[ SECRET POST #289 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #289 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 176 secrets from Secret Submission Post #042.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, [ 1 2 3 ] not!secrets, [ 1 2 3 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] personal attack.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Monday, October 22nd, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

Some asexuals are interested in romance. Some are specifically romantically attracted to girls without the sex aspect involved. Some are specifically romantically attracted to boys without the sex aspect involved. Some are specifically romantically attracted to all genders without the sex aspect involved. SOME AREN'T.

I'm an aromantic asexual, and, yeah, I would let somebody who was hitting on me know that I'm not interested in a romantic relationship because it wouldn't be fair not to.

Way to generalize, there.

[(Anonymous)]

I would let somebody who was hitting on me know that I'm not interested in a romantic relationship because it wouldn't be fair not to.

In which case you say, "I'm just not interested in a romantic relationship with you (or with anyone)." why does being asexual even enter into it? there are heterosexuals and homosexuals and bisexuals who sometimes, believe it or not, are not interested in romantic relationships. it doesn't automatically make them asexual. it makes them...NOT INTERESTED.

I'm not the only one generalizing about this issue, by the way.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

And I probably would say "Sorry, not interested in romance" rather than going into the whole aromantic/asexual spiel. How is that at all relevant? The secret poster doesn't even say that this girl identified as asexual in response to his romantic interest. Just that, hey, she's asexual and he's interested but discouraged...which doesn't mean he said "Hey I dig you!" and she said "Hey I'm asexual!" it means she said in the course of some conversation "Oh BTW I'm asexual" and he realized she was unlikely to return his interest.

there are heterosexuals and homosexuals and bisexuals who sometimes, believe it or not, are not interested in romantic relationships. it doesn't automatically make them asexual. it makes them...NOT INTERESTED.

...okay. I believe it. I know heterosexuals and homosexuals and bisexuals who are not interested in personal romance. Most people who know me casually tend to think that I'm a bisexual with no interest in romance, because I'm not shy about expressing my aesthetic appreciation of pretty people but don't want to date any of them, and hey, most of the time there's not really an appropriate conversation or point to correctly identify my orientation. It's also not usually relevant.

You're getting very aggressive about this issue. And if that last comment was meant to imply that I'm generalizing that sexuals are always interested in romance, then...um...I'm sorry? I didn't mean to imply that. I know that's not true. But we weren't talking about sexuals at the moment so I don't exactly see how I could have interjected that.

If, on the other hand, that last sentence was just meant to point out that an awful lot of people in the comments here are generalizing, then, yes! I agree!