Lovebird

Aww, I grew up with Eddsworld. Tom was my favourite too 😊

I see you're a bird person of culture yourself. 

1 hour ago, MulticulturalFarmer said:

Wait France is an anglophone country now? Or I guess you are just making a statement, right?

Just making a statement, didn't know how to exactly classify countries with a White ethnic majority population. 😅

24 minutes ago, MulticulturalFarmer said:

Funny, I heard about similar anti-Americanisation sentiments in France. They are, to say the least, very proud of the French language, and bring up everything you mentioned, like tipping culture. I'm not French or anything, but I do know tipping was common there at some point, just not any time recent. Things are similar for the holidays you mentioned too.

I see complaining about non-existent Americanisation of cultures is thing among all Anglo countries. I tip my hat to you.   

13 hours ago, Harvest said:

same, althought I never understood the hate for it in Australia. 

Its usually just patriotic boomers who fear the 'americanisation' of Australia but I guarantee you they still watch hollywood movies, go to maccas and probably engage with winter festive imagery during Christmas despite it being during the summer for us.

Speaking of Christmas, another reason against Halloween in Australia is that it is too comercialised, which fair enough I guess but so is literally every other mainstream holiday, especially Christmas, more so than Halloween and any true anti-consumerist would be applying the same kind of scrutiny towards that too, but you never see it when Christmas happens. 

One time I saw someone say 'whats next, we get their tipping culture too?' which is the weirdest form of the slippery slope argument I've seen in my life.

Yeah, I see a lot of anti-Americanisation posts on the r/Australia Reddit. Which is weird and hypocritical, considering one could say the same about Christmas or Easter. Also tipping in AU isn't exactly new, it's been a thing historically, just not as common as it is compared to America - which is funny considering these are the same people who say to support small business, which yes, does include tipping your servers.  

Nothing. Where I live Halloween isn't really celebrated, unless you're from the suburbs as Halloween is typically seen as an American holiday but it's gained a resurgence in my country over the last 2 decades.   

13 hours ago, ArrowAce said:

does anyone else feel like they are lying about being part of the a-spec community?

A lot. Mainly because I've experienced romantic attraction before (abet rarely) and am currently dating someone. Also because I'm aplatonic and do not relate to the aro communities version of 'love'. I'm constantly worried I won't be welcome in aro spaces because of those factors, especially in real life spaces.   

I am autistic and intellectually disabled 

12 hours ago, Aversa said:

That is really cute @Lovebird! So happy for the both of you :'D Thanks for sharing.

I also never know how to feel about confessions! The last time I said yes on impulse was a disaster lol. Good that it was the right person who told you :'>

I'm very happy to be with someone who treats me with respect as my last ex was unfortunately quite toxic and didn't respect the fact I had cognitive disabilities (despite him being autistic). After that, it left me with sour taste towards romantic relationships; Which was unfortunate for me as I'm quite a romo aro and fantasise a lot about romantic coded things. But after meeting my current s/o I feel so much happier 😊

My boyfriend and I are both arospec (I'm greyro & cupio, he's nebularomantic). We met via a Facebook group chat from a mutual friend, we had the same interests so he added me and started talking. It slowly became a friends-to-lovers relationship, he confessed he liked me, and I was sort of confused because I didn't know how to properly respond and I wasn't sure if I liked him romantically or not, so I sort of said yes on impulse 😅 We've been together for nearly 5 years now, we're in an LDR but we've seen each others faces and such via video chat. I'm always wishing he comes over and visits someday, of which if he does I'll want to expand our horizons from there. 

Not sure, though I deal with a lot of anxiety in regards to imposter syndrome 

Winnie the Pooh. Of which I ripped off with my bare hands for some reason. I was like, two. 😐

I'm just aplatonic. People seem to think it equals down to 'platonic repulsed, has no friends' but it's more diverse than that. I have friends, I (sometimes) want friends, I just don't experience the feelings of "Wow, I want to be this persons friend, they're so cool" nor do I "love" my friends but I still enjoy their presence.  

On 8/20/2022 at 5:45 AM, DeltaV said:

The aro zodiac sign is ... no it's not Sagittarius ♐. According to Western astrology, romance does not come easy for Aquarius ♒. I "wonder" if aros are more likely to be Aquariuses. Quite an easy test to prove the validity of astrology. 😃

I'm an Aquarius rising. Relatable lol.

Vanilla Pepsi & hot chocolate 

Anything with rice, it is the most versatile staple food and that's based  

It's taken me a long time to accept I was arospec for the above reasons. I really want to see more romantic love stories with arospec characters but I'm scared the aro community will hate it and accuse of it not being "real representation" despite said experiences fitting me to a T.  

I despise gambling, it's overly romanticised in my country right alongside alcohol. In my country, most gambling advertisements are banned, except for sports betting ads as sports, specifically football is the #1 most popular sport, and the head company (AFL) heavily relies on advertising, alongside those who actually watch the game. So many sports betting companies will "collab" in order to get more views for both, the problem is, a sports betting app ad will play every 5-10 minuets leaving many fans of the game and non-fans alike questioning why a game that advertises itself as "family friendly" or "all ages"  constantly advertises an activity that is strictly adults only. If you head onto the 'official' subreddit for Australia, there will always be at least one person who asks "why aren't betting ads banned yet?" three times a week, and yet there has nothing has actually been done by neither state nor federal governments.     

Congrats!! I recently realised I was librafeminine and changed my pronouns too, it's also part of the demigirl 'spectrum' 

I'm unsure if I'll ever come out myself, but if I do, I just say I'm agender or nonbinary as constantly explaining what my gender actually is takes too much mental strength to explain 

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. I love it so much that it's majorly influenced my art style and character design. The mangaka is a nice guy too. 

I discovered the term aromantic a few years ago after realising I rarely experienced romantic attraction, but thought just aro on its own did not encompass my full experiences -- I have been attracted to people in the past but only on very rare occasions. I then found the greyromantic label, which fit my bill.  

Sadly no. I've googled some and it turns out shipping prices are very pricy due to living in another country. I do have a mini rainbow pride flag siting on my desk, but that's really it. 

Type of aro: loveless aro 

reprsentation: appearance headcanon fodder

tarot: cups

aro flag vibes: lithromantic/akoiromantic 

Mint chocolate gang 

I'm on the fence about it. I'm only willing to do it because my boyfriend wants to change his surname to mine. This biggest issue is that fact I'm scared I'll lose my pension if I do marry him, we're both disabled. Besides the fact I don't really care about wedding culture and think it's kind of toxic, it's also rather expensive, though small yet cheap weddings are becoming popular in my country so I might consider it. And I'm also worried I'll lose my Miss title, I don't like the idea of going by a mrs and prefer to be my own independence instead of being 'owned' by my future husband. I'm also not keen on the idea of told my relationship is only valid via a government certified piece of paper, I feel like we're emotionally & spiritually married already.