whenever i see a post about someone wondering how an asexual and a sexual can be in a healthy relationship there’s always someone being applauded for saying well asexuals can have sex too or just because someone’s asexual doesn’t mean they won’t have sex but i have never, not once, EVER seen someone say well hey, some sexuals don’t have sex. you can have a full relationship without sex. just throwing it out there
Everyone in the notes saying polyamory and open relationships are great fixes for this too are missing the point. Ace people can have sex—and, yes, some enjoy sex. Yes, open relationships can be loving and healthy for ace people too. But ultimately you’re saying asexuality needs to be fixed by access to sex somehow. To quote op ‘you can have a full relationship without sex’. Your suggestion to find sex outside of the relationship with an ace partner completely misses that point.
sorry but you’re not hiding this in the tags:
#it may be surprising to learn this. but allos can choose to be celibate. famously there are entire religious orders where this is a thing #and a catholic nun who stays celibate her whole life can in fact still have a very full and meaningful life with important relationships #it’s not the end of the fucking world #there are people who don’t drive too. there are people who have never seen a mountain. there are people who don’t play video games. #human experience is too wide to be like ohh if you never do This One Thing then you are sufferinggg like chill maybe
Also, citing polyamory and open relationships as the “solution” to asexual people having relationships still says that asexual people in relationships are a problem to be solved. Sometimes a fulfilling and meaningful and exclusive romantic relationship doesn’t involve sex. Full stop.
Some asexuals are monogamous and would not be comforable and happy and fulfilled in an open or poly relationship. They are allowed to date, they are allowed to seek out a partner who is happy and fulfilled in a relationship that does not invovle sex. They and their relationships do not need a solution or an alternative. They need a compatable partner, just like everyone else. Nothing more and nothing elsee
Asexuality does not need a solution. It needs acceptance and respect.



















