#romance indifferent

[romance-evil-aro]

IT IS OKAY TO HAVE COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT ROMANCE!!!!!! IT IS OKAY TO NOT BE ROMANCE REPULSED OR ROMANCE FAVOURABLE!!!! IT IS OKAY IF YOUR FEELINGS ON ROMANCE DEPEND ON CONTEXT!!!! IT IS OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ON ROMANCE ARE!!!!

[asphyxiatedredherring]

Hey, just so you know, it's ok for your feelings to fluctuate. It's ok to be sex or romance repulsed one day and not the next. It's ok to be indifferent one day and favorable the next. It's ok it you think you're sex repulsed and then realize maybe you're sex adverse. It's ok to be romance indifferent one moment and adverse the next. It's ok. Your experiences are valid.

[thermodynamic-comedian]

epic fight between me (polyamorous aromantic) and the phrase "you're the only one for me"

[aroaceconfessions]

how old were people when they realized they were aroace/on the ace or aro spectrum? im currently a high school sophomore and i think i might be somewhere on both spectrums, but i can’t really tell if my disinterest in sex and romance comes from age or being aroace.

Submitted February 14, 2023

[shk0lstun-flagz]

Moonset Aroace flag

Made my own Aroace flag with more inclusive meanings to show how diverse each Aroace experience is.

- anyone who is on both aro and ace spectrums can use (angled aroaces)

I’m a romance ambivalent and a sex favorable Aroace and I just wanted that to be represented in the flag that I use tbh

[rotkeres]

Sex indifferent + Romance indifferent pixels

[aroace-and-has-a-mace]

The different ‘parts’ of a-spec

if that title makes no sense, bear with me. so, if you’ve heard terms like ‘sex (or romance) repulsed’ or similar things, you might know what I mean here. there are several different views on sex/romance in a-spec identities, so i’m gonna explain them (badly, probably).

sex/romance-repulsed: someone who is disgusted by the idea of having sex/romance, or generally sexual situations.

sex/romance-averse: someone (like me!) who does not want to have sex/romance (not repulsed/disgusted by it, but doesn’t want to have it)

sex/romance-indifferent: someone who is not against having sex/romance, but doesn’t find it personally gratifying

sex/romance-favorable: someone who enjoys having sex/romance in certain situations (or under certain circumstances)

so, yeah! thanks for reading my aroace bullshit (also, someone can feel differently about romance than they do about sex, it’s not always the same)

[headcanon-vault]

firestar headcanon icons

aromantic // alloaro // romance-indifferent // bisexual // polyamorous (two flags)

art by @/transmoonpaw

[our-arospec-experience]

I'm allo, but I do have a question so i can better understand this friend of mine, if that's cool! Is there a difference between being grayromantic and being a romance-indifferent aromantic? If so, what's the difference?

I’m glad you’re making an effort to understand your friend! romance-indifferent means that the person has no strong feelings regarding the concept of romance. grayromantic on the other hand, means that the individual can fall in love, but does so infrequently, possibly due to certain conditions. in short, romance indifferent is an attitude towards romance, while grayromantic is an identity describing people who infrequently fall in love.

[romance-evil-aro]

romance repulsed aros and romance favourable aros are both cool and valid but because i never see anything about us: shoutout to romance indifferent aros. romance neutral aros. aros who just couldn't care less. aros who have a conflicted relationship with romance. aros who are fine with romance in some contexts but not in others. aros who don't mind romance when it's not amatonormativity being shoved down their throats. aros who haven't yet figured out their feelings about romance. aros to whom romance is Just Something That Exists. y'all are rad as hell and it's okay not to 'pick a side'!!

[yippee-boi09]

Demiromantic and Greysexual flags combined!

@vampitsm and @lunarhorrors Thx for the Greysexual and Demiromantic flag redesigns for me to combo!

[xavzii]

im definitely somewhere between romance adverse and romance repulsed, at least as of recent

i dont mind aesthetic romance like from books or shows or stuff. thats all fictional, so it clearly cant hurt me. i actually used to really like it. but when it comes to the people around me..? i cant do that. i actively feel sick to my stomach whenever i think about someone liking me, or even someone liking some one else. romance in real life literally hurts my soul

[thermodynamic-comedian]

reblog if you're aromantic and not soft or cute or fluffy. i feel like so many aromantic people feel like they need to make themself 'more human' by forcing these qualities onto themselves, and that's fucking sad. you are human. your aromanticism does not make you less human. you do not have to fucking 'redeem' yourself over being aromantic. your anger and your rage and your unapologetic lovelessness and heartlessness are also human. don't hide them in order to appeal to aphobes.

so yeah, reblog if you're aromantic and angry and intense and sharp around the edges and refuse to play the 'acceptable aro' game. i adore you.

[ijustwannamakeemojis]

[ID: Five pixel hearts of various flags in order being Romance Favorable, Romance Repulsed, Romance Ambivalent, Romance Indifferent and Romance Averse. End ID]

[aroaceconfessions]

Lately I have been struggling a lot with my identity. I have known for quite some time that I am aroace. I am sex-repulsed and I don't wish for romance. Yet, somedays, it feels like I set myself up for failure. I read a lot of romance novels, you see. Somedays, I wonder what it would be like to be loved in that way, but I know that I can't give someone that love and I do not truly want it. I fear that I have fallen in love with the theoretical notion of love, but I don't want it in all practicality. This has been going through my head for quite some time and I am just wondering if others have this feeling too. Perhaps even how they deal with it, because I'm truly at a loss.