#aro-absol

I just can't see them as romantic at all, and friendship doesn't feel fully accurate, either.

I just love the idea of queerplatonic sprolden <2

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Blog's owner is aro

No aphobia anywhere

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@aro-absol

How did you figure out you're aro? And how long did the questioning process take?

Thank you!

Honestly not sure if I've ever told the story of how I figured it out on this blog or not, so here goes!

Throughout most of my childhood I had just assumed I was straight, and it wasn't until about halfway through high school (so I would've been about 16) that I started to question that. I began to notice that I'd never really felt like trying to get a girlfriend. It was expected of me, sure, but I'd not felt inclined to ever try for a relationship. So I'd say that's about the start of my questioning, but I didn't put a whole lot of importance on it at the time.

Fast forward about a year and a half. I'm almost 18 and also almost done with high school. By now, I had began questioning myself again, and this time the need to try and find a label for what the hell I was was significantly stronger. I eventually settled on gay, but I wasn't entirely satisfied with that answer. It was also around that time that Jaiden Animations' coming out video was released, which introduced me to the word aromantic, which I briefly considered, but still wasn't that sure about. I wanted more information.

That summer I kept questioning my identity (I think I just labeled myself as queer during that time, while trying to figure it out more precisely). I kept checking out this "aromantic" thing and wondering if maybe that was the answer I was looking for.

And that's where I was going into university. A few weeks into classes I found out about a meeting for those who were questioning their queer identities. I decided to try going to that, but as the day approached I got more nervous. At the time I'd never opened up to anyone about how I was feeling with regards to my identity.

So, the night before, due to my nerves, I basically speedran the rest of the figuring-it-out process. I stumbled across a list of like 50 "you might be aromantic if..." statements, found that I related to most of them, and decided then that aromantic seemed to fit me pretty well.

And that night was 2 years ago.