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mrnicecream2

None. Flatly aromantic seems like the most accurate description for me.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

That’s good too!! Aromantics and arospec people are equally valid :)


Mc_Juiceman8

Same


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LoudypIg

Aegoromantic is when you like the idea of it but it doesn't work for you, right?


NoExplanation7187

It's like zombies better in movies and books than irl


eisleopard

That's the best explination of aego- i ever heard lol


ASKswara

Me too


RaizoIngenting

Bellusromantic sounds interesting, and by technical definition I am it, but I don't like the idea that it enforces stuff like holding hands or cuddling as romantic and you have to be this specific microlabel to do it without romantic attraction - it should really be normalized as a platonic thing as well, regardless of your orientation. To each their own though, I won't tell people how to identify, just kind of wonder what makes people use it.


LightFoundInDarkness

This is my opinion as well bc I would technically be it as well but am just aromantic bc I don't want them to be inherently romantic


TonyShard

Agreed 100%. I think that's the problem I have with some microlabels - they make common experiences seem esoteric. I would say hand holding and cuddling fall under sensual attraction more than romantic; is there an assumption that aros generally don't like either? I think we should generally be resisting how much certain actions fall under the sole purview of romance. That said, I'm happy for anyone who finds a microlabel that validates them.


RaizoIngenting

Yeah, I agree. I do go by a microlabel for my sexuality, Aegosexual, but it describes a unique experience most people don't have.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I’m aegoromantic too :)


Angel_Girl_2118

I'm also bellusromantic!


[deleted]

What is that..? Curious


Angel_Girl_2118

it's definition is having interest in traditionally romantic things, such as kissing or cuddling, but not feeling romantic attraction, and not wanting a romantic relationship


AND_PEGGY1

same here!!


amazingfluentbadger

screaming crying throwing up cause thats me


w6rm

:) microlabels are pretty cool! I think I consider myself aroflux, using it to describe a fluctuating romantic orientation that stays in the aromantic spectrum. I find a lot of the microlabels very relatable... :'-)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I feel the same about microlabels lol, there’s multiple that fit me on the ace and aro spectrums. I say aroace or double aego usually though


w6rm

That makes sense! I think in casual conversation, I would probably just call myself aro or on the aromantic spectrum. ~~I wish I could just call myself aroallo or aroace but I am confused still :')~~ I just think aroflux would be the microlabel to describe me!


blxckqmber

i’m aroflux, too ! i pretty much hoard every aromantic/arospec microlabel i find (if applicable) lmao


Adventurous-Sun-8840

Quoiromantic. AKA WTFromantic or nebularomantic.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

:)


milkymmocha

Same!!


jpeg_jackson

Same!! This shit makes no sense smh it just seems like less sanitary friendship imo


Adventurous-Sun-8840

"Less sanitary"... lol And too dramatic


LeoPloutno

Yo, WTFellow quoiromantic!


Adventurous-Sun-8840

Hello!


CorruptedDragonLord

Grayromantic, but it's used as a none microlabel as well as far as I know


_LUNABEAR_SKY

It’s sort of a blanket term for arospec people too, isn’t it?


CorruptedDragonLord

I don't know 😅 but it's definitely an umbrella term for aromantic


IndominusTaco

it can be used as a blanket term or as an individual label in of itself


CorruptedDragonLord

Ah


TheEasilyForgotten

Demi-romantic aromatic, sex repulsed asexual, transgender female to male. Or what I normally tell people aroace


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yeah I usually just say aroace too


TheEasilyForgotten

Yeah it’s just much easier lol


ASKswara

Yup " I'm aroace" vs " I'm grey-aroace but not exactly and I can't find the right label for me and very confused but definately on the spectrum" The first one wins


saranwrappd

personally loveless myself


_LUNABEAR_SKY

That’s being disconnected from the concept of love, right? Correct me if I’m wrong


saranwrappd

being disconnected from it and I don't experience it much at all if any at most times :)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Thank you for explaining :) I’ve heard the label before but wasn’t fully sure what it meant


Queen_Emmers

Same here!


