aromantic/asexual general
previous thread: QOTD: How do you feel about recent political controversy in the U.S.?
Q&A/FAQ:
what is asexuality?
it's where one feels little to no sexual attraction.
is asexuality celibacy?
No, celibacy is abstaining from sex & is an individual choice unlike asexuality.
what is aromanticism?
Aromanticism is where one feels little to no romantic attraction.
Is aromanticism a sexuality?
No, it's a romantic orentation.
/aro/ace/gen
Joseph Powell
Lincoln Flores
I find it very creative that whoever makes the images has made so many of them for the OPs!
Aiden Clark
I'm pretty sure that this was the previous thread:>QOTD:
I haven't looked at U.S. politics lately so I only now know that a controversy exists so I don't have an opinion yet. I bet it's somthing to do with their 4th of july thing or something like that.
Kevin Mitchell
I am aromantic but I like seeing romantic things like a cute romance in fiction. I don't want this for me, but watching it still cute. Anyone feels the same?
Benjamin Sullivan
bump
Jonathan Smith
bump
Camden Thompson
Apologies, didn't find that one due to search for aro/ace instead of ace/aro. Will keep it in mind going on.
Kevin Nguyen
You’re supposed to delete the bumps a minute after posting so the thread doesn’t look so sad.
Logan Wilson
So many cute pics. Been saving them all. Ty OP
> QOTD
The Roe vs Wade shit? It's wild to me this is still an ongoing thing.
I'm not really pro-life, but I don't think I staunchly identify as pro-choice either.
I'm in favor of abortion for cases like women who were raped, those who cannot bear a child for medical reasons, etc.
On the other hand I feel like us doing abortions is playing God, but that's a whole different animal.
I will say though - this is similar to gun control - all this does is make it less accessible by legitimate means and will lead to people achieving the same results in much more dangerous and well, illegal, ways.
Like I said - super back-and-forth on it. It really is a nuanced thing, but like most political ideologies people boil it down to "Are you for or against?"
Whole lot of rambling. Anyway, thank you OP for the daily aroace threads; they are appreciated picrel is taken from the asexuality sub a long time ago
Owen Cox
Hadn't intended for that, but glad to be of service.
>On the other hand I feel like us doing abortions is playing God, but that's a whole different animal.
I've no problem playing God, for Man is Him, but I am struck by the lack of serious consideration of the matter by both the left and the right on this issue. Unless we could be absolutely sure of when the soul and the body become associated as in life, then I don't think we would have any legitimate grounds for touching the issue of abortion. Unfortunately for obvious reasons (such a matter is treated as "religious" despite strictly being secular) that is never approached in political media. Honestly the debates are kind of funny still; usually they're coming from people who believe man to be made by either God or Nature, never realizing that both of their worldviews are equally depressing. Living example of horseshoe theory.
>picrel is taken from the asexuality sub a long time ago
Thank you for that image again. It is a good edit.
Leo Baker
okay
Levi Turner
Forgot you could delete bumps, actually.
Carter Reyes
>aro but not ace
having to constantly explain this on tinder is suffering
Eli Howard
it would be nice if the SAM was mainstream. Sadly our society has lumped romantic & sexual attraction together.
Asher Morales
>when you haven't come out and your parents ask when you're going to get a girlfriend for the 99999th time
Robert Reed
Luckily my parents have trepidation on approaching the matter. One time when my mom was actually confronting me on it in the car, we met someone we recognized on the road and briefly stopped. After that I'm guessing she lost her nerve and the vibes had generally changed, so the conversation just ended and there's been no inquiries since.
Wyatt Robinson
I can see some aesthetics to it, mainly if it's conjoined to family, kids, or nice old couples.
Luis Brown
I loathe when people get attached to me but all I write are fluffy romcoms and porn so, yeah, is possible to like the "aesthetic" of it.
Juan Evans
I've told my parents that I just don't find men or women attractive in "that way" and they... seem relieved, actually.
One benefit from them infantilizing the shit out of me, i guess.
Though lately, my mother has been acting really bitter about me not planning on giving her grandchildren someday. Like, making snide little comments about it when the topic pops up or just looking really pissed off about it.
Though I don't know, I would like to adopt someday or something, I'm not completely against the concept of having children or even a SO for support someday, I just don't wanna give birth, and babies in general are a recurrent nightmare of mine.
Charles Cook
Interesting how that turned out, at least.
Hudson Martinez
Any other aros completely unperturbed by the concept of cheating? Like, I can GET why it would bother people in romantic relationships. Logically, I understand it.
But at the same time, as on a personal (aromantic/allosexual) level, it seems scarily possessive of another person's sexuality. It all feels so outdated, which is basically how I feel about romantic relationships as a whole.
Christian Powell
Man, I wish I was asexual but I'm really just too broken to be intimate with people haha