[ SECRET POST #4318 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4318 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If one is asexual and one isn't, I just ... *sigh* I don't like it either. I totally get romances that aren't typical and don't have a storybook ending even if it's meant to be happy, but frankly, I hate a lot of those, and this feels like another. Because the non-asexual character is never going to be completely fulfilled without that sexual element, no matter how much they love that person and find that love to be enough (or more than enough).

It's like ... having a gap in your teeth and you can't get over how weird it feels. :P

[sarillia]

I've been a non-asexual person in a relationship with an asexual and that wasn't an issue for me. I don't need sex just because I feel physical attraction to people. I know there are people who really would have the problem you're talking about, but I get tired of people generalizing.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I get that. But to me, in a ROMANCE, I want more than that to feel fully satisfied by the story. *shrugs* Real life is different than fiction!

[(Anonymous)]

romance isn't love, you need fucking in your fic?! love only means screwing?

[(Anonymous)]

Hey. A real live person married to an ace person.

I have a goddamn hand and toys fucking exist and they're fulfilling enough to meet my needs in that department, and the relationship is perfectly fulfilling! Surprise! It's hella romantic without sex! Just admit you conflate the two!

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

A lot of people do conflate the two, but at the same time it's great that you and your SO are happy, but not everyone could be. There's definitely some barriers (some social, some personal) to an ace person and a non-ace person being in a happy relationship.

[(Anonymous)]

You protest a little too much there.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for giving me a ray of hope in this mostly crappy thread! People do conflate the two and I wish they wouldn't.

[(Anonymous)]

This whole thread is making me sad because if it's so awful and unrealistic in fiction then what hope is there for me as an asexual to have a romantic but nonsexual relationship in real life?
On the other hand "The nonasexual person can never be satisifed" is up there with "the bisexual partner can never be satisfied without having 2 partners of different genders" , wrong and offensive.