Solos common cause with aros

[Holmbo]

There's a growing number of singles who are not interested in coupling up. I think that the issues facing them is almost identical to aros. How do you feel about people who identify as single for life / solo / self partnered etc? Do you feel common cause with them? Are you involved in any community for singles?

[nonmerci]

I think we have common grounds when it comes to amatonormativity. We both suffer from the assumption people need romance to be happy. Maybe not exactly in the same way, but that still count as a common cause.

[roboticanary]

Absolutely.

We face a lot of problems stemming from the same root.

Also while I suspect aromanticism is very rare, single people who are not looking to couple up etc are a massive group with far more power than us. So practically I think there is a lot of benefit to aros looking for what is being made available to single people.

So I was listening to the radio today and I heard that someone has set up a single womens group which has now got over 100 members, has regular meetups and gets interest in the local news for a project in one small city (chelmsford) in my old county of Essex. 

So while I'm not involved in any groups yet I suspect for a lot of people this sort of thing is a better bet for building communities outside of romance. I mean are there even 100 aros in Chelmsford?  Let alone 100 aro women. So if you want to build a space to make connections free from romance this seems like a really good punt.

Now maybe the numbers are smaller for those who are looking to stay single for life, but I still think helping to build these communities will be a good way to get local groups off the ground in a way which can't really be done for aromanticism