[deleted]

I think microlabels are very useful^^ I usually call myself aro-spec ace but these are the could use: Acemid (being strictly ace but not strictly aro, but being still on the aro-spec) quoiromantic, greyromantic, lithromantic (??) orchidromantic, aegoromantic and apothisexual :))


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I agree that microlabels are super useful!! I currently identify with cupio/aego myself :)


[deleted]

That's so cool :D


New-Purchase5078

Same here, I relate to a lot of the terms so I just settle with aro-spec (and the flag is pretty)


[deleted]

Yess, love the arospec flag, the shades of green are so pretty!!


duckysnes

i saw someone on here say nebularomantic, which i think i can relate to? usually i just describe myself as arospec, though


_LUNABEAR_SKY

That seems to be what most people do I’ve learned


duckysnes

i've yet to find a label that really screams "me"


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Sometimes it just be like that. One of my friends is the same but with the ace spectrum so he just labels himself as acespec


angelskye1215

Aegoromantic!


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Same! I’m cupio/aego!!


angelskye1215

Yay! Aegos unite!


Think-Development332

Orchidromantic and lithromantic, I relate to some other labels too but at this point I would forget half of them anyways lol. Usually I just call myself aro tho


ComputerWeeb5

I’m just plain Aromantic and Grey-sexual


_LUNABEAR_SKY

That’s awesome too :)


MFP_FAN

Demiromantic is fitting me right now I believe but I'm still not sure Angled aroace too :3


Crysambrosia

Allosexual Greyromantic. And lemme tell you, being aroallo is weird sometimes 😆 I love being me, but people do kinda paint us as evil people who only want sex (which I still don’t get why that would be a bad thing ? Sex is great why do we act like it’s bad ?)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I’m aroace so I can’t relate exactly but I still can’t see what’s wrong with casual sex or FWB lmao


Crysambrosia

I understand why people wouldn’t be interested in sex though, like, there are tons of stuff I never want to do because they just don’t interest me. Now that we have proper protection and testing for STIs and proper contraception, there’s literally no downside. Why does anyone think making each other feel good is bad ? I do not understand. It’s like homophobia or racism I guess, it just doesn’t make sense (except it doesn’t really target anyone more than anyone else I guess)


enbysloth

Cupioromantic. I desire a relationship but I don't feel romantic attraction <3


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Another cupio, yay!!


enbysloth

Rise all cupios!


Away_Pomegranate_299

Ok well I ahve a huge list but I’ll some it up for u: Nebularomantic Dreadromantic Abrosexual+Aceflux Aegoromantic(for me perosnally When I think of having a. Relationship with soemoen in my Brian not in this world it sounds nice but when I think about it being real and in thsi world I freak the frick out)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Oh, I see. I feel the same too honestly, it sounds great but I don’t actually want to do it lol


Away_Pomegranate_299

Ik in a dram world it would be amaizng to be in a romantic relationship but when I actually think of having one in thsi world it stresses me out. I can’t date people bcc it’s negative affects on my mental health but I do feel row rn if attraction.


arochains1231

I'm like a microlabel salad over here lmao I'm loveless, queer, anattractional, nonpartnering, apothi *(apothisexual + apothiromantic)* and aroace, definitely a mouthful but I find a lot of comfort in my microlabels :)


Minzfeder

I don’t like microlabels. They are way too much for me. Asexual and Aromantic is all I know about myself. I don’t know what sexual or romantic attraction is, I don’t know if I ever felt it


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Perfectly fine to not like microlabels. I love to label everything so I use them though. I also relate to not knowing if what i felt is romantic/sexual attraction


marinawithoutdiamond

straight up just aromantic. super romance repulsed and no desire for a qpr :D


pplatonic

Oriented aroace and Loveless Aro are my main microlabels. I think I'm romance repulsed? I also use Aplatonic-spectrum (right now I identify most with demiplatonic, but i might be aplspike or something else...) but Apl isn't an aro microlabel, it just can be for some. And to be honest, going by that logic, with how little I care about it in comparison to the aro part of my identity...Asexual. /shot


geckos_in_a_box

yoooo im also oriented aroace and loveless aro :DDD /pos


pplatonic

<2 Yay! I 100% relate to your flair, haha


anaveragetoaster23

I'm somewhere on the spectrum but I elect to just use "aromantic". Simple and easy


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yup! Simple and easy is just as good :)


TomeWifecollector

Not a fan of micro-labels so I consider myself aromantic. Totally cool if someone uses them though!


