chesnutsammy replied to your post:I’ve seen so many posts about coming out as...
That’s a superrrr good point! Thank you for even saying that. I think if people are ever to tell them it might be to let them know why they might not want children, marriage or thinks like that. But wooooowow that is a wonderful point
This is literally the only explanation I have on it, but it doesn’t make sense, since asexuality =/= aromanticism, and plenty of asexuals have relationships, marry, and hell, even have children - even if they’re sex repulsed.
Literally, is this about coming out as aro, not ace? Is everyone just misusing the terms, or simply unaware of the difference? It seems very... strange, considering these are people educating others and actually coming out, people who would have to be terribly unlucky to have missed the memo on the distinction between the two orientations.
Is it a case of people being both, and going with the more easily understood term? That’s something I can definitely understand, but again, I don’t understand why it’s never specified online in an environment where people would know the difference.
I just - can’t see how it’d even work as a comeback to being bothered. Like;
Dick relative: “When are you going to have a baby?”
Ace person: “I’m asexual.”
Dick relative: “You don’t have to have sex to make a baby!”
You’d still need to come up with another reason for the person pestering you (or, as more appropriate, you should just tell them to shut the fuck up since it’s literally none of their business, but being myself, I know I would never do that - hell, I tried to explain that I was asexual to a man who molested me on the subway, as if I needed an excuse to not want his clammy hands inside my pants).
Does it shut people up?
If it actually does, then I fully get it. Like, if you’re being pestered about your sex life in any situation, telling people it ain’t your jam probably is in place to rid you of them. But - firstly, why, and secondly, does anyone take you seriously? Does anyone know what it means, that it’s an actual thing - is it worth it?
Am I being assbackwards about this, saying it’s not worth it to bother since people won’t understand anyway? It’s just that I can’t - I can’t see the benefit in this.