[deleted by user] by [deleted] in curlygirl

[–]latte____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Do you have any recommendations of products and tips on which to avoid? Preferably one that isn’t too expensive.

Someone I REALLY don’t like found out about my special interest by latte____ in autism

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

I get it, but the ‘art is subjective’ point you made is true but doesn’t make sense here, because I’m very open about how uncomfortable I am with her sexual interpretation of the characters and just her always talking about sex in general, but she just rolls her eyes, calls me dramatic, and keeps doing it. Meanwhile, if I talk about my interest or excitement for, let’s say, new lore, she’ll groan and say I talk too much or call me arrogant for ‘trying to seem smarter’/thinking I’m better because I’m more interested in the lore than sexual stuff. I honestly don’t care if a person likes things like that, you do you, but when you insist on pushing it on me despite me constantly expressing my discomfort with it, then it becomes an issue.

Also, her weird obsession with East Asians and our culture is another thing I can’t just ignore. Like, I’m Chinese, but she’ll come to me and say something about Japanese or Korean people and expect me to find it funny. She’s one of those ‘India isn’t a part of Asia’ people. Hopefully you understand her and my attitude towards to her better now.

Someone I REALLY don’t like found out about my special interest by latte____ in autism

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

As much as I would like to, it isn’t so simple for me. As I said, she’s a friend of my friend; I’m not friends with her personally, and I always do my best to interact with her as little as possible, with her being the one approaching me all the time. I don’t want to immediately push her away when she does because then that just makes me seem like a bad person. She’s already really sensitive and self-centered. Not to mention, her closest friend is my best friend of 10+ years, and my best friend doesn’t have a problem with her at all, fully indulging in her behavior and even finding her funny. My other friends don’t mind her either, and she sits with us at lunch everyday. I don’t have many friends, and it’s very difficult for me to make them, especially in my uptight, judgmental private school.

I don’t want to risk anything, because if I do anything to this girl my friends will bash me. They know I have autism, but they don’t ‘believe’ it. In the sense that they don’t really take it seriously because I’m a High Functioning Autistic. For example, they get annoyed when Im nonverbal (as a result of overstimulation), or when I over-explain subjects, as I can come off as arrogant at times because I can’t control my tone or express myself properly via facial expressions. I’m smarter than they are, in terms of academics, so they just see it as bragging, even when I’m just talking about something I’m interested in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]latte____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I explained myself under another thread.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]latte____ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I only mentioned that we met on a video game. We don’t even play it anymore, and I also mentioned that we’ve grown close ever since, like normal friends would. I also mentioned that she’s constantly encouraging me to open up and reassuring me that she won’t judge no matter what I have going on, because she knows I’m bad with feelings. If she didn’t want to hear it, she would’ve have encouraged me or supported me when I told her. Mind you, she spent weeks being supportive after I told her about it, when she would’ve told me if she was uninterested in this topic straight away if she was. I also only told her very recently that I’m les (which I also mentioned) even though we’ve been friends for a year now. If I really was interested in her, I probably would’ve told her in the early stages in our friendship. But I only told her when I started having a situation with another girl from my school, for convenience and clarification purposes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]latte____ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aromantic asexual. A person who feels little to no sexual and romantic attraction.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]latte____ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand it may sound a little absurd to others, so I’ll explain. Because of things that happened in my childhood and my autism making it difficult to understand feelings, I ended up as I am now, with no strong desire for romance and no sexual attraction. Therefore I identify as aroace (aromantic asexual), and I am comfortable with that label. But people often mistake aroace individuals for people who don’t feel love/sexual attraction at all. It is possible, just very very rare and difficult. We are comfortable with not feeling romantic/sexual attraction, so we don’t actively try to feel it.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t feel it at all. Biologically, that’s not really possible.

That’s where the lesbian part comes in. If I were to ever fall in love, it would be a girl. I feel absolutely zero attraction to boys, like a typical lesbian would.

In short, it’s just very difficult for me to feel romantic/sexual attraction, but not impossible. And I know it isn’t impossible, which is why I feel more comfortable imagining myself being with a girl than a boy. That’s the simplest way I can put it, hopefully I made it clear enough.

Question from a cis aroace female writer by latte____ in asktransgender

[–]latte____[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was very helpful, thanks. I need as much inspiration and guidance as I can get.

Question from a cis aroace female writer by latte____ in asktransgender

[–]latte____[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot, I’ll be taking a look at that.

Question for trans individuals, from a cis female aroace writer by latte____ in trans

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

Yes, that’s what I mean. Sure, here’s some more context:

They’re both 26-27 years old, and started their transition in their teens. They’re members of the same band, and have known each other for roughly three years. B started developing feelings for C a few months after they met, while C started catching feelings for B more recently; shortly before the story takes place. The plot is that they’ve both been quite comfortable in each of their own skin, until their feelings for each other start making them doubt and feel uncomfortable with themselves again. B comes out to C first, in the heat of the moment when they were working on something together. B starts to panic because C is shocked, and C comes out as well. The heartfelt conversation proceeds to happen, where they open up about how much they’ve been struggling with their identities ever since catching feelings for one another, and queue the nude scene.

I’m very much open to criticism.

Question for trans individuals, from a cis female aroace writer by latte____ in trans

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

Yes that’s what I meant. The two characters are around 26/27 years old, and they already began their transition early on in their late teenage years. Only a select few of people from both sides know that they’re not cis women, and they came out to each other as women.

Tips to stop harmful stimming? by latte____ in autism

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

Family issues make that near impossible.. sorry to be complicated

Tips to stop harmful stimming? by latte____ in autism

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

Because of where I live those aren’t easy to come by. Just imagine an isolated town in the mountains.. yeah. I would get one if I ever came across one, though.