#myaroexperience

[unsualfan]

My aromantic experience:

When I tell my friends I'm aromantic and they know what it is

See I kinda assume not everybody knows about aromanticism so it's a superise when they actually know what it is.

[incognitoaro]

Navigating aromanticism and not feeling valid enough and therefore labelling yourself with commitment issues🤡🤡🤡

[unsualfan]

My aromantic experience:

Mom: You need to learn to do chores, how will you help your future kids

Me in the future:

Oh well. Kids? Thank you next

But I do want pets 👀

[unsualfan]

My aromantic experience:

Me having to deal with relatives who say "I bet you have a boyfriend" during family gatherings.

And if I reply no their response is a guarantee 100% "oOOoHHh rEaLLy"

[unsualfan]

My aromantic experience:

A reenactment of the convo between me and a friend during Valentine's last week:

We were the only ones early in the classroom this time cuz we were both on the school committee in charge of the Valentine's decorations.

He was the funny class clown and popular kid so of course he wanted to talk and I was the quiet kid 🫠

Happy aro week guys 💚🤍🖤

[unsualfan]

My aroace experience:

Somebody's gotta be blamed

"I'm not aro I have a "crush" 🤡

Got to learn the hard way they don't count 🫠

[unsualfan]

My aromantic experience:

The aromantic leaving my body when I see my fictional crush.

Ah yes the only time that I feel butterflies🦋💖.

RIP to younger me who thought they weren't aro bcuz they have a "crush" on a nonexistent character 🤡

[incognitoaro]

Have this really sweet person that I’ve vibed well with and wants to be in a relationship but I want to introduce them to the idea of qrps and I’m nervous cause I don’t want to seem like some weirdo. Ugh, screw amatonormativity

[incognitoaro]

Proudly settling more into my aro identity and finding what works for me as well as what doesn’t.

[incognitoaro]

The invalidation I’ve received after telling people that I’m aro is just one of the things that make this experience even harder

[incognitoaro]

God, I thought with all this time I’ve been aro it’ll help me figure out where i stand with relationships and connections but I’m still confused af

[incognitoaro]

Being comfortable in the fact that you don’t crave romance or feel romantic attraction doesn’t mean you’re bad in any way. You’re not abusing people or hurting them by not feeling romantic attraction to them. Your identity and feelings do not harm anyone else. You have not misled anyone by not telling them your identity, regardless of what they try to make you believe. The only way you could do that is by calling someone your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner or telling them you want to be with them. Being nice to people, saying someone is physically good looking, or expressing any sort of general positivity about a particular person is not deceiving them into believing you’re alloromantic. If someone makes that jump, it’s THEIR fault. If someone says you’ve somehow done them harm by not wanting a romantic bond with them, they are the abusive one.

[incognitoaro]

Me when I see all the amatonormativity around me😹😭

[incognitoaro]

Amen. Amen and Amennnn