#asexual experience

[autumnmist102side]

LGBallT+ Comic

I remembered this from two weeks ago. Strange experience, but possibly a relatable one.

Yeeeaaah, I still don't know what to make of the experience. But figured it'd be an interesting comic.

[secretlyajellyfishhh]

Storytime:

In sophomore year this boy confessed he like me and because he had all his friends with him, and I had never encountered this situation before, I tried to be like “Oh! I’m so surprised. Here’s my number, I have to get to class, maybe we can meet up sometime and like talk about it more??” (Not in those exact words, but in my defense it was like years ago)

Anyways, he took what I said very wrong (which fair, I was way too friendly and definitely gave off the wrong impression) and told all his friends that I was dating him. At this time I was a people pleaser and wouldn’t have lived with myself if I just crushed him, so I tried to politely explain to him I wasn’t interested but he wasn’t getting the message. I felt like I needed to explain myself so I looked up “how to tell someone you’ve never felt attracted to anyone or interested in romance” and that’s when I found out being aro/ace was a thing and I was like omg this this this—so when I met up with him again, I tried explaining that I had never really been into men or women, and I just didn’t see myself with anyone. He still didn’t get it. “That sounds really lonely! Don’t you wanna try dating and see?” Erm… no actually? That’s kind of what I was trying to explain?

Anyways I had to run away again and send a passive aggressive text asking to leave me alone after he got like 5x creepier with his texts and blocked his number. Before that point, my mom was like agreeing with him and wanted me to try. Sorry but no sorry, can no one respect that I am not interested?

Anyways, dating or sex wasn’t something I had ever really thought about at all. I always had an aversion to it, but I just thought it was because I wasn’t popular or girly and that was something a performative girl was “interested” in

Definitely put those thoughts on the back burner as I trudged through the rest of the year and then spiraled about it Junior year because I wasn’t sure if I really felt this way or couldn’t remember not feeling this way or if something was wrong with me

Nothing is wrong. I am perfectly content with my lack of a love life. Having friends is so so so much better 💛

[secretlyajellyfishhh]

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[secretlyajellyfishhh]

For me and the other jellyfish I know, a common asexual experience is hearing:

“How do you know if you've never tried it?”

I know in the same way that you knew you were interested in sex. I saw one post saying to imagine someone you would never ever have sex with—like your sister, brother, mum, dad—and that feelings of disgust is how it feels every time I imagine sex.

“You just haven't found the right person yet.” Or “You’re young. It’s just a phase. You’ll get those feelings eventually.”

Sexuality can change over time, this is absolutely true, but not true to everyone. To me, this just makes me feel invalidated and maybe even broken. This implies asexuality is a temporary thing that can be fixed by the right sexual partner.

“What about marriage and kids?”

Well, just so we are clear (heh heh, get it? Cause I’m a jellyfish? No? Damn…) throughout our lifecycle, jellyfish take on two different body forms: medusa and polyps. Polyps can reproduce asexually by budding, while medusae spawn eggs and sperm to reproduce sexually. Or I will adopt some other jellyfishes children. Who knows? It’s none of your damn business if I marry and have kids anyways.

[raccoon-go-bweh]

BLAGGH SHUT TF UP GET OUT OF MY FEED

☄️☄️☄️

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[nightlilly1050]

Short OC Comic

Just a couple of friends talking about who they’re into—I think this is a pretty universal experience In Highschool, no matter what your sexuality is. I remember growing up people would always ask me who I had a crush on and I’d just sort of spin my wheels trying to come up with someone. Did Zoro from One Piece count? Anyways, I have a lot of LGBT friends, and I wrote this as a way to try and imagine what those kind of conversations might look like for someone who’s Gay or Asexual.

By the way, these are two of my OC’s from a story I’m working on. Hopefully I’ll turn it into a published novel one day, but for now it’s still sort of stuck in the concept stage, and I haven’t stated writing the book yet. I’m still feeling things out, so hopefully doing stuff like this helps me flesh out what I want.

The girl’s name is Clover, and the boy is Ivan—Ivan’s the MC of this particular story. (You know, whenever I actually get around to writing it.)

Oh, and here’s a transcript of the dialogue in case it’s confusing. (Hopefully the comic flows well, I’m still figuring out how to make these things.)

Clover: “It’s kinda wierd… but I’ve never really been, like, INTO guys.”

Ivan: “I mean, I’ve never really been into girls. (So it’s not that wierd.)”

Clover: “No, not like that. I mean, I’ve thought about dating before. Holding hands, kissing, all fine. It’s just…”

“I don’t think I want what my brother has. (Yuck.)”

Ivan: “Ah. Right” Guess that makes one of us.

Sorry it’s not the best dialogue. Hopefully it gets the idea across though.

[unhappytogekiss]

Being ace means the only feeling you have towards thirst traps and porn bots is sympathy for the poor woman's back muscles

[taleofharrison]

How do I tell my friends I can't do a hear me out cake cause I don't feel attraction?