#romance neutral

[romance-evil-aro]

IT IS OKAY TO HAVE COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT ROMANCE!!!!!! IT IS OKAY TO NOT BE ROMANCE REPULSED OR ROMANCE FAVOURABLE!!!! IT IS OKAY IF YOUR FEELINGS ON ROMANCE DEPEND ON CONTEXT!!!! IT IS OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ON ROMANCE ARE!!!!

[yardsards]

(anyone who identifies themself as aromantic is allowed to answer this, regardless of sexual orientation or where exactly on the arospec you fall)

[aro-goddess-artemis]

I don’t like to use romance favourable, neutral, or repulsed as an identity for myself. I experience all of these as emotional reactions to romance depending on the context. I’m always romance repulsed towards myself being involved in romance but in fiction or other people irl it varies a lot. Like, I’m favourable to the queer couples/ships I enjoy in tv shows. I have romance repulsion towards super heteronormative and amatonormative relationships. I generally don’t like to see any form of PDA. Most other things I’m pretty neutral towards but sometimes the vibe makes me feel a bit ick or I might think it’s sweet, you know? Is this a common experience or do you pretty much always stick to one favourability? I’d love to hear some thoughts from other aros :)

[schizowitchic]

yknow what. crush culture DOES make me wanna spill my guts. conan grey was so real for that.

[thermodynamic-comedian]

epic fight between me (polyamorous aromantic) and the phrase "you're the only one for me"

[oroniusn]

I love that knowing I’m aroace (repulsed on both sides) now makes interactions with people who aren’t so much funnier

-“man isn’t he so hot!”

-“solid 2/10”

-“can you go talk to him for me 🥺”

-“absolutely not” (I say, gagging at the thought of romance)

-“well my boyfriend did this and-”

-“did you try to communicate?”

-“no?”

-“break up”

[finalgrillwillgraham]

i remember being a little kid and thinking how incredibly unlikely it must be for two people to meet, fall in love, get married etc. that it would take a once-in-a-billion chance to happen to anyone, much less two people.

now im happily aromantic :]

[our-arospec-experience]

my aro experience is like. Not really caring much for romance. Like I'm pretty sure I'm romance neutral? But the only love I want is acceptance from my family

and that is 100% valid :D

[questioning-aspec-culture-is]

questioning arospec culture is not being romance favorable, neutral, or repulsed but a secret fourth thing (too many positive feelings on romance to be repulsed too many negative feelings to be favorable and too many Feelings to be neutral. romance questionable.)

<2

[aroaceconfessions]

my friends (all allo) and i (aroace) are all hitting “that age” where you start seriously dating and stuff. i don’t really have a problem with them messaging me about their crushes and finding people attractive (romantically/sexually) but i guess i just.. kind of don’t care?? its boring to me. i dunno i think i just miss the days we would spend hours talking about fandoms we were in and content creators we watched. but now it feels a bit like they only ever want to talk about dating and romance and sex. im not mad though. just a bit sad.

[romance-evil-aro]

romance repulsed aros and romance favourable aros are both cool and valid but because i never see anything about us: shoutout to romance indifferent aros. romance neutral aros. aros who just couldn't care less. aros who have a conflicted relationship with romance. aros who are fine with romance in some contexts but not in others. aros who don't mind romance when it's not amatonormativity being shoved down their throats. aros who haven't yet figured out their feelings about romance. aros to whom romance is Just Something That Exists. y'all are rad as hell and it's okay not to 'pick a side'!!

[xxstrawberrybunxx]

happy valentine’s day to all loveless and heartless aros! 

happy valentine’s day to alloaros!

happy valentine’s day to loving aros!

happy valentine’s day to love or romance repulsed, neutral, and favorable aros! 

happy valentine’s day to unlovable aros (hey)

happy candy day to aromantic who might feel left out and alienated today, and happy candy day to aromantic folks who enjoy valentine’s day (like myself) despite maybe not experiencing “love” in the same way as others. happy candy to aros who date their friends, aros who only have sexual relationships, and happy candy day to nonpartnering and partnering-adverse aros! 

also, happy valentine’s day to folks who are otherwise “love-atypical”. aroace folks (oriented and not), aplatonic folks, objectum folks, polyam and polyaffectionate folks. you’re all super epic!! 

and no matter if you love or hate this holiday, happy 50% off chocolate and flowers day in advanced! of course. 

[thatonebluedog]

feeling so romance repulsed rn. and my entire feed is the ships i usually like. help me

[mogai-headcanons]

Firestar from Warriors is a romance-neutral aromantic tom!

He's in a relationship with Sandstorm, a demirose molly!

He's also in a relationship with Graystripe, a bisexual tom!

The three are the parents of Squirrelflight and Leafpool!

Squirrelflight is an aromantic molly!

Leafpool is a lesbian!

dni link

[thermodynamic-comedian]

reblog if you're aromantic and not soft or cute or fluffy. i feel like so many aromantic people feel like they need to make themself 'more human' by forcing these qualities onto themselves, and that's fucking sad. you are human. your aromanticism does not make you less human. you do not have to fucking 'redeem' yourself over being aromantic. your anger and your rage and your unapologetic lovelessness and heartlessness are also human. don't hide them in order to appeal to aphobes.

so yeah, reblog if you're aromantic and angry and intense and sharp around the edges and refuse to play the 'acceptable aro' game. i adore you.

[potatopossums]

i really hate the thought of being someone's partner. even if they're nice and lovely. i just don't want to be their partner. it feels degrading to me. i don't know how else to explain it. i just feel like a trophy or a toy with that nomer, not a real person with needs and desires that are different from my partner's. it just feels so weird, it makes me feel trapped and i don't like it.