#Aro

[jester-i-hardly-know-her]

The conspiracy is that the enforcement of monogamous romantic relationship structures is a vehicle for maintaining white supremacy and capitalism, and also it's not a conspiracy, I'm just correct

Oh, this red string you see wrapped around my finger? You're asking if it connects me to my one true love? An understandable mistake, but I'm aromantic. This is for my conspiracy board.

[incognitopolls]

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[lopmojis]

Aro & Ace Ramen

[parrythefloof]

AroAce lads!

I ship but in a queer platonic aroace way :D plus the colors match!!

[aromantic-diaries]

You need to get really aromantic about everything ever

[zemathememequeen]

Author's blatant aromanticism that readers willfully ignore.

[aromanticofficial]

official aromantic post

on friends and soulmates and that type of love that feels like it's going to burst right out of your heart

@/zmije / @/leptodiera / @/bichopalo / lyrics from two best friends by bb bean / animatedjames on youtube / @/killingmyselfbutnotdying / unknown / @/sadiekane / friedrich neitzsche / katfish draws / @/elytrians / @/wormbus-art aka @/angel-pond / @/mushysuggestion / the unsent project / mhairi mcfarlane / unknown

[bored-boring-and-tired]

make your pride flag(s) with heart emojis!

i’ll start:

aroace 🧡💛🤍🩵💙

aro 💚💚🤍🩶🖤

ace 🖤🩶🤍💜

agender 🖤🩶🤍💚🤍🩶🖤

apagender 🤎💜🤍🩶

genderqueer 💜🤍💚

lots of purple and green apparently!!

tagging @thediamondarcher @more-mousebites @paintedwingz @theo-zino-saurus @corryglover @the-world-wont-listenn @nobigdealeojustkeepitrealeo @bebop-robyn @cryingintoyourpillow & anyone else who would like to!!

[aromanticofficial]

genuinely thank you for running this blog, you've helped me come to terms with my own sexuality

thank you for being here!

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is being told you “make them feel like they arent pretty enough” when you cant reciprocate in a romantic way (seriously tho is this universal??)

I've heard that expressed before, and I always wonder what messages they've absorbed socially to get to that point, tbh.

[siren-stories]

I'm about to say something controversial, be warned. It is my personal assumption, based on Jesus' own account of himself in Revelation, "I am the Alpha, and the Omega" that when God took form in Eden, the form he took looked like the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth. He formed a man in His outer material form, took a bit of that and formed a woman in His inner spiritual form. This is why all throughout the Bible, men have to ascend a mountain, persecute His children or fight Him on the road to have a chance meeting with God and God comes to women where they are. In a sense He lived as an aroace would because He already created all things, humanity is His child. When He lived He took no wives and sired no children and was sinless in flesh and spirit. The sacrificial lamb. He is known by many names but I'm sure He make a great Representative of aroace people. It's very common historically to show faith by celibacy. He commanded us to love, He never said it had to require intimacy.

so. people have entertained the idea of gay jesus (religious trauma amiright?) .

but.

what about aroace jesus?

i feel like aroace jesus would cook

[do-not-go-gentle]

IS IT SO BAD TO JUST WANT A ROOMMATE. I JUST WANT TO BE BEST FRIENDS WITH MY ROOMMATE AND THATS IT. NONE OF THIS DATING STUFF.

[kickedoutofthecommunity-aces]

Support asexuals and aromantics who still choose to have sex, with or without a relationship attached.

[aromanticofficial]

official aromantic post

How it feels to be in the fandom of a show about friendship :

[angieblogging]

a beginners guide to… aromanticism.

so topic covered in this post will include:

what does it mean to be aromantic?

qpr vs romantic relationship

what is the aromantic-spectrum?

aro ≠ ace

a/n + other recourses

1. what does it mean to be aromantic?

an individual that is aromantic experiences no romantic attraction. that means they feel no romantic attraction, but can feel other types of attraction such as — platonic, familial, sexual, queerplatonic, alterous, aesthetic, emotional, sensual, intellectual. (these are the types of attraction i know, for the full list and descriptions check out this wiki page!)

each aromantic person can have a certain stance on romance such as romance repulsed or favourable. if you want to learn more about this topic check out this wiki page.

some aromantic people may be in a committed romantic and/or sexual relationship or a so called qpr aka a queerplatonic relationship.

2. qpr vs romantic relationship.

so to start this off i will say that the only people defining their relationship can be the ones in said relationship.

a romantic relationship is usually considered a relationship where two individuals are romantically attracted to each other and engage with each other romantically, such as kissing, cuddling, being committed exclusively to one another.

however the actions mentioned are not exclusive to romantic relationships.

a queerplatonic relationship is a relationship out of the binary. not a romantic or a platonic one. a qpr is not a stepping stone in between a platonic relationship and a romantic one. it is not necessary in between the two, it’s simply existent on it’s own.

what exactly is a qpr is hard to define as it means different things to different people and the only ones that can define it are the people in their qpr. some people are in a qpr where they engage in romantic and/or sexual activities, but feel no romantic attraction to each other, a qpr can be a fully platonic relationship with a sexual aspect or it can be just platonic, but their relationship exceeds the “norm” such as living together temporarily or permanently, raising a child together aka co-parenting. those are just a few examples.

3. what is the aromantic-spectrum?

it’s basically a spectrum of all the aromantic identities. someone who is on the aro-spec can feel little to no romantic attraction, some people feel it under certain circumstances or their attraction fades under certain circumstances. some, but not all labels on the aro spec include: demiromantic, aegoromantic, greyromantic, apothiromantic.

if you wish to read about more labels under the aro-spec check out this page.

all the labels on the aromantic spectrum have their sexual counterparts (ex. demiromantic — demisexual).

4. aro ≠ ace

so while aro and ace (short for asexual) communities are basically one big community (a-spec), it is important to note that aromantic individuals do not have to be asexual, some aros are asexual, some are just aro, some are aplatonic, so keep that in mind. one doesn’t equal the other. just cause someone is aro doesn’t make the asexual, however they can still be on the ace-spec. one can be aromantic and demisexual, many aro/aces use the split attraction model otherwise known as SAM.

SAM is there to basically help out to distinguish between romantic and/or sexual relationship, one is not tied to the other. some may be biromantic and asexual or homosexual and aromantic.

some aros choose not to use the SAM model and in this case they identify as a non-SAM aromantic. why they choose to use it can have many reasons, however they should also be respected as they can identify themselves however they want and truly own no one an explanation.

6. a/n + other recourses

i think this post catches the basics of aromanticism to the best of my ability. this is the basics and being aromantic is so much more complex than a couple definitions.

here’s a website you may find helpful! website

however i encourage you to do further research than just my post and that website. tumblr is a great place as well, there are plenty of aromantic blogs out there, like @our-arospec-experience @arospec-culture-is !