Jul 28, 2025
tiring how even neutral language such as "liking" or "having feelings for" someone comes pre loaded with assumptions of romance and then the burden is on you to communicate in that clunky, overly-labeled way if you want to make it clear you aren't talking about romance so as not to be misleading, except then all that does is make people think you doth protest too much. ben_affleck_smoking.jpg
#aroace shit#[6th grader voice] 'do you like him?' of course. why would we be friends if I didn't like him?#'do you have feelings for her?' for my best friend? yeah lots of them!#[utopia.jpg] society if I could say what I mean instead of a defensive overexplanation bc of how I know you're gonna misinterpret it#not st#<- except also yeah it also applies to st#eleven hopperbyerscreel would never have this problem
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