Any other AceAros getting tired of how much Aces and Aros get lumped together?

[CJandCosplays]

I know there are a ton of non-ace aros that are tired of always being assumed they are ace.

But honestly, as someone who is ace and aro, I'm pretty tired of it too.

I don't really see it as one identity. I am ace. I am aro. And I am acearo. Those all mean vastly different things to me.

And don't get me wrong, I think the sunset aroace flag is really pretty. I just also think since it's been popularized, people have been lumping aro into ace identities even more now (and it's not like it was a rare occurrence before).

Like whenever I wanna add a cute sticker on snapchat, or a fun filter on tiktok, if I search aromantic, the a gets completely ignored and I just get romantic searches (literally the complete opposite of what I'm looking for). But if I search aro, I get aroace and the sunset flag.

Maybe I wanted the green flag.

It's just really annoying.

Edited yesterday at 08:23 AM by CJandCosplays

[Duck The Guy]

ABSOLUTELY!! as someone who is very much 100% aro and not exactly asexual, trying to find media/content/discussion or anything about aromanticism that even acknowledges that it's separate from sexual orientation is exhausting 😩(also don't mind me replying to this like a week later lol)

[Neon]

YES. Sometimes I just want to see stuff about aromanticism. Not asexuality, not aroace-ness, not any other aspec identities.

It really should not be as hard as it is.

[Picklethewickle]

Truthfully, I've never seen discussions about aromanticism by itself anywhere but here. I see the rare flag on Pinterest, but that's not a discussion.

[The Newest Fabled Creature]

I get tired of it quite a bit, too, especially since I'm aroallo; though, I kind of completely ignore my allosexuality now and leave it unlabeled because of my aromanticism, and on rare occasions have considered myself a non-SAM aro. But, I often have friends (and some family) of mine either refer to me as asexual or as aroace, with some of these friends being a part of the aspec community or aro community themselves, which makes it more frustrating (though most of the time this comes from allo friends). It's like, they completely forget that aroallos exist and I have to remind them that I'm aromantic or "the other one"/"the opposite one." A few of them have apologized and said they would do better, and a couple have, but there would still be some that go right back to confidently stating that I'm asexual, and although I know that they're talking about my lack of romantic attraction, asexual still has nothing to do with that and so I still remind them. I know it's not my responsibility to ward away even well-meaning ignorance, but I feel like when it comes from people I know - I can handle it more easily.