Demisexuality is a sexual orientation on the asexuality spectrum where a person experiences sexual attraction only after forming a strong, deep emotional connection with someone.
why is being fucking mentally normal a gender too?
oh you only want to have sex with someone you love? you must be DemiSexual then đ„°
You can be attracted and still not sleep with them. Most people do that multiple times a day. But asexual people are generally not attracted, that's what makes them asexual.
I have a friend who is asexual, who is in a relationship. They still have sex, but the way she describes it, it's very much not something she's into. That's not to say that she dislikes it, but she is disinterested and doesn't care about it.
All joking aside sounds like she's just following social norms or doing it for him rather than for herself but idk. She could also very well be straight with a low libido, those also exist.
But fuck it I'll take her word for it if she says so. None of OUR business.
From what she says she does it for him, but honestly, it's impossible to know if she's truly asexual or just has a microscopic libido. She says she is though, so I take her at her word.
That is not what that... It's a spectrum you realize yeah some asexual people (yours truly included) don't want sex but some are neutral to it or even enjoy it. Asexuality is just a lack of attraction when you get down to it
I still consider demisexual to be fake and not a real thing. Its just something people tell themselves to trick themselves into believing thats why the pull no bitches
I'm a guy who pulls witches, but that doesn't mean I want to sleep with them or even find them attractive until I get to know them. Like I can tell they're conventionally attractive, but not like me being pulled by a magnet to them because they're "hot"
I need deep emotional connection to cum in a reasonable ammount of time.
The first time i had sex with my gf, i lasted over an hour of pumping, we were both sore. Now its 5 minutes of her sucking me, 5-10 minutes of me eating her out, 10-15 minutes of pumping and we are done.
People are really bad at separating "is attracted to" and "wants to have sex with". Most people in a relationship are going to be attracted to other people at some point, that doesn't mean they automatically want to sleep with them.
dude i used to think this way (i am demisexual), but then i became close friends with and almost dated someone who genuinely does get hot and bothered for strangers or people they see in movies and whatnot (i did not know this, she assumed i did). i think thatâs how most people are/thatâs whatâs considered ânormal,â but that simple chemical reaction does not happen in my brain unless its a close emotional bond, and i think thatâs the âabnormalâ part
It's more like it can take years to reach that point. I'm friends with someone who's demisexual, she said for her it takes her 2 or 3 years of dating someone to get to that point. The description was technically right, but didn't really describe the depth of it
Because it's vastly different. If a conventional 10/10 stranger walks up to me and wants to fuck, my body does not want to engage. I've attended various swinging parties and felt absolutely nothing until we found common ground and a deeper connection.
Some people can have sex without intimacy or connection, some people can just use gloryholes, escorts, are quite comfortable having one night stands with strangers and the less they know the better
It might sound silly but it's a very validating label especially when you've had women trying to convince you into believing you're gay because you're not a sex pest or you're not a "real" man for not wanting to just be an on demand dick tap
Normal sexuality is still a sexuality. Its ok to have names for things that are normal.
Also demi-sexual is very obviously different from what most consider normal. "Normal" peope get aroused and attracted by many people they do not have a deep personal connection, such as celebrities, fictional character ls or straight up porn lol
Demosexuality moreso means you donât feel sexual attraction towards someone random like a celebrity or a model, you only start to feel that sexual attraction after youâve formed that bond
regular people go "oh, that person's pretty, I think I want to get to know them more."
demisexuals experience zero attraction for the majority of the time. then suddenly they experience attraction towards one of their friends, like a switch being flicked.
I'm heterosexual. I can fuck someone I'm simply just attracted to. My wife is demi she wasn't interested until I passed the guantlet. All of a sudden it was like a switch. I've dated someone ace. She thought it was weird I desired sex "all the time" cause she was ace. She genuinely didn't care for sex. You could be demi. There was a before time where people just fucked.
lad (or lass) post COVID nobody goes out and socializes anymore, and gen Z is profoundly damaged in how they interact with each other. If you look into it they are wildly socially disabled. Couple this with the absence of third spaces in general and places to loiter, and dating apps EXISTING and the casual hookups people have enjoyed since the 1950s longer exist. The apps present a 'there's always a better option' world that is fantasy and are engineered not to make functional pairs so that people keep relying on the dating app.