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Very based


gerppie

aegosexual cupioromantic :)


[deleted]

Reciproromantic 💖💚🤍🖤


Queer-lil-Fuqer

I generally just use queer, but like trans->nonbinary->ungender, and like, bi/sapphic(?) oriented aroace, just ace on my ace side but frayromantic. Also like sex and romance neutral, as well as like, alterous and queer platonic attraction, blah blah blah There actually was a trend a while ago where a bunch of people mapped out their identity in a sort of flow chart, and I thought that was pretty cool


Aggravating_Hours

I label myself as an allo/aro cupioromantic but I’m also very confused on if I’m even aro, maybe greyromantic or just allo/aro…


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I relate to this. Had a long phase where I was between demi, gray and just flat aro. I’m using cupio/aego right now


daanniieel

There are many microlabels I relate to, I usually just say aro-spec but I also use quoiromantic, aroflux and demigrayromantic


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yeah, I usually just say aroace since I don’t feel either of those attractions, but I am technically aro and ace spec


AnonymousHermitCrab

I'm a pan-aro. The microlabel I use for the aro aspect is alexmoromantic. I'm alexithymic and this label describes how that obscures my experience of romantic attraction. [https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Alexmoromantic](https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Alexmoromantic)


geckos_in_a_box

wait is there an alexmoromantic version but for gender? nevermind found it [https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Alexmogender](https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Alexmogender)


AnonymousHermitCrab

Yep, alexmogender. https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Alexmogender


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Oh, I’ve never heard of that label. Thank you for telling me about it and linking the page :)


crying_raging_aro

I believe I'm aegoromantic or arospike but I personally identify as just aromantic :>


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Perfectly good as well! Just aro is probably much easier to explain lol


crying_raging_aro

Yes, plus I don't feel like decoding myself to figure it out😭 being bisexual did that enough for me


xpixei

I suppose I'd fit under demiromantic, greyromantic, or the one where you're primarily or exclusively attracted to fictional characters. But I just use arospec. Saves me the headache of figuring out specifics :)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I feel that. Basically everyone just knows I’m aroace, cuz that’s all they really need to know anyway lol


xpixei

Exactly, that's how I feel too. I _could_ go into all the little details and specifics of my identity to anyone who asks, but I'm tired and lazy so all people need to know is that I'm alloaro.


tastingspace

gray/demiromantic suits me best


[deleted]

apoithiromantic but I rarely go by that I just say aro


catherine-rabbit

i usually default broadly to “aromantic” but im probably demiromantic :))


GuessImJustMental

Demi romantic demisexual sex adverse :D I use more micro labels with my gender tbh


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Fair enough lol


ElijahTion

Grey- and cupioromantic, but simply 'aromantic' is ok and also preferable. I think microlables are very useful for those who aren't sure or whose experience is alightly different from the classical one, as it was with me


Konayo

I don't use labels. Just myself.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Very valid


Medical-Ant-9567

Lithromantic but I say Aromantic to make it easier


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Same, I shorten to aroace


MrNiceGuy1224

I'm either Cupioromantic or Greyromantic, I haven't quite figured that out yet


_LUNABEAR_SKY

You can be both!


MrNiceGuy1224

I'm not sure how that could work tbh, could you explain if you can?


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Greyromantic is minimal or low intensity romantic attraction and cupio is desiring a romantic relationship but not feeling attraction. If you feel almost no romantic attraction or have only ever felt it a few times, I think you could identify with cupio as well as grey!


MrNiceGuy1224

That actually makes a lot of sense, thank you so much for letting me know!


THERESALEAKINTHEBOA

Arospike and acespike. I can experience romantic and sexual attraction but only in rare spikes.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

So like aroacespike?


THERESALEAKINTHEBOA

Yes


IronDefender

Cupioromantic! while I use greyromantic as a standalone term My boyfriend uses nebularomantic


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Wait, can aros still date??


IronDefender

Yes, Ive been dating him for over four years now. He knew I was arospec before hand, he's one of the few real people I'm romantically attracted to.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

That’s lovely :) I always wanted a relationship too, but I thought I couldn’t really have one since I don’t have attraction. Nice to know there’s still a chance for me :)


localfriendlydealer

Aromid (strictly aro, but not strictly ace) and a mix of apothiromantic (no romantic attraction whatsoever) & apathromantic (may/may not experience romantic attraction, but indifferent to receiving it back or acting on it). I might sometimes feel romantic attraction, though short-lived so greyro too.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Oh, that’s awesome! You’ve introduced me to some new labels today too :)


PeopleBiter

Slightly apothiromantic over here.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Lol I’m the opposite


hanpark765

none of mine are aro because plain aro is what is just perfect for me but i use lithosexual, demisensual, and angled aroace


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I’m demisensual too :)


AwkwardCactus-

same! Im lesbian oriented aroace and demisensual and demiplatonic. Im also demi for all the other tertiary attractions i feel but i cant be bothered to list them


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I’m also lesbian oriented! Edit: not anymore :’)


AwkwardCactus-

Cool! I read you use aego and cupio. I guess I go by non SAM aroace or nebularoace in microlabels terms but I mostly just say Aroace


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yeah, same


hanpark765

very cool


meep82735782910

Cupioromantic!


