Alloaces have more in common with aroaces who partner nonromantically than either group will ever admit. Show some solidarity now.
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Alloaces have more in common with aroaces who partner nonromantically than either group will ever admit. Show some solidarity now.
It's so funny being a partnering aroace because I am like. You don't need attraction to have a relationship so for example a lesbian having a fulfilling relationship with a man where they are life partners is totally possible and doesn't invalidate her orientation or his gender.
Please do not tell the conservatives about this tho
Going on a date with our sys partners today. Really excited. It's gonna be our first date!
Gonna go to an arcade and play a fuck ton of air hockey, and then we're going to go back to our house and cook some tacos.
want partnering aspec representation. want to see it in media. want to read other people's experiences. see silly memes and casual chats about it. want
Partnering AroAce / Partnered AroAce
Describes an Aromantic Asexual who wishes to form a significant partnership with others. the opposite of non-partnering / non-partnered.
Flags in order ; AroAce, AroAcespec, GreyAroAce, AroAceflux
Made with my Partnering flag
"but how can you be aroace and in a relationship?"
well, most aroaces do not experience romantic or sexual attraction so they probably won't have the desire to be in a relationship. I use "most" because some aroaces use the label to describe they're both arospec & acespec (so they experience experience little, infrequent romantic/sexual attraction etc) and that's totally valid too 💚💜
However, the aroace spectrum is a big and beautiful one and some aroaces do desire a relationship! Some aroace people don't get into relationships, because the lack of attraction doesn't really prompt a desire to act; but those that do desire to be in a relationship may do so for any number of reasons.
Some are romance/sex favorable, so romantic activities and gestures are fun and they would engage in a romantic relationship with someone and even have sexual intimacy if they want to. They may enter a romantic relationship for all of the experiences that typically come with romance, just without the attraction. Aroaces can date and have sex!
Some aroaces have a desire for companionship and may engage in a qpr, queerplatonic relationship (not a romantic relationship) which do sound wonderful in my opinion 🤭. A lot of people think this is just a fancy term for friendship, but it's really deeper than that. What I understand is that a queerplatonic relationship is a a term for a relationship that does not fit our society's traditional expectation of either a friendship or a romantic relationship. This can mean a lot of different things in different relationships.
QPRs are not just “cuddle buddies.” There are so many more values to a QPR than people realize, and I guess an easy way to describe it is a relationship that queers, bends the platonic. You are allowed to be in a QPR and do whatever you feel comfortable with. You wanna kiss your partner(s) or have kids? Valid! You don’t wanna do that? Also valid.
A queerplatonic relationship bends the rules for telling apart romantic relationships from non-romantic relationships. It typically goes beyond what is considered normal or socially acceptable for a platonic relationship but is not romantic in nature or does not fully fit the traditional idea of a romantic relationship.
It is very important to remember that the validity of you relationship (however you want to label it) is not contingent on how romantic/sexual they are. It all comes to what the people involved decide to do in their relationship; no one should tell you what your relationships should look like - that is for you and your partner(s) to decide. Which is how it should be really!
Humans have classified things in little boxes, for years; including relationships. Kissing and having sex go in this box labeled "romantic" and going to the mall to buy clothes in this one labeled "friendship." I believe that nothing is inherently romantic or platonic. It all depends on the intention of the people involved. If you want to have a partner to kiss and also to play games with and get married but also not go on romantic dates, then do it! And labeled or not, that's valid ⚘
In conclusion, YES, you can be aroace and have a relationship of whatever sorts you and your partner(s) would like 💓 I hope all of this was helpful!!
Partnering omniaspec culture is loving the label electio aroace