There is also the whole, shitloads of women now have absolutely zero interest in casual sex like they used to due to seemingly more hostile options for lays (and therefore unattractive) due to the explosion of the redpill and the risk of pregnancy just not being worth it.
People are dying because if a pregnancy goes septic, medical care is denied regardless. The whole corpse incubator thing also turned a lot of women off, to say the least of whats going on in their world. Its just not appealing to have casual sex for a significant portion of them like they used to. You kind of need a significant portion of women to be in on the casual sex for lots of casual heterosexual sex.
You might look fine, but you won't find any opportunities like you used to back in the day. Not now. No, demisexuality is not normal. Though if you're the type of person to instantly say something like you commented in a conversation, your personality might be unattractive or off putting. Nobody finds someone who is too self conscious or self loathing attractive. It's a non-starter for the majority of people. Nobody wants to ONS someone they need to reassure or emotionally tiptoe around.
I'm not sure if that helps but most people who are worried about how they are viewed appreciate honesty.
It's attraction. You still look at a beautiful woman and are attracted to her even though you dont know her. Demiromantic is the normal one. Demisexual isn't
Well yeah lots of people have sexual feelings towards people theyâve never talked to, any teenager whoâs ever had a celebrity crush can attest of that.
Afaik demisexual people legit donât feel any sexual attraction until theyâve formed a bond with someone. Itâs different from "only wanting to actually have sex with someone you love".\
If I understand correctly that would mean a literal sex god(dess) could pass through, sit next to them and proposition them and not only would they reject them, they wouldnât feel even a smidge of arousal. Now, once they actually become friends with that person and/or develop romantic feelings, only then do they see them that way.\
I really wouldnât say that applies to the majority of people on this planet.
That sounds weird when youâre reading the definition at first but the subtetly is that people usually end up attracted to people as they get to know them, demisexuals needs to know them perfectly first and then they get the hots.
I have some news for you if you think itâs typical to only be sexually attracted to people after forming a deep emotional connection with them. Most people experience attraction without an emotional bond.
I get what youâre saying but Iâve also fucked plenty of people I felt almost no emotional connection too. Itâs not that hard to imagine. I think we go overboard with the constant categorization and in a lot of cases itâs probably more reserved people that arenât comfortable to be sexual unless they feel like they really know someone.
Itâs not a gender, itâs just a classification for an already existing sexual preference. This is basically just someone who doesnât have interest in sex typically but will experience sexual desire with someone they are actually very close to. There are tons of people like that, they just didnât have a name for it. But itâs not really the standard, as most people still have sexual desires outside of a committed relationship,
It's not the same. It took seven years for my crush to develop and three more to be in love with the person. Even then, love is a choice- but if I don't have the utmost trust in my partner it kills the attraction. Sure I could technically have sex with someone but my body doesn't want it and it is extremely uncomfortable unless I have that profound trust and adoration for who they are.
Understandably no one really wanted to wait years for me to find them attractive in dating. And often trying to push it just made me find them unattractive. It was a pain in the ass and I gave up until my best friend.
I have seen someone describe it as an attraction to personality and trust. Not physical appearance. I think a shallow demi would be an oxymoron.
I will probably always be with my partner but man do I need them to stop doing stupid shit that results in serious bills. Can't trust them these days and they don't seem to understand why I haven't been touchy. Between breaking their fucking ankle on a trampoline and melting plastic to my goddamn stove, of which I have been telling them doesn't belong on it for three years. I feel like I can't trust them to be unsupervised at this point and they're becoming a roommate I know. I need them to get their shit together. Me staying is the choice. I waited out their asshole phase. There's still a chance they return to being responsible and trustworthy. I can wait. I look forward to seeing my bestfriend look like the sexiest mf alive again.
