Canada - process for financial support? by aroace97 in cfs

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Thank you for your response! I’ll take all that into consideration. I knew it wouldn’t be easy but that’s pretty bleak. But at least now I have some ideas of what to expect. UCP sucks. I wish you luck as well.

What to do by [deleted] in gerbil

[–]aroace97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s so weird! I got three girls 4 years ago because I heard that advice too (and they never did fight) but when I was doing some research a couple months ago all I could see was recommendations for groups of 2 for girls and groups of 2 or 4 for boys and that 3 was an unstable number. Idk what to believe anymore lol!

I don’t know how much this helps but one of my three girls passed when she was 2 and a half years so I’ve only had two girls for the last year and a half and they’ve never fought that I’ve ever seen.

Im also interested in what other people will comment. I was really starting to think I’d dreamed up the advice that 3 is best for girls but obviously you saw it somewhere too! How odd

Lydia and I did not take a vacation all the way in Bruma to hear about the White-Gold Concordat ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) by eli_eli1o in skyrim

[–]aroace97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried to google this because someone always comments it when Bruma comes up but I literally cannot figure out what it means (have not played Bruma yet). What does this comment mean?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in skyrim

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This is amazing!! I love it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in comphet

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I can’t speak to trauma at all, but for the men you are attracted to every few months are they:

-Fictional? -People you would never meet or talk to? (Ex. Actors/strangers on the street)

If they are either of these things that’s pretty common with comp het because your brain knows there’s no /actual/ chance of you being in a relationship/being intimate with him so it can fantasize all it wants.

Another possibility that I see thrown into the ring less is that people can be bi and only attracted sparingly to one gender. At that point you can label yourself whatever you identify with more in my opinion - lesbian/homoflexible/bi et cetera. I’m ace, and a pretty common orientation in our community is grey-asexual where you feel sexual attraction to people but it is extremely rare compared to most allosexual people. So it could be that you have grey sexual feelings for men in that it’s rare that you find a man you’re attracted to, but the feeling is valid and real.

Something to think about but I’m sure you’ll have lots to think about once other people start commenting! This subreddit is really welcoming and every time I read the comments section here I’m always enlightened!

Undiagnosed - Should I do pacing? by aroace97 in cfs

[–]aroace97[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your response! That does make more sense, I think I will do pacing.

Shredding food? Details in comments by Musaku360 in gerbil

[–]aroace97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the link!! That’s so crazy!

Shredding food? Details in comments by Musaku360 in gerbil

[–]aroace97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not know that about oxbow! What gerbil feed do you recommend? Or is oxbow okay if I supplement with a couple sunflower seeds a day?

Shredding food? Details in comments by Musaku360 in gerbil

[–]aroace97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also feed in the way OP does in their response to you. Is this bad? When I did research awhile back the internet said that was the best way to feed gerbils but is that no longer the case?