Armored frog

Hello everyone, for context i am very much romance-repulsed and non partnering so today a girl from my class asked if i wanted to go watch a movie with her this friday, i answered that i would like to, but i had to check my calendar. well i pretty quickly realizes that this could be a date, although im not sure if it is. But now i just dont now what to do... do i just go along and hope it isnt a date, because tbh shes really nice and i woud love to hang out with her. or do i lie and say i cant that that day, or maybe i just text to confirm that it isnt a date... i dont know what to do :( if you have any advise please let me knowwww ((also for context, this new years she confesed to having liked me in the past, either this means she donst currently have a crush on me, or that she was just testing the water)) ((also also, she dosnt know that im aroace, but she knows im queer, so she probebly thinks i like girls too))

no because it made so much sense to me, like i didnt understand when people in my class asked me wich boy i liked best, in my head i was like, we're not old enough to know that stuff yet...

Uh! i will definitely check that out, thank you

hello! so i was scrolling around, and read that a few of you also like to draw and stuff, so i thought why not make a little thread for sharing drawings, and maybe making fanart of eachothers OCs, idk just have some fun so please reply with some fun doodles or something :) anyways, here is a drawing i made of jughead

To me, this very much sounds like being aromantic, as to whether or not you will experience romantic atraction later, if you just keep waiting, i wouldnt worry about that. we never know what will happen in the future, but that dosnt actually change how you feel now wich is way more important. tbh, i wouldnt stress to much about labels, if you dont wanna kiss people, then dont. there is no need to find the perfect label that is going to fit for all time. as for how ive handled "doubt", i just stay true to how i feel right now, ive never experienced atraction, so until that changes (which it probably wont) i will keep on identifying as aromantic, <3 idk if this helps, i always feel like i just end up rambling lol :)

i really agree with you all there, being aromantic is a huge part of who i am, and it really shapes how i view the world, and how it views me, i dont really care for my asexuality. however, my friends seem to have it the other way around, thinking of me as only ace, and never mentioning the aromantic part. it kinda annoys me when a friend of mine comments on something very aromantic that i did or said, and say "lol your so asexual", like you're not wrong but it really isn't as relevant idk im ranting

i didnt really realize i was aro, as much as i realized everyone else wasnt, i always assumed atraction was something you would unlock when you turned 18 or whatever. when i found out that wasnt the case i just thought, neet, im probably aro-ace then. ive never had any internal problems with beeing aromantic, its just having to explain it to others that suck, especially when they hit you with the "but it might change"

i think that would be an example of greyromanticism, a person who rarely experience romantic atraction

the kind of media you enjoy doesn't impact your orientation/identity, lots of aros love romance in media, and alot of us dont, either way donst have anything to do with the attraction you experience in the real world :) i believe there are different micro labels for whether or not you enjoy romance in media <3

thank you! having ressources on the topic would definitely help

i dont think there is anything wrong with it, but it rubs me the wrong way. i just cant relate to an allo person singing about being happy single, i know there their is like almost no songs by aros about aromanticism, but i think they should be more represented rather than songs by allos. i would love to know your opinions, but mostly i just want song recommendations

i really relate to this! i feel like whenever aros are confronted with the "your heartless" stereotype some feel the need to make up for it by reminding people of other forms of love, i think thats fine, but my humanity should not be defined by my ability to love

hi everyone, im aro/ace and have identified as such for around 3 years, im 17 and my parents are getting curious about romantic partners. they have made it clear all my life that they are 100% accepting of LGBT (and they propel suspect that im lesbian) i know that they have never heard of asexuality and definitely not aromanticism, and thats the main reason im "in the closet" i really dont want to be stuck explaining it. do any of you have experience coming out, ot advice?