People underestimate how much it fucks you up to be subtly excluded as a kid. I would try to talk to my classmates and be met with disinterest or annoyance. The one friend I had, who I clung to and nodded along to his every word, had other friends he liked just as much or more. And his other friends didn’t care for me at all.
I look back at pictures from the time and see how separated I was from them. I remember knowing I was different. I remember posing questions about the world to the girls playing next to me and realizing that they had never asked the same ones to themselves. That the ways we thought couldn’t be more different.
I kept myself amused with my own fanatical stories and musings in my head. I would wander the playground on a circular path, imagining a friend and being sorely disappointed when it didn’t feel as real as I’d hoped.
There was a bubble separating me from everyone else, thin, and nearly invisible, but with a pearly sheen you could catch under the right conditions. I knew it was there, they knew it was there, and it changed me
Every time I think about myself I end up crying to sleep
All that I know about me is that I exist. To me I've always existed and the fact one day I won't exist anymore terrifies me.
FRUiTS issue 16, 1998!
It's always "aros can still date!" "aros can still be in (any type of non-romantic or romantic) relationships!" "aros aren't heartless!" "aros can still love in different ways!"
Well, sure, you do you.
But not all of us. A lot of us are *completely* non-partnering. There's loveless aros. Aplatonic aros. Hell, even heartless is a label some aros use!
We don’t need to do anything to "replace" the romantic relationships we don’t have. People can be completely happy alone! Without a partner! (Shocking, I know!)
I'm just a bit tired of all the amatonormativity I still see under some of the trending aro-positivity posts...
Every Nico Di Angelo fan focusing more on the background of the episode than the actual plot
This!!! We would get yelled at just by mentioning a boy's name, what do you mean you're upset I'll never introduce a boyfriend to you????
parents: i want you all to get married and have families
also parents: sex is bad. dont talk about sex its inappropriate. in fact, dont even think about sex until youre married
me: *is ace*
bro: *is ace*
parents: how could this have happened
KAPOW!!!!!
Don’t go wasting your emotion Lay all your love on me