sunflowerfriend

1. I had a "crush" (actually a squish) on a guy and I wrote in his yearbook, "You're a cool friend, I hope we can hang out some time soon!" and thought i was being so romantic lol 2. My friend was telling me about her crush on my other (straight, female) friend and how terrible unrequited love is. My first thought was "why is that so bad? you guys are really close friends". tbh, I sometimes feel bad that I can't really understand it bc I don't really know how to support my friends through it :((

thank you!! It's great to be able to relate to people and it's really nice to meet you too! :)

Hi! I don't think there's really much to say. I've been lurking on this site for a while now, just trying to educate myself on aromanticism (google just tried to auto correct to "a romanticism" for the 525,600th time, aro erasure much? lol). I'm fairly sure I'm aroace, but I know that I'll probably go into another "well, am I really??" spiral in a few days. I try to remind myself that I'm comfortable with the label now, and if that changes, that's ok. I found the aro community after seeing a Pinterest post on demisexuals, going on a week long research frenzy, hyperventilating for a few hours because I realized I was ace, comforting myself because I thought that "romance isn't out of the picture, so it's okay", going on another week long research frenzy, then finally accepting that none of us know what the heck is happening anyway, so we might as well accept it. But I'm really glad I did find it. Honestly, the aro community is probably one of the most friendly communities I know. Even the crochet and houseplant communities have their drama, surprisingly. Anyway, this intro was really all over the place, but I'm really excited to get to know you all! :D