The difference between "normal" and "demisexual" is whether or not you could actually go through with having sex with a consenting attractive person of your liking that you just met. "Normal" people can, but demisexual people would struggle maintaining interest. It's often oversimplified to "personality over looks", because a demisexual person would find someone they're emotionally invested in more attractive than a random hot person every time.
Additionally, many labels exist to try and specify nuance in how people find each other attractive. It's a way for people to resonate with similar people or to easily express how they experience attraction to each other. The latest politicization of sexual orientation and gender is really coming off as a belligerant refusal to understand how other people think.
Normal isn't really the right word to use here. I am certain that the vast majority of young adults you know at least have a degree of sexual attraction towards others whether they show it a lot or not. As far as I understand demisexuality is that you practically never feel any sexual attraction or urges towards anyone that you don't have a deep, romantic connection with. The "normal" person you're describing isn't really the majority of people from what I can tell, but more so an idealistic view of how we strive to be and pretend to be.
Yeah, it took me until my 30s to really figure myself out that way.
I figured I'm probably demisexual a while ago, 'cause I've realized I don't really feel any attraction to anyone in general unless I've known them personally for quite a while, and the idea of sex isn't interesting at all unless it's with my wife. Like, I actually find the idea of casual intimacy rather repulsive (not for other people, specifically for me).
I feel like I've spent (and still spend) a lot of my life kinda masking that, since it's not uncommon for people to talk about how hot some celebrity is, or all sorts of casual relationships that I don't disapprove of but have to hide my complete disinterest to avoid seeming dismissive or rude.
I don't really care about a label, I just noted that it kinda described how I am, and in the end that's all a label is - how humans decided to group similar-enough things together in order to make communication or actions more effective.
How would YOU differentiate someone who feels normal sexual interest occasionally in strangers or casual hookups, vs people who ONLY feel it in relationships? Wouldn't you want to know that out of the gate if you were interested in someone?
It's funny how pretentious internet morons have made up the most obnoxious buzzwords for sexual behaviors that were considered normal just a couple of decades ago
To put it in layman's terms, demisexual isn't standard hetero or whatever. It's not only about wanting to have sex but also sexual attraction in general. While a "normal" person would be sexually aroused by porn or people they find hot or whatever, a demisexual person would feel none of that until they've actually formed an emotional bond with that person. That's where the diferrence lies.
Naw, I get you. What you say makes sense on the surface. The thing with demisexual people is that they legitimately feel no attraction towards other people until that connection has been made. If you are a straight/gay/lesbian/bi (anything sexual) person, even if you are completely monogamous, completely committed, you still see an attractive person and internally think "wow they are hot". Demisexuals dont, thats kind of the entire thing
I can approve. I'm not the biggest fan of over categorising myself but I at some point realised I have to use the term demisexuell as an explanation. I thought in my young years I might be asexual and felt really weird about it but I just feel very asexual until I have real tangible and deep emotions. It's still a weird feeling how that works. And I even had attempted one night stands before and actively stopped them because it felt like mutual abuse :/.
Thats the thing. Asexual people donât get âhungryâ in this analogy. However if a friend they really care about wants to have dinner, it still feels nice to eat. They just wouldnât have without the input, because they donât feel âhungerâ
Oh trust me, some of them do get horny. I know 2 asexuals and theyre the perviest people i know, they just dont find people attractive in a sexual sense but they do like sex.
Of course not everyone is like this but its a spectrum. Asexual does not mean âdoes not like sexâ
"Some asexual people engage in sexual activity despite lacking sexual attraction or a desire for sex, for a number of reasons, such as a desire to physically please themselves or romantic partners, or a desire to have children."
It says this... which I don't think is similar to what you're suggesting.
It also doesn't imply that asexual people experience sexual attraction - quite the opposite - which is what this discussion is about
If your ace friends are high libido and experience spontaneous arousal- that defeats the definition of asexual. Which is, does not experience sexual desire spontaneously or responsively. It does not mean that they cannot/do not enjoy being stimulated, but including spontaneous desire on the definition of asexual dilutes the term from what it is/was.
