#aromanticism

[thermodynamic-comedian]

aro subtype: desires a homoerotic rivalry with someone, but feels immense disgust at the concept of "enemies to lovers"

[littlepoetsblog]

Ooh 😮 someone ask me things! /genuine

Arospec Ask Game

To help get #aromantic trending I've come up with an ask game. Don't forget to tag you answers with #aromantic!

What's your favorite part of being arospec?

What's your least favorite part of being arospec?

Favorite color?

Favorite color from the aromantic pride flag?

Favorite pride flag, arospec or not,m

Favorite arospec blogger?

Ever been to a pride event?

Aro culture is....?

When did you realize you were arospec?

Have you come out to anyone? If so, who?

What do you think the biggest misconception is surrounding aromanticism?

What's your advice to someone questioning they are arospec?

Do you know other arospec people? (Online or off)

If you could change the aro flag, would you and why?

What's a movie that you get aro vibes from?

What's a song that you get aro vibes from?

What's a book that you get aro vibes from?

Favorite arospec meme?

Frogs, turtles, or kangaroos?

Question you wish people would stop asking when they find out you're arospec?

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

it is funny how many non-aspec and non-poly people think that aspec identities and polyamory are somehow at odds with each other. like 1) you can be aspec and polyamorous. i know of many such cases. 2) even if you aren't, both identities/experiences involve unpacking amatonormativity and realizing that traditional romantic and sexual monogamous relationships aren't the be all and end all of human connection.

[aro-polls]

aros, do you label your sexual orientation?

yes

no, but i label one or more tertiary orientations

no i'm just aro

results

[garlicbreadish]

"they're aroace, they probably wouldn't know what sex is!"

sit beside me. i'm gonna explain you the nine methods of bdsm, the 150 positions of sex, how different genders have sex, all in detail cause i grew up with a restricted internet access and i also discovered ao3 and wattpad at a young age and i can't function without fics ^^

[yagikidd57]

This is by far one of the most brain dead comments I’ve ever seen. You do realize asexual and aromantic people can be in same-sex relationships right?

Coming out as aroace, i’ve had people tell me I’m mentally ill, i was threatened with corrective r*pe, i was told i shouldn’t exist and that i should unalive myself, i’ve been called a d*ke and f*ggot (i’m masc presenting btw). I’ve been invalidated constantly by queer and straight people & I’m always being pushed out of safe spaces because of my sexual/romantic identity. You’re telling me none of that isn’t oppressive? You do realize discrimination is a form of oppression, right?

Wishing oppression on people is not the flex you think it is. It’s weird and disturbing. So who’s the cunt exactly here? 

[negativepeanuthoarder]

"love is what makes us human" actually it's 'select all images with boat' but go off I guess

[killingmyselfbutnotdying]

"Friends dont look at friends that way" COWARD. I look at my friends with awe in my eyes, my chest is filled with love, im glowing because i get to be near my friends. I look at my friends and i would give them my everything. SO SKILL ISSUE, look at your friends with all the love that you have

[42-clocks]

[image ID: Bernie Sanders meme with a small aromantic flag captioned “I am once again asking for you to include aromantics in your pride art/posts/merch” End ID]

[rottingwithers]

No, you misunderstood. When I said I can’t feel romantic or sexual attraction I wasn’t complaining, I was bragging.

[knifearo]

here's the thing. "ace people can still have sex" and "aro people can still be in relationships" are objectively true statements. this is because people can do whatever the fuck they want forever regardless of their label/orientation. however some of you have GOT to get your shit together and stop using those statements to undermine larger conversations about aspec identity. following up "ace people don't owe you sex in a relationship" with "ace people can still have sex in a relationship though!" is not fucking helpful! yes it's true. yes it's a reality for many people. however if we used our fucking brains for a second and thought about how following up "people don't have to conform to societal expectation" with "but people can still conform!! don't worry they can still conform!!!!" is counterproductive and very frustrating for a lot of people then we could get back to the actual point which is not "aspec people can still have sex/be in relationships" but "aspec people can do whatever they want with their relationships and their bodies". which they can, by the way. they can do whatever they want forever. and you should give them 200 dollars every time you see them for dealing with this shit

[yagikidd57]

It’s going to be 2025 soon and we still have people arguing that aromantic and asexual people don’t belong in the LGBTQIA+ community.

[merely-a-caricature]

Normalize super close friendships instead of assuming there must be a romantic and/or sexual factor—friends are a wonderful treasure!

[aro-polls]

aros who are grey ace, what's your affinitive sexual orientation (e.g. bisexual, homosexual)

heterosexual

bisexual

pansexual

homosexual

other

unlabelled/i only use a grey ace label

see results

affinitive orientation: a term used when describing orientations. It is an umbrella term for any orientations that describe which gender(s) one is or is not attracted to. It includes terms such as bi, pan, ace, lesbian, gay, and most other orientation labels that do not fall under the asexual spectrum or aromantic spectrum.

[pinnakoladda]

hey as a local aroace, i want to specify something.

were no strangers to love. you know the rules and so do i (do i). a full commitments what im thinking of. you wouldnt get this from any other guy. i just wanna tell you how im feeling. gotta make you understand. never gonna give you up. never gonna let you down. never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry. never gonna say goodbye. never gonna tell a lie and hurt you