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18 hours ago, Ace of Amethysts said:

Why is friendship considered to be "less than romance" by 99.99% of human beings? I just don`t understand it...

Because don't you know romance is so perfect and super special and friends don't matter [/sarcasm]? 

12 hours ago, Mark said:

When was the world due to end?

This just in: aromantics to blame for the world ending in 2012.

I always thought people exaggerated having crushes. Or that, when we were very young, people said just said they had crushes on people they wanted to be friends with.

While I feel like the binary definition of "girl" doesn't really fit me completely and feels like an uncomfortable box I'm forced into, and as such I often don't feel entirely female, I choose to still call myself a cis girl because being referred to as a girl does not bother me, although I don't really have a problem being perceived as anything else. There are words that I've toyed around with that might fit better, but the knowledge that they exist is enough for me without actually using them as labels for myself for the sake of ease.

My advice to you is to think long and hard about your gender, which I'm sure you've already been doing; and it's important to keep in mind that it is entirely plausible and in fact pretty likely that there isn't one word out there that feels like it fits you completely and that feels useful to apply to yourself. Remember that labels are a tool, not a hard and fast rule, and that at the end of the day you don't have to label your gender at all if you end up finding it's easier not to.

Cool horses randomly take yogurt.

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13 hours ago, Cassiopeia said:

I feel silly talking about wanting a QPP or using any kind of aro jargon irl. Its just so frustrating to choose between not telling the full truth and not being taken seriously.

 

THIS. I'm so tentative to use any sort of aro related terms or jokes offline even to my most supportive friends, because I'm always afraid they won't understand!

Yes, YES, revive this thread!

Tsukishima from Haikyuu is aroace in my opinion, or at least on the spectrum somewhere.

Not really. I can deal with being seen changing, like in a locker room situation, only out of necessity, but it isn't something I'm particularly fond of.  

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Well, I don't know enough about your personal situation or this other person's, so I'll just tell you, from my own experience, what I think I would do in a similar situation.

It isn't by any means easy, but it's best to walk away. The healthiest thing to do is pull away, because if you try to hang on too long, eventually it's going to build up inside you, and that's when we say things we regret and things get more painful than they otherwise would have been. I know it's really difficult, and believe me, I understand the feeling of guilt -- but you have to remember that it's not your job to sacrifice your own emotional well-being for another person's, especially when you really haven't known them all that long (I know 10 months may feel like a long time, but that's only a tiny fraction of your life; there will be many, many more months with people who actually give you the respect you deserve).

I've been down a similar road before, and it's best to just cut ties and walk away. It hurts at first, but down the line I think you'll feel much better about it.

6 hours ago, Kojote said:

I'm fine with music, though. Most of my favorite songs are by far non-romantic ones, but as a whole, music just moves me. For the duration of the song, I get to experience the emotions of the lyrics as if they were my own (even if they are romantic). I can empathize with things that wouldn't usually move me at all and I kind of like them for that. It's like floating in water and it's really soothing most of the time.

When I listen to songs that are considered romantic, I usually end up trying to think of them as platonic.

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Easy! I'll just spent it all right away and not say anything until I'm done.

A million dollars, but for the rest of your life, animals will avoid you.

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An amputee and his tin can brother fail to resurrect the dead and accidentally save the world from a government conspiracy through the power of friendship.