#I swear the anti-ace/aro crowd invests so much time making sure we all know it's a good thing for us to

[herefortheace]

When my colleagues talk about romance (or sex) I smile and hope desperately no one is gonna ask about my “love life” and if they do I am almost definitely gonna lie in some capacity, as I more or less do by omission already

And when I get to know new people in my free time, I will usually do essentially the same unless I can easily disengage and am very invested in the people in question already, no matter how detailed the conversation gets, because I don’t want to risk having to deal with pathologization, dehumanization and/or dudes who decided they just received an invitation to creep on me

but sure neither aromanticism nor asexuality are in any way marginalized orientations, not being able to talk about your orientation without fearing repercussions is normal and not a problem :)