If they are completely sexually functional but just not attracted to people, that is a different animal and I fear they arrived at the wrong label. Whatever they ARE getting off to likely holds the answer there.
But using a term like asexual is completely meaningless if you then have to say, well actually they ARE capable of spontaneous desire and actually have very high libidios, they're just not attracted to other people
You cannot be typically 'pervy' and also be asexual. You CAN enjoy the physical aspect of getting yourself off often, but if it's at the forefront of your mind and you are including other people in it, of your own desire and accord, spontaneously- thats a different label entirely.
Asexual in the queer sense means âdoes not experience sexual attractionâ dont use terms if you dont know what they mean theyre human not fucking amoeba
how about asexual in the definition of the word sense, mate. I was agreeing that asexual didn't mean sex repulsed and your addition is gonna make spacebug think he's right.
I once found out that a girl I had sex with had been the subject of an article in one of the largest newspapers in my country, where she was talking about her being asexual. The article came out about 5 months before we had sex, and let me tell you, she was very much not asexual.
How good is your Norwegian? Mind you this was half a decade ago, so I'm not sure I'll be able to find the article. And even if I do, do I really want to post it here for everyone to see? I think not.
Your analogy is close! It's more like "You can still enjoy the taste of food even if you don't get hungry", which is a pretty good way of looking at it!
The word asexual in this context (different from asexual reproduction etc) means that a person experiences little to no sexual attraction, which is the feeling you get towards a specific person you find hot that nudges you to have sex with them. You can still have sex with anyone without feeling particular attraction towards them but it might be less enjoyable or less appealing on average because you have one less happy brain chemical system to rely on.
The key is that all other parts of human functioning like how your body physically gets turned on and pleasured, kink, connection with someone you trust, having kids etc work the same so an asexual person can make the conscious choice to have sex with someone if they deem it's "worth it". Just like a how a straight girl can kiss her best friend for fun and experimentation and it still wouldn't necessarily mean she's bi because the way her attraction works wouldn't have changed.
Almost. Sexual arousal â sexual attraction. There are asexuals that masturbate because it feels good, but not because they saw someone on the street that looked really hot earlier.
Basically asexual (as well as other sexualities outside of the ace spectrum I think?) is more about sexual attraction and less enjoyment of sex, so you can like sex and do it without actually being sexually attracted to the person you're sleeping with and doing this more as a "I want to please my partner/make my partner happy" and less "I want to fuck them because I'm attracted to them"
Also it is worth noting that the term asexual is a pretty wide umbrella term for the whole spectrum which includes people that have sexual attraction but feel it under different conditions or just less than others. And I think it can also refer to the aromantic spectrum but don't take my word on that
And then you have the fact that sometimes labels are a restriction especially at a young age (though idk how old anon is) and can change over time, like how my aromantic classmate almost dated my asexual classmate that one time
enjoying sex is different than experiencing sexual attraction.
asexuality is simple if you accept the split model of attraction. its classified only by a lack of sexual attraction. it has nothing to do with how much or little someone is willing to have sex, if their libido is high or low, nor does it matter who theyre romantically attracted do. the only real criteria is whether they experience sexual attraction or not
I've been with 3 asexual people in my life. All of them weren't actually asexual and instead were too traumatized to experience sexual desire normally.
Their defensive barrier does quickly fall apart once you show them actual love and appreciation and they come to an awkward realization that they do very much want to have sex with you. Usually things lead to each other then. And then an uncomfortable conversation usually appears... But surprisingly only some time after the fact.
Damn what are you doing to these women that you've gotten in to the pants of three of them? Are you breaking hearts and leaving? Do they leave you after resolving their sexual hang-ups?
Three times forging a life changing bond and being the first man they ever found it in themselves to truly love? Isn't that a bit unusual to repeat thrice? It begs some explaining.
Maybe you're right. All I can say is that I've showed love and appreciation (which is what OP said they had done) to three people as well (only one was self described as asexual though), I don't think it's noteworthy
It's usually a conversation about sex in the relationship and the fact that they might actually want it and don't know how to approach the topic. Obviously it's much easier to initiate the intercourse than to actually address the uncomfortable dissonance between "What I presented myself as" vs "What we will actually be doing going forward"
It's a very messy topic but ultimately it's quite simple.
