Armored frog Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthetic Adrenaline Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I usually just phrase it as 'I like my freedom'. You could also word it as wanting to focus on school and succeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jot-Aro Kujo Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Why don't you want to explain it? It sounds like they'd be accepting. If you'd rather not give the whole speech, you could always just send them some resources on the subject. There's plenty around online. I think TAAAP might have a printable "aspec 101" pamphlet? Unless that was something made just for events and not on the website, idk. But anyway, there's stuff you can use to help teach them the terminology and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armored frog Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said: Why don't you want to explain it? It sounds like they'd be accepting. If you'd rather not give the whole speech, you could always just send them some resources on the subject. There's plenty around online. I think TAAAP might have a printable "aspec 101" pamphlet? Unless that was something made just for events and not on the website, idk. But anyway, there's stuff you can use to help teach them the terminology and such. thank you! having ressources on the topic would definitely help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jot-Aro Kujo Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 27 minutes ago, Armored frog said: thank you! having ressources on the topic would definitely help In that case definitely check out TAAAP, AUREA, and uh, I assume AVEN? I'm not ace myself so I don't know as much about the ace side of things, but I would assume they've got something. You can always just google like, "aspec 101" or "asexuality guide" or something like that too. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zariah Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said: In that case definitely check out TAAAP, AUREA, and uh, I assume AVEN? I'm not ace myself so I don't know as much about the ace side of things, but I would assume they've got something. You can always just google like, "aspec 101" or "asexuality guide" or something like that too. Good luck! Yeah, AVEN has some stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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