Mint Ki

There are many arospec identities and if you're questioning I'd recommend going to this website and scroll down to "Identities under the umbrella"

https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Aromantic_spectrum

Romantic attraction: You desire to be in a romantic relationship with someone or desire romantic contact with a person

some signs you're experiencing romantic attraction are:

-Your thoughts return to them regularly

-You feel safe with them

-Life feels more exciting

-You want to spend a lot of time together

-You feel a little jealous of other people in their life

-You feel compassion for them

platonic attraction: nonsexual or nonromantic desire to be in a relationship with someone. Friendships, for example, are often platonic.

Tertiary attractions:

- Aesthetic attraction: occurs when someone appreciates the appearance or beauty of another person(s), disconnected from sexual or romantic attraction.

-Sensual attraction: the desire to interact with others in a tactile, non-sexual way, such as through hugging or cuddling.

- Emotional attraction: the desire to get to know someone, often as a result of their personality instead of their physicality. This type of attraction is present in most relationships from platonic friendships to romantic and sexual relationships.

- Intellectual attraction: the desire to engage with another in an intellectual manner, such as engaging in conversation with them, “picking their brain,” and it has more to do with what or how a person thinks instead of the person themselves.

- alterous attraction: an attraction and desire for an emotional closeness with something that exists between platonic and romantic feelings

- exteramo attraction: a form of attraction that is neither romantic nor platonic or anywhere in between them

difference between crushes, squishes and Queerplatonic attraction:

Crushes: An intense infatuation for someone that is either short lived or can be felt for years, it's usually accompanied with a desire to have a romantic relationship with said person

Squishes: An arospec term describing a platonic crush, where one strongly desires to be close to a particular individual, but not in a romantic way. It is defined as the desire to be close friends with a particular individual, or to become closer friends with a particular individual if one is already friends with them.