Asexual just means they feel zero desire to have sex. Sex repulsed means they absolutely never want anything to do with it.
Plenty of asexual people can go their entire lives without sex ever crossing their mind. They donât feel the need to jerk off. Its just like, neutral as hell. Like a stick, or a clover to a normal person.
The nerves still work though, so often an asexual person with a sexual partner will never initiate but find the sex itself a physically nice experience- just not one worth chasing after or thinking about.
A sex repulsed ace person on the other hand will never be cool with sexing it up bc they are disgusted by it.
So, if youre alright with never feeling sexually desired by your partner (because you arenât) or never doing fun foreplay throughout the day that gets you both excited or ready to rip in to each other when youâre both home. If youâre okay with never being initiated, but always the initiator, dating a non sex repulsed ace is an option.
However, never feeling sexy or wanted can and does get to you after some time. Lust shouldnât be the first foot forward- but lust is absolutely a required bedfellow of love in a long and healthy marriage.
Asexuality has 2 meanings/forms - lack of sexual attraction to others, and lack of desire for sexual activity. You can be one without the other and still be asexual.
So anon's girlfriend could love/be romantically attracted to him, enjoy sex, but could look at him and not have that desire to have sex with him in particular. She would still be asexual.
As someone who has been friends with asexual people, yes I know. Most of them are traumatized people, tbh. And I get it, I wouldnt wanna have sex so easily either and I can imagine in their place they must feel so incredibly safe to be in a relationship where the bf/gf doesnt EXPECT sex from them. Totally understandable. I do know a married couple who are both asexual. One has no sex drive, the other just doesnt like sex, when the other has urges she kinda treats it like a headache
Jup, likes sex with the right person. Someone see trusts and really likes. Anon got lucky, unless it's fake and gay and now he gets pegged every night by his trans girlfriend who stopped taking her meds.
It's like I look at this screen text s and immediately brings me back to 2011-2013 2014 2015 but it's not those years anymore. It's 2026. I miss my f*** daughter
Sounds like the "lack" of expectations for sex have allowed for communication and connection to occur in a way that stimulated sexual attraction. Communication and connection are often important to a strong relationships.
One important thing to understand is that people do not become deviants because they are pretty and happy. They isolate themselves from mainstream because mainstream rejects them in the first place.
So you should look for either not pretty or not happy. Probably both.
OP "started dating asexual". Nobody pretty and happy would become "asexual". You become asexual as a coping mechanism because you are out of luck to have sex.
There are stories of "lesbian" chick getting ill, losing weight and suddenly becoming hetero when she realizes she has a chance in the mainstream now.
OPs girl also dropped the "a" from "asexual" when she realized she has a chance at sex.
However this is a very reasonable way to start any relationship - any "normal" relationship should start as asexual one. When you become friends and one day get drunk you do some sex and it is even kinkier. This is how people do it. Mainstream people just don't need labels.
It is hard for people to accept that they are undesirable so they label themselves as this and that.
So drop the labels and lower your standards. Accept that you will not date somebody super pretty or super mentally stable and then things will start to happen.
How? Brain just isn't wired with the 'seek and fuck' part. You know how food tastes better when you're REALLY hungry no matter what you're eating, and how sex feels better when you're REALLY horny even if its not with the most attractive person?
Well that extra reward system also isn't present. Nobody pings as attractive, and there isn't a seek and fuck drive. So they never think, damn that woman is a baddie. They're more likely to think, damn this punch is good. However, if said baddie comes over and grabs em by the genitals they ARE likely to think (provided that they're in an agreeable mood and the person doesn't make them uncomfortable' "Oh, that feels nice"
Theres the physical reward of orgasm but no extra bells and whistles of feel-good you just propogated chemicals to go along with it, so no drive to seek it out, repeat. It's just an 'oh, that was nice. Wonder what's for dinner?'