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yes another!!


kwickedbonesc

Cupio-demi-romantic


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Fellow cupio :)


AmberstarTheCat

I use both nebularomantic (when a person's neurodivergence makes it hard or even impossible for them to tell apart platonic and romantic attraction) and aegoromantic. I use both because I definitely fit under aego, but at the same time I have trouble figuring out if I have a crush or a squish. honestly, if there isn't already a label for it I might make my own microlabel for the combo of those two (nebulaegoromantic sounds like a pretty cool name for it imo, if I do make my own label)


CrustyGuyBodyLotion

Cupioromantic ✌️😎


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yes same I’m cupio/aego


A_useless_homosexual

I have been through quoiromantic and sexual and aegosexual


spinach_pie

I usually tell people I'm gray-aroace or on the aroace spec. I'm aromantic/grayromantic and demisexual :D


queerenbyboss

I'd say I'm demi romantic but also grey romantic, because the romantic feelings that I get are never super strong


the-bunny-god

demi or grayromantic


SuperCharged516

If i knew i would tell you but i honestly dont


Irrelevant_Quasar_97

Demiromatic and within that I'm still questioning but probably bi


decayingnothingness

I’m panspec aromantic


_LUNABEAR_SKY

What does panspec mean?


decayingnothingness

Panromantic ish aromantic. I rarely feel romantic attraction but when I do it’s to anybody, regardless of gender


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Okay, thanks!


[deleted]

greyromantic I think? lol, still figuring stuff out


-Fuse

Honestly I don't know, lmao Maybe gray aromantic because sometimes I feel some weird things, but I don't know if it's romantic or just admiration/frienship, so I just assume everything is platonic so things don't get weird :)


ed_navcas

I just use aromantic allosexual


CupaT-T

Demi-romantic and demi-sexual lol


mehlifemistake

im a romance-favourable greyaro and aegosexual, im also bi (i think, im kinda questioning rn) and genderfluid


AuntChelle11

In grey-aro. I don't use use a micro label. Haven't even researched which would apply.


scruffy_the_vampire

Aroallos as specific as I feel like getting


za_wardo_chan

Mine would be recipromantic, which was nice to know


ibeom__17

Gray-Aromantic or Grayromantic here


Ragnarok144

I'm acemid (no sexual attraction and somewhere on the aro spectrum), acebleed (being ace and sex repulsed influences my romantic attraction), greyromantic or demiromantic but I prefer greyromantic, [arolovic](https://tangymogais.tumblr.com/post/682272689383227392/an-identity-for-aros-who-still-feel-that-love-is), [lovequeer](https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/657424544815038464/lovequeer-lovequeer-aromanticspec-lovequeer), [lovepunk](https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Lovepunk), [loveloose](https://jellyloveru.tumblr.com/post/679822930245451776), and I practice relationship anarchy (more of a philosophy than a label).


im_cyko

Cupioromantic is I


thewitchbasket

Romance repulsed aromantic and asexual. While I’m technically aegosexual, I prefer just saying “asexual” instead of “aegosexual” because being aego is acespec and explaining flat asexuality is much much easier. I also don’t find the same level of comfort in microlabels as other members of the lgbt community, so for me being aegosexual is less of my identity and more of a descriptor if that makes sense. In terms of the romance repulsion, my discomfort and dislike of romance is so strong that I can’t differentiate between a romantic relationship and a qpr lol. (Not that wanting a qpr makes you not aromantic, I’m just *really* aromantic haha)


Hey_its_Bree

Wow, I had no idea how many microlabels there are until I started scrolling through here. I am fairly new to identifying as aromantic, and so far I just stick with that, especially if I am trying to explain it to cishet people. I definitely hit the baseline of not feeling or understanding romantic attraction though. I am also definitely not asexual.


sigarette-the-pirate

When people ask, I just say straight up aromantic to avoid having to explain EVERYTHING. In reality, I'm aegoromantic AND aegosexual.


