Can sakuric attraction still be felt without the romantic part? I'm aro-spec and my caregiver is completely aro, so romantic attraction isn't big between us, but we're queerplatonic life partners and the rest of the definition fits us pretty well
TLDR: yes I don’t see a problem with it if it feels right to you
In my mind sakuric is sort of like a spectrum with people who will feel more or less of each component. I have heard from many people who are afamilial, aromantic and asexual but still sakuric because the way it is experienced within sakuric is entirely unique to outside it. But I also don’t see an issue with experiencing a lack of sexual or romantic attraction within sakuric if it feels like it fits.
I chose to include both sexual and romantic attraction within the definition of sakuric because of the nature of how those are often intertwined and intertwined within the attraction. I would personally say though that just romantic + familial or just sexual + familial also fall under this experience.
Nobody necessarily has to use them, but I was thinking of some sort of combo terms for those who would want to make that distinction. I wouldn’t consider it a uniquely separate attraction but orientations that fall under the sakuric umbrella:
acesakuric: a combination term for an asexual person who experiences sakuric attraction, or otherwise a person who experiences sakuric attraction as both romantic and familial
arosakuric: a combination term for an aromantic person who experiences sakuric attraction, or otherwise a person who experiences sakuric attraction as both sexual and familial
Consider this a coining post of those if you’d like! Again, no pressure to use them if you’d rather just say sakuric or another sakuric orientation. Just food for thought @radiomogai @io-archival