Actually Aromantic - Blog Posts

Shoutout to the aromantics who want partners

Shoutout to the aromantics who don’t want partners

Shoutout to the aromantics who are also asexual (aroaces/ aromantic asexuals)

Shoutout to the aromantics who are also allosexual (alloaros/ aromantic allosexuals)

Shoutout to nonSAM aromantics

Shoutout to aromantic people of all kinds

As an aromantic, I find that when it comes to my stance on romance, I’m ok with what would be considered “romantic” gestures, in fact I love them. However when the gestures start being taken in a romantic context, I start feeling uncomfortable. Also for the most part I’m fine with romance and am usually my friends’ biggest supporter when it comes to their relationships, it’s not until, again the attraction and/or(?) romance is directed at me that I start to feel uncomfortable.

The thought of someone having a crush on me is wonderful! I adore the thought of being the object of someone's idolization and affection. It's very validating and I enjoy it :)

And yet I, ironically, absolutely despise finding out people hold such feelings for me. It's akward, and I've never even came close to reciprocating such feeling. Every time I've actually felt anything similar to a "crush", it completely dissipated after: 1) I knew them better, 2) I found out they reciprocated it, or 3) it just disappeared into thin air, for whatever reason.

The first in what will hopefully be a series of platonic love song calligraphy pieces!

Please send me song recs, these are hard to find! (Bonus points if the song is explicitly written for a friend or family member.)

[ID: song lyrics written out in purple and blue. It reads:

“From Poprocks & Coke - Green Day:

I don’t care if you don’t mind / I’ll be there, not far behind / I will dare, keep in mind / I’ll be there for you.”

The line “I’ll be there for you” is done in flourished calligraphy, the rest in all-caps lettering. The border is decorated with blue hearts and lightning bolts.]

Aro pride! You don’t need anyone else to complete you; you are already wonderful.

Another nice thing about Thunderbolts* is that there's just no romance at all. It's been too long since I've watched something that didn't have romance in it and I didn't realize how much I needed that. Its a breath of fresh air.