AlexisS

Welcome! And congrats on your successful identification with aromanticism. It's really liberating to know you're not the only one who feels certain way, right?

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Yes, similar situation in korea. Although it's not just about sex ed... Even a single mention of LGBTQ+, not only at school but in any kind of public/social circumstances, is still a huge taboo. It has to be talked about either very privately or within the LGBTQ+ communities itself. I think I read some article about the statistics which showed that in Korea the percentage of people who are absolutely sure none of their friends/acquaintances would be LGBTQ+ is ridiculously high -> which implies the society makes LGBTQ+ people in Korea even more closeted.

@Sooty Owl I'm so sorry you had to go through that..

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↑ yes, sadly this happens often, as if I can't know for sure unless I meet 'enough' number of males. But interestingly I've also experienced the opposite way of thinking from one person (Btw, I'm aro ace and AFAB) A friend of mine who is lesbian tried to bring me to reason that I could be a lesbian-in-denial and that I should try romantic/sexual relationships with female-bodied people before I give up(?). This conversation happened when I first mentioned of me possibly being aro/ace to her about a year ago. And it actually convinced me to try - because who knows?

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This is an interesting thread, so I'll contribute one of mine. I'm an autochorissexual, which is a type of asexuality but could be considered gray in many aspects. So I made a post on AVEN that basically points out how its characteristics look similar to that of allosexuality but in fact not quite really. Here's a link to it if you're curious enough to read my boring essay-ish post : http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/142012-similarities-and-differences-between-allosexuals-and-autochorissexuals/?p=1061824945

Holy s**t I'm also INTJ (I took the test in Korean )

I'm really glad you made it through that conversation with your mum

I joined too! :ninjapapo: looks awesome @DannyFenton123

I'd like to join too! But I've got no idea how to (especially the papoticon one) - Can I pick one of the papos you guys made, or should I draw it myself?

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Hello and welcome

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