MulticulturalFarmer

Yeah that line of we don't care what you are doing but are silently judging you is super hard to navigate, I feel like. Cause you never really know what people are saying behind your back. So that's tough to handle for sure.

Do you think it has something to do with being in a rural, conservative area? Or not really? There may not be a correlation at all to be fair.

Hi there. I wonder if there's a connection between being aromantic and intellectualism. I've defined being an intellectual as someone who likes learning about literature, learning more about science, mathematics, philosophy, etc. not just for a job but also in their free time. I do feel like the stereotypes lend itself towards aromanticism and a lack of interest in romance due to their cerebral nature, but this could just be a stereotype.

Violent? So are you saying that that counts as more in the adult fiction genre then for earlier books? Not that the microlabel is really that important but I am interested now as to why you said that.

This books look cool even though it seems like it's in the YA/teenage fiction genre for sure.

No worries. It's tough out there for sure, especially when you're no longer a kid or teen. More responsibilities, and for me personally I have a lot of obstacles (in terms of intersectional identities) to make long term friends that want to stick around, much less get an "intimate" (even if it were just in the emotional sense) QPR as well so it's good to know that I'm not the only dealing with loneliness (in some sense of the word).

I haven't had much luck, then again, I kinda suck at socializing so that could be one aspect of things for me. Yeah I think most people are allo and not aro and the two go together for them so that has been challenging.

Time for the necessary plug of the song by Kraftwerk- We Are the Robots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_8Pma1vHmw

Where did you get it? I suppose I could also do a simple google search too :)

I see what you mean, used to seek those out only because the type of commitment I want isn't typically considered a "friendship zone" type of deal. When I give folks my speciifications, they are like yeah, you gotta be in a relationship to have that type of frequent contact, checking in frequently, etc. I used to be like that but then I realized I also want to keep my stress level down, and evaluated if people were actually listening to what I'm saying or if it's a "in one ear and out the other type of deal." Definitely different for everyone, no doubt.

Were you able to get it a library or did you get it on amazon?

Yeah I feel like it can be a way to simplify the discussion and make things more efficient for people who don't want to talk at detail about everything every single time.

Insert mandatory joke about an aro person who identifies as a robot engineer, which is okay, different than an aro person identifying as a robot. Of course there are ways to logically connect these even further, for sure.

So this is July 9th?

Yeah some people use terms like being on the aro-spec in general, and when asked about it in more detail, say they are grey-aro. So it's definitely possible for sure.