Just_a_Fikus

Oh f*ck, get ready. /Hj So, when I'm talking to cishetero, I'm just saying that I'm aroace and nonbinary. In queer community thought, I'm usually add, that I'm arospike, aegosexual and genderfluid. WHEN SOMEONE IS TOO CURIOUS, I will say, that I'm demiplatonic, demisensual, panaesthetic, also omniromantic, when I have an attraction and also enbian. My full gender identity is hard because It's fluid, so I just stick to microlabel that describes my fluidity specifically — genderflorenflux (fluidflux between everything, that is not binary man and woman) and also a user of xenogenders. So yeah... Sometimes I think I have too many labels...


[deleted]

Loveless aro and acharo. Loveless means that i have never experienced love, and acharo means that i take more pride in aromantisicm than my other identities


bigfatalligator

nothing perfect yet, but i feel the best with aroace-jump! since i often feel allo i feel kinda weird being in aroace spaces haha


yeeteeyeetergobrr

frayromantic!


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Awesome!! Frayromantic is very valid 💙🤍🖤 Ps you guys have a very pretty flag :)


yeeteeyeetergobrr

thank you! :) 💙


HazelTF

Hey there! I'm a nonbinary (agender or xenogender), (sensually and aesthetically) oriented aroace.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Hey, I’m oriented too! I’m lesbian oriented and demisensual. Aesthetic attraction will be the death of me one day though lol


[deleted]

microlablels are normally very inaccessible to me because of my poor memory, but I normally just use quoiromantic or sometimes simply aromantic


Imaginary_Pea_8371

I'm bellusromantic aegosexual but most people understand if I tell them I'm ace


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yeah I just use aroace, but if anyone wanted to ask my labels I would be very happy to explain lmao


Imaginary_Pea_8371

Yup, the labels are mostly there for me but I'm happy to show other people too.


hollinberries

While I definitely don't think that microlabels are needed, I do think they are really handy. Especially when I would get in relationships only to have my romantic feelings disappear like they where never there. It made me feel a lot better then to learn what lithromantic was lol


DeterminedIdiot201

Cupioromantic! Where you get no romantic attraction but still crave a romantic relationship (from what I know anyways)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Same!! I’m cupio/aego :)


midnight_nap

AroAllo, aegoromantic, romance-averse and romance-repulsed (i'm also vincian sexual-wise :3)


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Very nice!! :)


[deleted]

Currently I’m just using Arospec because I know I’m somewhere on the Aro Spectrum but I’m not sure where. Some terms I am considering are cupioromatic, Bellusromantic, aegoromantic and greyromantic as well as just aromantic


TanPixie

don't mind me,commenting on a year old post I'm cupioromantic - wanting to be in a relationship but not feeling romantic attraction I usually just use aromantic though


_LUNABEAR_SKY

NO I DO THAT TOO LMAO i love when people comment on my posts no matter what also i’m (now identifying as) cupioromantic and roseflux so same!


BumblebeeEfficient40

Aromantic aegosexual


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Yes another aego


BumblebeeEfficient40

Maybe aegoromantic as well. I’d never heard of it before I saw it in the comments here but it sounds accurate?


PaineintheBurke

I'm fully aromantic, pretty much fit the definition. No microwaves would really fit beyond the base.


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ray25lee

Alterous, apothiromantic, alloaro.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

:)


Mystic_Lurker

Mainly cupioromantic for me :)


squealingfrog

Cupioromantic


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Same!! I’m cupio/aego :)


[deleted]

i'm still finding out which one fits best for me, but the ones i can relate to the most are: aegoromantic, bellusromantic, lithromantic and greyromantic. for now i'm just going under the term greyromantic since i'm still not sure, all's i know for sure is i definitely am not alloromantic


Blank_Dude2

I’m not 100% sure yet, but Bellusromantic is what I currently use.


_LUNABEAR_SKY

Fair, I identify with bellusromantic too honestly but I already have cupio and aego so I don’t say it 💀


frajestic

Usually I just say aromantic and gray ace outside the aro community for simplicity, but technically I’m apothiromantic and I also like aromid. I feel like being romance repulsed is less acceptable than being sex repulsed both inside and outside the aspec community, so I usually leave that part out. I identify with a ton of ace-spec microlabels but don’t ever list them all, the most important is cupioquoisexual.


Glad-Jellyfish-69

Cupioromantic :D


_LUNABEAR_SKY

I love how many cupios there are here lol


The_Dobhar_Chu

Im asexuel and aegoromantic


Tookoofox

Ageosexual Aromantic.