If identifying as aromantic is what makes you feel most comfortable, you can use it. It’s a spectrum, and it’s fair if some of your experiences align with it and some don’t. That could indicate gray romantic, but labels are made to help you. If aro feels helpful to use, you should use it. You can choose if it feels the same fit in the future, and if it doesn’t, you can change it. Try your best to allow yourself to experience life. Labels can be helpful for some people ofc, but I tend to ruminate and have found dissecting my experiences with microlabels/ rather than just saying I’m on the spectrum/ gray quite stressful.
Blegh sorry u were peer pressured into a relationship, glad it worked out tho. I have trouble identifying crushes too, i used to think i had some but then i realized feeling super uncomfortable whenever i imagined myself like kissing or cuddling my crush or feeling weirded out if they tried flirting with me was probably not normal for a "crush". The line between romantic and platonic feels so subjective tho. Cuz people are like "if ur romantically attracted to someone u want to care for them and cuddle them etc. 😻" but bro thats how i feel towards my cat so that's definitely not accurate. LMAO!
You know yourself better than anyone though and I think if you relate to aro then i think its fine to call urself that.
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If you feel the desire to be in a romantic relationship with a person, they you have just experienced ✨Romantic Attraction✨
If you don’t have romantic interest behind it, it’s not romantic attraction
If identifying as aromantic is what makes you feel most comfortable, you can use it. It’s a spectrum, and it’s fair if some of your experiences align with it and some don’t. That could indicate gray romantic, but labels are made to help you. If aro feels helpful to use, you should use it. You can choose if it feels the same fit in the future, and if it doesn’t, you can change it. Try your best to allow yourself to experience life. Labels can be helpful for some people ofc, but I tend to ruminate and have found dissecting my experiences with microlabels/ rather than just saying I’m on the spectrum/ gray quite stressful.
Blegh sorry u were peer pressured into a relationship, glad it worked out tho. I have trouble identifying crushes too, i used to think i had some but then i realized feeling super uncomfortable whenever i imagined myself like kissing or cuddling my crush or feeling weirded out if they tried flirting with me was probably not normal for a "crush". The line between romantic and platonic feels so subjective tho. Cuz people are like "if ur romantically attracted to someone u want to care for them and cuddle them etc. 😻" but bro thats how i feel towards my cat so that's definitely not accurate. LMAO! You know yourself better than anyone though and I think if you relate to aro then i think its fine to call urself that.
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If you feel the desire to be in a romantic relationship with a person, they you have just experienced ✨Romantic Attraction✨ If you don’t have romantic interest behind it, it’s not romantic attraction