official aromantic posts

When you are aromantic as hell but also crave the sense of love and intimacy that comes from a relationship but you don’t want your partner to feel neglected so you start imagining yourself as the third in a fictional couple and it gives you the same feeling of pure joy and intimacy with none of the romantic pressure.

Hi! idk if this is the right place to ask for advice, but I don't really have anywhere else to go. So, I'm aro and my best friend got into a relationship several months ago. Everything's been great; she's happy, but has also made sure to spend time with other people outside of her relationship. She's also made sure to reassure me that she doesn't see our friendship as less important and has backed up her words with her actions. She knows I'm aro and that I have a huge fear of being left behind by friends so she's done everything she can to show me she won't. The issue is that I have a bone-deep jealousy of their relationship and I don't know why or what to do. I don't want to date my friend and I'm not upset that they're dating, it's more of the existential aro dread of 'not being enough'. Which feels silly to me. But still, I can't get the idea out of my head. I'm stuck in aro limbo of having weird jealousy and feeling inadequate and idk what to do about it. Should I tell my friend about these feelings or just see if I need some time to adjust?

I’ve been looking at this blog and I’m only now realizing how aro I really am when I thought I was just weird💚💚

Since Pride Month started I had a lot of friends and mutuals post their sexualities etc in their insta stories.

I’m reconsidering my sexuality. I definitely get the demi vibes, in that I only get sexually attracted to someone once I get to know them. I just don’t know if being demi includes how one enjoys sex. I’ve come to realize that I only like receiving, and in my current relationship I only give because I enjoy their reaction, but I don’t really enjoy the act of giving. I’m sorry if this is tmi, I was just wondering if this is a thing other people experience and if this fits in demi/another label.

Growing up I was told that romantic love feels different from platonic. Queue the 5 years trying to figure out if I had a crush on one of my childhood friends but getting confused because I wanted to fuck my other friends too. Then said crush gets a partner and I thought they were kind of hot and realising I don't like the exclusivity that relationships tend to portray. Another 3 years later, I finally learnt what is alloaromanticism is and the existence of non-romantic poly relationships. Yeah, that's such a hyperspecific thing so I'm going to ignore all that and stick to "regular" friendships. ...And now I'm back at square one.

Nothing like coming with terms that im aromantic on the day of my russian exam....

Its such a small thing but I posted an aroace pride cat to my Instagram story and it made me really happy to post that openly even if nobody sees or cares :)