#asexual aromantic

[staygoldslaygold]

Aromantic byler fans are you there... anyone out there

[officeobject]

Fun fact but in 2023 I knew there was the term "friendzone", and since I WANTED to be friends and never be seen as a romantic and/or sexual option ever, and never wanted people to have a crush on me, and there's also how there's the weird platonic emotions, then I'd end up phrasing things weirdly because there lacks vocabulary for those niche friendship feelings, so my characters would literally be like "FRIENDZONE ME!", or "but don't worry, you're friendzoned - like, I could never date you ;)" - as well as other ways I used that term that I'll keep niche, so that was a thing I did, and I could say I no longer say weird stuff like that, but, maybe based on other people saying "hormonal" in certain ways - I don't recall how - I just ended up using "hormonal" and "hormones" in certain ways that I personally really understand but can't explain, which one probably noticed if one recognizes my blog, and I also say "platonic equivalent of horny" or "platonically horn horn", for, like, that one niche feeling - I also still technically use "friendzone" in that way but in my head more, and I also do things like write actions or emotions in " * ", but people see that as "roleplay" when I genuinely wanna express emotions or actions in that way, so I've increasingly stopped, especially since, I guess, I actually AM changing, like the Backrooms movie urges one to - and in REGARDS to the things I'd presumably have to change, by for example being less ... weird or whatever I consider "me", but that aren't flattering and/or good habits. I mean everyone absorbs language and I've always done it, but sometimes I realize it's quite "unnatural" or that I begin rather mimicking others, and sometimes it DOES seem natural (like the examples mentioned), but when it doesn't, it's kind of as if I'm losing myself in a way, but "myself" isn't really worth keeping around as-is, in regards to the shitty habits, so perhaps I shouldn't be bothered by that - and I mean I DO sometimes change the way I talk due to other people (I've written this text as myself though), so THAT HURTS, but that's not a bad thing I guess - and hey, maybe I'm just used to being the same way and that IT'S why I don't wanna change ... I even have abbreviations that turns out no one else uses, but I've for some reason stopped using those, except in my head, but I remember them. I'm still myself in life, but I've been speaking less like myself, and hey, I'm due for a change, as people say - if I haven't been changing already - but that's a little story on some fun language stuff! I've even considered not tagging this, because it's a lot about language and me venting or whatever, and THAT'S irrelevant or something - perhaps I'll stop using more and more posts as opportunities to vent or whatever - I mean I have a tendency to do that ANYWHERE, at this point - I mean I'll stop if that's a problem! This really shouldn't feel or be that I'm erasing myself, and if I am, it's for the better - I forgot what else I was gonna say.

[chemicalarospec]

enough about it being awkward when you're aroace and someone has a crush on you. more rep for the aroaces who nobody has ever found attractive (or at least admitted it to their face) and are starting to feel a bit bad about themselves cuz of it, even though they probably would reject anyone asking them out anyways

[atinybitofhopepunk]

Suddenly remember that time when I played a choose-your-adventure style vampire romance game by chance, and my two ways of playing was:

Being so focus on upgrading the stats during my first playthrough that I just skipped the entire romance segment. Like completely locked out of the final boss battle because that required a romance partner to the prom, and since I was busy maxxing out the stats, I wasn't given any of those.

Upon realizing I was supposed to not max out all the stats, and also interact with the potential romance, I went on a pokemon-style "catch 'em all" spree. Literally I was just hunting all of the possible endings for fun by then lmao

[graynide]

girl, maybe i do have an ace in my aro

[verdantdrawzstories]

As an AroAce author who often writes romantic subplots, I am… Incredibly confused at my own brain

[theunsureartist]

I’ll learn to love myself one day…