Like- post nut clarity but all the time without the refractory drawback of actively being sex repulsed if sex is offered during it. Like never getting hungry, but still enjoying a meal. Its never gonna taste as mind blowing as a meal when you're REALLY STARVING but everybody likes a steak. Won't seek out the steakhouse but will accept an invitation to dinner with loved ones.
Y__Y@reddit
Boba0514@reddit
probably demisexual
KelvinSouz@reddit
why is being fucking mentally normal a gender too? oh you only want to have sex with someone you love? you must be DemiSexual then đ„°
JamieBeeeee@reddit
99% of young men are ravenous to sleep with women they don't love lol
Boba0514@reddit
I'm not saying it's not normal, I think it's perfectly fine and healthy. But as a heterosexual I don't need deep emotional connection to be aroused.
StormOfFatRichards@reddit
They might not either. It's just a matter of being safe which is how most women and probably a lot of men function
Boba0514@reddit
You can be attracted and still not sleep with them. Most people do that multiple times a day. But asexual people are generally not attracted, that's what makes them asexual.
AtrophyXIX@reddit
No asexual means they dont want sex. You can be attracted to someone and not want to fuck them, hope that helps
OrangeFortress@reddit
Dictionary definition: âexperiencing no sexual feelings or desires; not feeling sexual attraction to anyone.â
So, no, you're wrong.
Derlino@reddit
I have a friend who is asexual, who is in a relationship. They still have sex, but the way she describes it, it's very much not something she's into. That's not to say that she dislikes it, but she is disinterested and doesn't care about it.
FinGamer678Nikoboi@reddit
All joking aside sounds like she's just following social norms or doing it for him rather than for herself but idk. She could also very well be straight with a low libido, those also exist.
But fuck it I'll take her word for it if she says so. None of OUR business.
Derlino@reddit
From what she says she does it for him, but honestly, it's impossible to know if she's truly asexual or just has a microscopic libido. She says she is though, so I take her at her word.
tipsyTentaclist@reddit
I'd say, at this point, there's no difference between microlibido and asexuality.
Saying as someone not asexual, but with nigh dead libido due to vitamins.
H311i0_trop3@reddit
That is not what that... It's a spectrum you realize yeah some asexual people (yours truly included) don't want sex but some are neutral to it or even enjoy it. Asexuality is just a lack of attraction when you get down to it
captainlittleboyblue@reddit
An ace person can be never feeling sexual attraction or urges, but can still like how sex feels physically
Puzzleheaded_Door484@reddit
âHope that helpsâ
I wish everyone that use this phrase in this way were thrown into reeducation camps
F-Lambda@reddit
There's asexual people who want sex, you're thinking of "low libido"
hhhnnnnnggggggg@reddit
That is not the definition of asexuality, or any sexuality. Asexuality is purely the lack of sexual attraction.
Decimator24244@reddit
I still consider demisexual to be fake and not a real thing. Its just something people tell themselves to trick themselves into believing thats why the pull no bitches
newtostew2@reddit
I'm a guy who pulls witches, but that doesn't mean I want to sleep with them or even find them attractive until I get to know them. Like I can tell they're conventionally attractive, but not like me being pulled by a magnet to them because they're "hot"
TearOpenTheVault@reddit
I have exclusively met demisexual women who still end up having a lot of sex. I donât think that argument works.
Boba0514@reddit
kek I only heard of women who are that, but okay
wavs101@reddit
I need deep emotional connection to cum in a reasonable ammount of time.
The first time i had sex with my gf, i lasted over an hour of pumping, we were both sore. Now its 5 minutes of her sucking me, 5-10 minutes of me eating her out, 10-15 minutes of pumping and we are done.
ArchmageIlmryn@reddit
People are really bad at separating "is attracted to" and "wants to have sex with". Most people in a relationship are going to be attracted to other people at some point, that doesn't mean they automatically want to sleep with them.
