Nice to come across another aegosexual. It was a big eye opener when I found out about aegosexuality too. Made a lot of things about my life make sense. January 27, 2021 at 12:03AM

If you need being heteroromantic is more important to your identity than being ace, then absolutely! Hell, the split attraction model isn’t for everyone, and if youd rather drop the ace as an identifier altogether because it’s not a big deal to you, that’s also fine! Some aces feel that info is private, and would rather just go by their romantic orientation in public - that might be you too! So basically, imho you can totally call yourself straight no problem, same way a homoromantic asexual can call themself gay. January 27, 2021 at 12:03AM

you can call yourself whatever you want. but personally as an ace i identify as queer and LGBTQ, not straight. and if someone called themselves straight i'd assume they were not LGBTQ/ queer January 27, 2021 at 12:02AM

Ahhh I love falseknees’ little bird comics! January 26, 2021 at 11:59PM

They’re not attractive to me, no. But I am curious about structure and how each functions. So I guess personally they’re gross but on a scientific level I’m fine with them? January 26, 2021 at 11:57PM

falseknees art is always cute :)) January 26, 2021 at 11:57PM

You could also look into sensual attraction, which often involves desire for physical touch and interaction with a person. January 26, 2021 at 11:50PM

No problem! January 26, 2021 at 11:48PM

Thank you for your comment and the advice!! :) January 26, 2021 at 11:47PM

I’m 100% certain the only reason they added that last take was so they could call anyone who disagreed a pedophile. January 26, 2021 at 11:47PM

Thank you!! Glad you are here, too! January 26, 2021 at 11:44PM

Don't talk directly about sexual things. Just say you are demi and explain without talking about sex itself and it will be fine. I'm a sex repulsed ace aro and I didn't find it uncomfortable to read your post so maybe use that as a reference. January 26, 2021 at 11:42PM

I agree with gtickno2. Just my two cents: I am aego and like using the term sex-averse for myself. I use it to differentiate myself from most sex-repulsed people because their repulsion is not always the same as mine. I don't want to be confused for something I'm not by using a term with connotations that don't match up with my experiences. January 26, 2021 at 11:40PM

I was thinking the same, as a student of ancient literatures I find quite often characters that look asexuals, I like to think they are asexuals, but eventually I realize we can't really know. Unless they are aware of the distinction between sexual attraction, esthetic attraction, and libido, but this is quite hard to demonstrate. The fact that I discovered the existence of asexuality watching Bojack Horseman gives a huge thumb up to your post. January 26, 2021 at 11:37PM

What do you mean no file!? I KNOW it's there somewhere! Maybe I need a new computer... How much is it for a new human body Lol? January 26, 2021 at 11:37PM

No, it's not. A negative can't be proven. (By all means, show me that proof!) To a complete outsider like me, the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, Slenderman, what have you, are the same as god. Stories. Supernatural beings. Unproven claims. I'm sorry if that offends your religious feelings, but that's how it is. Morals are an evolutionary trait. There are also these things called LAWS that govern society. Quick: should a r*pe victim be forced to marry her attacker and never be allowed to divorce? THAT is god's law. Should we stone people to death for working on Sundays? THAT is god's law. So you're absolutely right, I don't follow that. I'm better than that. And so are you, hopefully. Morals come from within. I have empathy. I don't want to hurt people, so I don't. And you should learn the difference between agnostic and gnostic atheism. You embarrass yourself. Atheism doesn't set out to prove anything, it's descriptive, not prescriptive. ...

that's very neat :) also i hope you are doing better January 26, 2021 at 11:33PM

Ah ok January 26, 2021 at 11:33PM

sudo apt remove libido -No such file or directory January 26, 2021 at 11:31PM

While I very much recommend "Bloom Into You", I don't think the main character was ace. Demiromantic? Absolutely. The side character (I forget his name) yeah probably was aro-ace though. January 26, 2021 at 11:27PM

Well, they were just made of plastic so it was bearable lol. It was just awkward never having done something like that, and of course talking the dummy through the procedure, but waaay better a dummy than a real person! I think my classmates were better with the program bc they’d worked as PCAs, whereas I’d done only college classes. Always better to have experience and know you want to do something before you commit to expensive classes and jump in blindly, I guess January 26, 2021 at 11:26PM

I feel this. I kind if wish I wasn't aro, I feel like it must be nice to romantically love someone and be with them in a long term relationship, to have that full trust and commitment from a life partner who will always be there. But maybe that's just over-romanticizing romance. January 26, 2021 at 11:25PM

To me it feels uncomfortable because I’m bringing attention to a sexual topic in relation to myself. Even though it’s about a lack of sexual feelings, you still have to bring up the concept of sexual feelings to talk about it which just ends up feeling weird to me lol. January 26, 2021 at 11:24PM