James White Posted September 7, 2017 Posted September 7, 2017 I recently heard a quote from the famous feminist, Gloria Steinem. When asked why she wasn't married, she responded with this gem. "I don't mate in captivity." It's now my favorite sentence in the English language because of how elegantly it sums up my aromantic experience. I'd like to hear if anyone else in the community knows some nice and simple ways of communicating that kind of aro pride with such concision. After all, we could all use a more efficient and well-tuned way to explain aromanticism. I look forward to reading some other examples.
Queen of Spades Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 "My kind of love is a wall that is build over time for a clear reason, not a flame that starts blazing suddenly and out of the blue."
Naegleria fowleri Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 My teacher's words after explaining that aromanticism is a lot like being straight, except everyone's your gender: "So it's like being a straight boy in a room full of straight boys."
OpenAce Posted April 5, 2018 Posted April 5, 2018 (as much as my hate for the phase...) "Everyone's in the 'friend zone'."
Apathetic Echidna Posted April 20, 2018 Posted April 20, 2018 "I love you like I love the weather" (Though I guess this doesn't work if the person has some weird kink for weather...I'm sure there is a kink for that. There is a kink for everything)
time-is-ticking Posted May 24, 2018 Posted May 24, 2018 Friends. friends. frie n ds. fr i en d s. f r i e n d s. f r i e n d s.
Apathetic Echidna Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 'Permanently Free-Range' as in 'you never gonna cage me!'
aro_elise Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 hmm, hard to say. i like the one you mentioned, @James White, partly because i'm poly. (also, i know i've said this, but your 'Heterosexual, but so aro it doesn't even matter' still cracks me up every time, because LARGE MOOD.) how about 'i like friends and/or benefits but not boyfriends'? (by the general definition. i might call a qpp a boyfriend. and 'not girlfriends' is implied. in the interest of keeping it concise.)
TheThing Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 I don’t like ANY of you people romantically, to be honest! In a reaction to my romantic friends talking about there attraction. With me casually shouting out in public... It makes sense in context.
NotHeartless Posted February 6, 2019 Posted February 6, 2019 "I don't fall in love but I feel like my love is scattered all over my friendships."
BlueKumul Posted June 14, 2019 Posted June 14, 2019 On 9/7/2017 at 8:58 AM, James White said: I recently heard a quote from the famous feminist, Gloria Steinem. When asked why she wasn't married, she responded with this gem. "I don't mate in captivity." Sums up the experience of being aro-allo.
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