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1. I had a squish I thought was a crush. 2. I still imagine myself in a romantic relationship with him when I feel lonely. 3. I can get jealous of my friends in romantic relationships.

As an aro who doesn’t feel romantic attraction, I can’t really help you there, but when it comes down to it do you want a platonic relationship with this friend, which can really be just as important? Or do you want a romantic one? At least that’s what helped me.

Same! I wish QPRs were more normalized though, so it wouldn’t be such a big deal or journey to realize you want one.

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If I’m being honest with you, I HATE banana bread, but I can very much use it to score extra points with my family. Ok whoever’s next can have a cat. He is not a friendly cat.

You’re so right! I can’t really make fun of it though, I’m basically the same sometimes (except for the brushes, that sounds like a nightmare. Like actually a nightmare that I have or will have)

Sorry, I completely misread the topic. I find that pretty often I see people claim that it is more important to have homosexual media representation than aro or ace representation. I think this is mostly because, again, we are often not seen as fully LGBTQ+, so representing us is viewed as less important.

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Anyone else think they’re sex indifferent because they’re like 14 but could be sex repulsed for all they know? Also, I don’t know about anyone else, but being ace was what let me realize that I’m aro.

Because google only wants to show me pride flag stuffies, what is a plush?

I don’t identify myself very strongly as being neurodivergent, but I have OCD and probably incredibly minor ADHD

You do. Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication and the surgeon removes your whole top half. Fortunately, they save the correct half and you become a modern day Darth Maul. I wish it was cold and bitterly windy with LOTS if snow

Q: And how do you know that? A: Eating dinner alone, happily

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It’s a bit different, but here’s a funny yet informational asexuality meme I intend to show/text anyone aphobic.

Soooo I figured out I’m aroace! Yayyy! My childhood (haha funny term to use for it lasting until I was 13) “crush” was probably just a squish and to be honest I don’t really care what it was because aro describes me perfectly! And being ace was always a definite so problem solved! Movie over! Plot line ended! Yay! Only… no. Nononono. That’s not how this is going, now is it?!? Because I still feel very very lonely! I mean, sometimes I can feel this beautifully overwhelming platonic love for my friends, and it just makes me so happy, but then I get sad again. Sometimes I even think I want a romantic relationship with my old maybe-squish, or maybe just kiss him once, just to know if I’m really aro or if I really want a romantic relationship or whatever, but I know I’m romance repulsed and I would feel disgusted if I was actually in that situation. Sooo… sequel time? Or maybe an epilogue. An epilogue would be nice. So I guess what I’m getting to is how do you guys not feel lonely? How do you feel that happy, fulfilling feeling all the time?

I find this odd actually. It could just be google showing me what it thinks I want to see, but whenever the acronym comes up it is always defined as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, intersex, and allies/asexual (I think many people group agender as part of trans). Maybe it’s just a difference in the definition? Though hopefully aromatic will someday join the allies/asexual people under A.

Being aroace especially, I find that my friendships and family matter a lot to me to a level of love, even if it’s platonic or familial. Alternatively, if it’s not romantic and it’s not necessarily platonic either, you might be feeling alterous attraction.

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I headcanon the gay Will Grayson (for lack of better identification) in Will Grayson, Will Grayson as aro. While he does get into a relationship, he seems to not have many romantic feelings and much of his focus is just on his desire for sex. While he might not be full aro, I think he’s probably at least grayro.