#aromanticissues

No matter what anyone says, you are an essential part of the aromantic and aspec communities.

You are not a bad person because today’s societal standards demonize sex without romance. There is NOTHING WRONG with experiencing sexual attraction but not romantic. It is real and your experiences deserve to be recognized.

OHMYGOD I relate to this so hard rn. Like... I lean toward being aro but I don't like to define myself by that just because idk haven't got it figured out yet, but anyway I make it clear to all my partners that I am in no way interested in a romantic relationship and I am currently receiving nonstop texts from a guy who caught feels and I just like... Ugh. I mean maybe I brought it upon myself but I feel your pain! I hope you figure out a solution! Sorry you have to deal with that :/

At the time I was with him I didn’t realize I was aromantic, which is silly because my family saw it even when I was REALLY little. The more romantic he got, the more I just hated it, and I realized it was what I didn’t like about rom-com movies and being with someone.

And I realized that’s why pretty much every relationship I’ve had has fallen apart with this heavy air of me not being enough for them. Hence my breakup song that I play over and over every time is Tonic’s You Wanted More.

I have yet to find someone who can put up with a lack of romance. It’s not even that I won’t do SOME romantic things for my partner, but having them done to me just... I don’t want it. You’d think people would like not working so hard to do stuff for/with me :D

She’s geeky hot. Like with black horn-rimmed glasses and a dorky giggle and she’s awkward and her smile is so adorable I can’t stand it. She takes the time to ask about how I’m doing and is all sweet. I’m sure if there was a long line she wouldn’t do that, but I come at odd times because of work.

-Does she love you? -Yes. -Did she say so? -No. -So how do you know? -Well... each time she returns my books, there are flowers inside. -What sort of books do you lend her? -Novels,poetry,books on science,computing... -Does she read them? -Of course she does! -Does she? Have you asked her? -I can see she's underlined the good bits. -Does she want to save mankind too? -Yes. -How do you know? -By the sentences she underlines. -Is that enough to know she wants to save mankind? -Yes.

I’ve never seen the movie, but the dialog got to me.  I feel this accurately represents me in a relationship.  I’m aromantic, and I don’t SAY the mushy stuff or do overly mushy stuff, but I’ll do things for you, I’ll be there for you, and I’m really fucking loyal, and if you pay attention, you’ll see how I feel about you.

80s horror movies were the best, I think. Horror is definitely my favorite genre, and as much as I love reading a sappy Destiel fanfic, I HATE romantic comedies. Makes no sense, lol.

Yeah, I’ll read REALLY romantic fanfic and not even flinch.  Considering I not only hate romantic comedies, I’m aromantic myself, yeah, I find that odd, but I just go with it.  If I like it, I like it :D

The problem with most romantic comedies (for me) is they shove the cute down your throat.  It’s over the top and beyond cheesy to the point I feel like screaming “You can’t just FORCE me to like everyone in this movie!”

There’s cute jokes, cute things happening, cute people with no flaws or cute flaws, and it always ends up happy and unrealistic and I’m left feeling... thrown by the whole experience.  It kinda feels like when people wanna show you pictures of their kids and... okay I went and posted the video because it’s so perfect - Family Guy Episode Look at My Kids