Hey so idk if this makes sense but im aroace and im positive i am. but i also feel like im bi. I know that there are 4 attractions sensual sexual romantic and aesthetic so while i id as aro ace i feel i may be aromamtic asexual bi-sensual????pan-aesthetic???? Does this make sense? I feel as tho it doesnt.
Short answer, that makes sense and you’re valid!
Long answer, that makes sense and here’s why. Normally when people talk about being attracted to someone, they don’t specify how they’re attracted, just that they’re attracted, but if you find it helpful, you talk about different types of attraction. The list I know is (in no particular order) sexual, romantic, platonic, aesthetic, sensual, and alterous. Platonic attraction is (at least for me) wanting to be someone’s friend and hang out with them; it’s sort of like a crush, but without any romance or sexuality (this is called a squish btw). Alterous attraction is intentionally hard to define, neither strictly platonic or romantic, although it can involve aspects of both; for me, it’s sort of in between platonic and romantic, but not everyone sees it like that.
Not everyone has to give an orientation label to every kind of attraction, though. Some people aren’t sure if they experience a type of attraction, some people don’t know the right words to describe how their attraction works, some people find some types of attraction aren’t important enough to label, some people don’t want to use multiple labels, some people can’t distinguish between different types of attraction, etc etc. Basically, you can of course give orientation labels to multiple different kinds of attraction, but you don’t have to, either, even if you do experience multiple types of attraction.
So can you call yourself bi aroace, or aromantic, asexual, bi-sensual, and pan-aesthetic? Of course!
P.S. you might also want to read up on oriented aroace and angled aroace.














