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roboticanary

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  1. roboticanary's post in Can someone help me come out? was marked as the answer   
    Fair enough. As long as you understand that.
    As @Arsenic says. Wait till something sexual comes up in conversation.
    Thinking back to when I was young that was something that happened quite often so there will be plenty of opportunity to casually mention that that isn't really something you are interested in.
    The other thing I would suggest, as sad as this sounds, is to prepare yourself in case of a dissapointing response.
    Make sure that if someone you tell does dismiss your identity you can counter that. Not for the sake of arguing with them, but more for your sake. By coming out you always take the risk that people will respond negatively and you will probably have a better time if you are confident in your identity and can counter criticism.
     
  2. roboticanary's post in badges was marked as the answer   
    Ok i'm really not sure about that.
    My guess is that the software used to make the site allows the option of creating badges for specific things done on the forum, but we have never actually used that and i'm pretty sure you can't earn badges here.
    But for some reason when you look at particular pages it is formatted as if we do have badges.
  3. roboticanary's post in How to come out as aro? was marked as the answer   
    Unfortunately the friends I told were the people who introduced me to the idea of aromanticism. That did make things a lot easier.
    As for what they might ask. Maybe have a look at an aromanticism FAQ like this one: https://www.aromanticism.org/en/faq
    Presumably those questions are chosen because they are frequently asked so are likely to include some of the questions to anticipate.
    As for other questions, possibly be ready to counter the sort of reasoning that says you in particular don't seem aro e.g. 'but you're so loving towards us' or 'but you've been in a relationship', 'but you're so good with children, don't you want a family'. That sort of thing.
    There are a few people who have raised similar questions, maybe have a look at these posts if you haven't already. While they are not about friends in particular they might have a few insights.
    Have a look with the search bar perhaps or give it a google and you will probably find far more.
  4. roboticanary's post in help ;-; was marked as the answer   
    Should work if you click on someone's icon to go to their page. Then you can like the updates from their activity feed, and should be able to click a button that lets you see just their status updates after clicking 'see their activity' if you want.
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