#those of us who are alone are not ''proof'' that we're incomplete without romance

[aro-absol]

[ID: Tags that say: #not to mention my already existing struggle with connecting to people which was a problem before I even knew I was aro #and probably isn't related to it and has more to do with my history of rocky friendship full of disappointment and letdowns #so my lack of romantic feelings are not to blame for my antisocial tendencies #of course there definitely are aros out there who are lonely souls and their aromanticism is connected to that but guess what #they don't owe you shit either and are not "proof" that aromanticism is miserable and lonely #those of us who are alone are not "proof" that we're incomplete without romance / End ID]

Honestly I'm glad that the aro community is moving from "we still love our friends and family we're not heartless!" to "we don't need to make up for our lack of romantic attraction with other forms of love" because yeah, our platonic and/or familial relationships are not romance-lite or a substitute for romantic love and a lot of aros reject the idea of love altogether. So yeah fuck trying to appeal to alloromantic people with the whole "we swear we're normal" thing. I don't need to make sense to anyone

Either you accept me as I am whether you understand me or not or you leave me the fuck alone