I will definitely keep an eye out for any negativity she might come across in regards to this. Thank you for bring this to my attention. Thankfully her care team (doctor, gynaecologist, psychiatrist, counselor and school year dean) as I like to call them, are non judgemental, don't make assumptions and are really supportive of all aspects of her being. They treat only what we ask for (her hormone imbalance is causing physical problems as an example) It took me over a year to find the right people to join this team but it was worth it. It pays to shop around. I'm very aware of the long lasting effects negative influences and manipulations can have on a person from personal experience. I don't want to be that. February 23, 2021 at 12:05AM

That cat bowl is so cute! February 23, 2021 at 12:04AM

I know, but I love having lots of overly-specific labels. If it doesn't exist, I might create it. February 23, 2021 at 12:03AM

Just my two cents, but asexuality, like most things, is a spectrum, you might not fit perfectly into any one label, and it might change over time. Everyone has varying levels of attraction to varying people, a label is really just a way to find people you relate to and to feel comfortable with yourself. Whichever label is more comfy for you is the better one. February 23, 2021 at 12:02AM

Gosh, that looks so good!! February 22, 2021 at 11:59PM

Everyone here sounds too modest.. it’s okay to fully love yourselves February 22, 2021 at 11:58PM

I compliment people all the time and it never comes across in a weird way. Just find one feature you find really cool and be very enthusiastic and honest. I love complimenting people's sense of style or their hair especially because most people do put a lot of effort into that and are secretly hoping someone notices. An acquaintance once came up to me in the gym and said I had huge arms, it definitely could have seemed weird, but I thought it was awesome to have been noticed! As long as your enthusiastic and honestly believe they are really cool, people will be happy to hear it. February 22, 2021 at 11:57PM

I guess that explains why ankles and elbows were so scandalous a few hundred years ago... February 22, 2021 at 11:49PM

Oh right. I'm familiar with the manual but thought it was referencing something else. That's an awful "technicality" to overcome and attaches a negative stigma :( February 22, 2021 at 11:49PM

Aww! :3 February 22, 2021 at 11:49PM

What a wonderfully beautiful cat! <3 :) Excellent photo, and also thank you kindly!! Best wishes to you ^^. Thanks for making this post! February 22, 2021 at 11:48PM

Yeah I might just be weird because I never developed attraction of any kind, I've only ever noticed when others were attracted to me and all relationships I've had were based on one-sided love and attraction and me just trying to make them happy with me and fulfill social norms. Tbh that is really hard to admit to because it makes me a shitty person. In my defense, at the time I thought I gave them what they wanted. Except it wasn't what they wanted, they wanted genuine love and attraction and I couldn't offer it. Essentially my relationships were a fawn response. Ouch. February 22, 2021 at 11:43PM

Honestly, idk about others but personally just kinda... figured it out? Like I noticed I was really uncomfortable about sexual stuff in general and just pretended I was fine for so long that I convinced myself? Again thats not the case for everyone but the point I'm getting to is, look at how you've reacted to sexual stuff in the past and in the future and make the judgment from there. February 22, 2021 at 11:40PM

Whether you want children has nothing to do with it. I want children and the idea of having sex is horrific to me. If you imagine yourself having sex with someone, how does that make you feel? Personally, as a sex-repulsed person, imagining myself having sex makes me feel sick and scared. The thought is very unappealing to me. February 22, 2021 at 11:40PM

Definitely if you cannot have sex, and he craves it, it is better to split up. You could be aromantic, but that's harder to gauge. There are alloromantics out there who are not clingy. So you could find a QPR with an aromantic asexual or an alloromantic asexual. February 22, 2021 at 11:39PM

Lovin' that blue guitar, and Whittington! What a precious little kitty, you both are valid too! February 22, 2021 at 11:37PM

If you're old enough to know you're straight at that age, you're old enough to know you're not straight at that age. But nobody's going around saying that to the heterosexual kids in year 9 and year 10 going off to the bowling arcades on dates, are they? It's always the not straights they say that too. You can only feel how you feel, and how you may feel in the future doesn't change how you feel now. And we don't just know that from aces who turn out to be not ace in the future, but we also know that from straight people who were sure they were straight and then, like, at 27 realised they weren't and just couldn't figure out if they never were or not or it's a new feeling. These things are all okay! February 22, 2021 at 11:33PM

Damn i realised some time ago that there are people who REALLY get turned on by even slight sign of human flesh so everything is possible and it makes me, an art junkie, a bit dead inside😔 February 22, 2021 at 11:32PM

Ignore the acronyms. I put them there part as a concrete example of stuff aces deal with, and part for other aces to know exactly what I was talking about. Archive has good articles on DSM. It's getting better, but there's still work to be done. Aces often get forgot about as stakeholders in medical stuff, for example. The no acronym version is, do you remember when gay people were classified as mentally ill? If an ace winds up at the wrong doctor the doctor can attempt to treat an illness that isn't there. There is nothing wrong with your daughter because she's ace, just like there's nothing wrong with gay people. February 22, 2021 at 11:30PM

It sounds like you are probably asexual. February 22, 2021 at 11:30PM

Same!! I did a Renaissance-inspired piece once with very slight nudity (mostly just the top of her back) and someone described it as “porny”. Do people think art museums are filled with porn just cause there’s naked people?? February 22, 2021 at 11:24PM

Thank you, I’ve been thinking I might be ace for awhile but I wanted someone who knew more about this than me to help me understand what I’ve been feeling, if that makes sense. February 22, 2021 at 11:22PM

its more of if you can do 6x6, you can do every size, as 6x6 is the first cube with all 3 types of parity February 22, 2021 at 11:22PM