Neon Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi! Due to the fact that I am apparently unable to see things that are right in front of me, despite being nearsighted, I did not see the welcome page until now. So I'm a little late for intros... but here we go! I might exist, which is cool. I use she/her. I love to read fiction. I do public forum debate, which I love as well. I am pretty competitive and tend to ramble about everything(note the length of this monstrosity). I am, as far as I can tell, aromantic and asexual. I could be somewhere on the spectrum, but I don't really have a desire to enter a relationship to find out. I fairly sex repulsed, any implications make me very uncomfortable, but I am sex positive. If it's safe and consensual, do as much or as little as you want(just please don't tell me about it). I vary between romance indifferent and romance repulsed depending on the situation and how I feel. But with non-fictional people who aren't me, I am perfectly fine, and okay knowing about it. For me, I was told by my friends that they all thought I was asexual, which was the first time I had heard the term. I strongly denied this, and insisited I was straight, and spent 3 years trying to convince myself it was in my head - I would want a relationship soon. Then I came across aromantic, and did, more or less, the same. Then there was the summer of 2020, where, with lack of distractions, I did a lot of reflecting, and ended up getting no where. So I talked to my sister in broad terms, and was told to research, something I had avoided. It was so helpful, I can't even begin to describe how much it helped. It really just affirmed what I knew about myself, something definitions alone couldn't do. It was just constant reflection of myself, and it made me feel way more sure than I do on most things. Anyway that was a little journey into whatever my brain is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queasy_Attention Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Ha, COVID was the reason I had time to meditate on my aromantic identity too! Silver linings, lol. I also totally relate to that feeling of looking this up and feeling a huge wave of affirmation, it's amazing. Welcome to the forum!! As you've probably seen, folks around here are pretty chill as far as I can tell Hope to see you around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmbo Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi and belated welcome! Do you have any special preference of fiction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hello, welcome. I suppose it is one little ray of hope that I have heard all these stories about people taking time to work out who they are during this pandemic, being able to take some time for introspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi again (ha I don't know how to start in person conversations either) I just wanted to say thank you to you guys for replying. Thats pretty cool. Its also neat to see people who relate to me. I don't really use social media(self-discovery is an exception), so I don't know ettiquette rules around tagging people. So I won't for now, but I wanted to reply to holbmo that I love YA fantasy and action/adventure. Thanks for asking! Also to Queasy_attention and roboticanary, hi as well! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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