Oct 20, 2025
I love how identities can be as broadly or as narrowly defined as you want.
Am I technically some kind of grey aroace? Probably. Could I find suitable microlabels? Probably. Could be interesting to see others with my specific experiences.
But do the nuances personally matter to me? Nah. I don’t want to date, I don’t wanna have sex.
Briefly being flustered by a cashier or having a crush on Ed Sheeran for a grand total of four hours doesn’t really make a tangible difference to my life. At most it gives me a peak of who I'd like if I was allo.
I still respect people with a collection of microlabels and corresponding flags. It looks fun. I just don't have the energy or desire to thoroughly self-analyze the nuances of my rare attractions.
#actual original content#aroace#aspec#aromantic#actually aromantic#actuallyaromantic#actually asexual#actuallyasexual#actually aroace#actuallyaroace#arospec#acespec#microlabels#micro labels#I’m also gendervoid (definitely an obscure identity)#but it's too much effort to bother to explain and#potentially even just as importantly#I don't like any of the gendervoid flags#(still need to finish & post a redesign)#the nonbinary flag looks good with the aro and ace ones though#(I prefer the two separate flags to show how I emphasize my aro identity more because sex always felt irrelevant)#(and how not dating has personally caused more friction)#the agender flag looks good with the aromantic flag#and the genderqueer flag ties them both together#I've considered getting used to calling myself genderqueer since I already identify with queer as an umbrella term#think about the three pin lineup#as you can tell graphic design is my passion#personal
