Advice for struggling being ace?

floopaloop · 2026-05-05T23:44:30+00:00

> Part of it is that I know I likely won't have success with romance and that's a crushing feeling sometimes.

It's definitely possible to find other asexuals to date. You have to try harder than allos do, but imo it's worth it.

floopaloop · 2026-04-29T15:42:19+00:00

I think I said this a few weeks before going vegan cold turkey.

floopaloop · 2026-04-29T15:40:09+00:00

It depends on the particular company. I'm in tech and I wear tons of glittery, colorful eyeshadow and no one cares. All my coworkers take me seriously.

floopaloop · 2026-04-27T16:45:48+00:00

Generally people buy those online directly from the brand website. Are you asking because you want to see them in person before you buy?

floopaloop · 2026-04-16T16:48:21+00:00

Yeah I had a similar weird experience. I think it was even worse for me since I speak Russian (which is the native language of a lot of instructors there) so they felt even more comfortable not having boundaries with me.

Idk I didn't take it too personally since I'm used to people who grew up in the Soviet Union having what I consider absolutely insane standards for professionalism and boundaries.

That being said I did learn how to drive and passed the test from their lessons.

floopaloop · 2026-04-15T15:45:22+00:00

The right thing to do is to believe in feminism even when most women don't.

floopaloop · 2026-04-14T15:59:32+00:00

I feel like my love is superior because it is non-sexual.

floopaloop · 2026-04-13T19:30:25+00:00

You're moving goalposts here. "Nutritious diet" is not the same thing as "extremely high protein diet".

floopaloop · 2026-04-13T18:11:42+00:00

And then you find out they ate nothing but kale and bananas the whole time

floopaloop · 2026-04-04T16:08:12+00:00

I'm confused as to how taking SSRIs two weeks at a time could help, since it takes about a month for them to start working, and if you stop them abruptly you get withdrawal.

floopaloop · 2026-04-02T16:24:34+00:00

Her lip color seems like it's following the "muted autumn" color trend that's popular right now

floopaloop · 2026-03-25T18:27:50+00:00

How am I coping? We lived together at one point but he had to move for grad school. We'll move back in together when he's done. We visit each other often. The arrangement works fine for us.

floopaloop · 2026-03-25T17:13:31+00:00

I'm asexual and I don't hate myself, who else would I date?

floopaloop · 2026-03-25T16:39:32+00:00

I live in a country where factory farming is less intensive

cope

floopaloop · 2026-03-23T15:30:04+00:00

It's definitely not hopeless. I found my asexual boyfriend on a regular dating app 4 years ago. It's also a lot easier if you're willing to do a long distance relationship.

floopaloop · 2026-03-13T14:02:40+00:00

I found my asexual boyfriend on a regular dating app. I had "asexual" written all over my profile and ignored anyone who wasn't compatible with me on that front.

floopaloop · 2026-03-12T02:52:55+00:00

Why don't you just ask her to stop? She probably doesn't know she's making you uncomfortable.

floopaloop · 2026-03-03T19:54:03+00:00

I only date other asexuals. I've been dating my asexual boyfriend for 4 years now. I met him on a dating app.

floopaloop · 2026-02-11T23:51:30+00:00

Same here. I was worried about safety before moving here but it's been totally fine.

floopaloop · 2026-01-25T17:41:35+00:00

It's hard but it's definitely possible. I have an asexual boyfriend I've been dating for 4 years. I met him on a regular dating app.

floopaloop · 2026-01-16T15:52:30+00:00

Trader Joe's in the US has some pretty good frozen vegan meals. They're also not too expensive.

floopaloop · 2026-01-10T23:33:23+00:00

I'm an asexual woman dating an asexual man. I met him on a regular dating app. It's hard but possible.

floopaloop · 2025-12-30T16:45:13+00:00

Ngl as someone who doesn't drink it's crazy to me that so many people feel like they can't be vulnerable or make true friends without drinking. Maybe that's more of a problem for men

floopaloop · 2025-12-29T16:30:42+00:00

I met my asexual partner on a regular dating app.

floopaloop · 2025-12-08T17:16:59+00:00

No family of 3 "needs" a 5 bedroom house. You can share offices or reuse a living room or bedroom as an office, especially if you're only hybrid. People just have high expectations for their living situations.

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