Mihiko Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Hello, I joined today and I quite recently discovered I can be in aromantic spectrum. I read about what aromantic means and about signs of aromantic of other people. Many of them is matching: I never had a crush, I had to come out with some when I was talking with my friends. The possible crush was after all a 'squish' in fact. I'm romantic repulsive to idea of me in relationship and I not always understand the romantic actions of others. Or the concept of love itself. I always thought that there was something wrong with me because others found each other one or more partners and I didn't even want to think about it too much. And there is many other factors that indicate that I'm aromantic. But I still enjoy some romantic stories. I have ships and I have few favourite romance stories that I like to read/watch. Does that mean I'm not aromantic and confuse it with something else? Usually, when watching / reading other genres, I do not pay attention to whether there is any romance in it. I also remember that in some stories I felt repulsive at the sight of some romantic actions or did not understand how the characters came together even though others took it for certainty. I like some romances for other features like e.g. representation of the world or a dash. However, I really like some of them for a main relationship and I have a lot of ships or OC that I create to be with some character. Does that exclude me from being an aromatic? Thank you if you choose to answer. I don't know if my problem is trivial and I shouldn't write it, but I'm very anxious when I finally start to understand something about myself and I don't have any other people to ask so I decided to write here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 yeah, you could be aro. There are quite a few aros who enjoy romance in fiction but are absolutely not interested when it comes to themselves. not uncommon and there are a few threads on this site about shipping etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagito Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Hi! Of course you can call yourself aromantic. Being aro doesn't mean you have to be a romance negative, romance repulsed and hate story with romantic plot, there's no 'have to'. It's just a stereotype, there's a lot of diversity in the aro spectrum. For example, I'm a romance ambivalent aro and I like to read and write stories with my fav ship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewy Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Enjoying romance in fiction doesn't exclude you from being aro at all, lots of aro people love fictional romance, myself included. The aromantic experience is very diverse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihiko Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Your answers really helped me thank you all for help :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 As an extra, if you want to find experiences of people who like romance in idea but do not wish to participate in it themselves, one label used is Aegoromantic. giving that a search might help you find experiences similar to your own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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