FalseDrive@reddit
dude i used to think this way (i am demisexual), but then i became close friends with and almost dated someone who genuinely does get hot and bothered for strangers or people they see in movies and whatnot (i did not know this, she assumed i did). i think thatâs how most people are/thatâs whatâs considered ânormal,â but that simple chemical reaction does not happen in my brain unless its a close emotional bond, and i think thatâs the âabnormalâ part
Ben_E_Chod@reddit
It's more like it can take years to reach that point. I'm friends with someone who's demisexual, she said for her it takes her 2 or 3 years of dating someone to get to that point. The description was technically right, but didn't really describe the depth of it
Towbee@reddit
Because it's vastly different. If a conventional 10/10 stranger walks up to me and wants to fuck, my body does not want to engage. I've attended various swinging parties and felt absolutely nothing until we found common ground and a deeper connection.
Some people can have sex without intimacy or connection, some people can just use gloryholes, escorts, are quite comfortable having one night stands with strangers and the less they know the better
It might sound silly but it's a very validating label especially when you've had women trying to convince you into believing you're gay because you're not a sex pest or you're not a "real" man for not wanting to just be an on demand dick tap
SonicTh66@reddit
Sexuality =/= gender
Not that difficult to grasp if you ask me
NotSoSuperHero2@reddit
Normal sexuality is still a sexuality. Its ok to have names for things that are normal.
Also demi-sexual is very obviously different from what most consider normal. "Normal" peope get aroused and attracted by many people they do not have a deep personal connection, such as celebrities, fictional character ls or straight up porn lol
Goondragon1@reddit
Demisexuals watch porn though
F-Lambda@reddit
that's because libido is separate from attraction
Goondragon1@reddit
Then what the fuck is the point of that comment.
F-Lambda@reddit
porn ties into libido, not attraction, arousal without actually being attracted to that person specifically
H311i0_trop3@reddit
Okay? Libido is a thing
headphase@reddit
Spend like 10 minutes reading about humankind and it should be obvious there's no such thing as 'normal' sexuality lol. Everything is a spectrum.
RatioTechnical234@reddit
That's what years of Concoctions of SSRI does to a mf.
zj--@reddit
Call me crazy but you're sounding like an F-16 aircraft rn
Charbus@reddit
Itâs just something for girls to put on their dating apps so that guys donât send them dick pics or try to meet up for sex immediately
MrBobBuilder@reddit
Iâm convinced they just want to feel special
Anyone who tells me they are demisexual I just roll my eyes
skoomable@reddit
Demosexuality moreso means you donât feel sexual attraction towards someone random like a celebrity or a model, you only start to feel that sexual attraction after youâve formed that bond
isaac_9876@reddit
No one said it's a gender
fourtyonexx@reddit
âŠyou mean sexuality/romantic interest? Its.. its in the name anon, âdemisexualâ. Not a gender. :/
F-Lambda@reddit
because it's not the default.
regular people go "oh, that person's pretty, I think I want to get to know them more."
demisexuals experience zero attraction for the majority of the time. then suddenly they experience attraction towards one of their friends, like a switch being flicked.
Tablesafety@reddit
Demisexuality isnât the norm. Most people actively seek out sexual experiences with people they barely know or care about.
Demisexuals ONLY feel desire to fuck after getting to besties tier with someone.
Vegetable_Safety@reddit
Kinda feels like the norm tbh
dreimanatee@reddit
I'm heterosexual. I can fuck someone I'm simply just attracted to. My wife is demi she wasn't interested until I passed the guantlet. All of a sudden it was like a switch. I've dated someone ace. She thought it was weird I desired sex "all the time" cause she was ace. She genuinely didn't care for sex. You could be demi. There was a before time where people just fucked.
Vegetable_Safety@reddit
So I'm either intimidating, ugly, or it's the norm
Vegetable_Safety@reddit
And the downvotes are reinforcing the idea that it's at least one of these
Tablesafety@reddit
lad (or lass) post COVID nobody goes out and socializes anymore, and gen Z is profoundly damaged in how they interact with each other. If you look into it they are wildly socially disabled. Couple this with the absence of third spaces in general and places to loiter, and dating apps EXISTING and the casual hookups people have enjoyed since the 1950s longer exist. The apps present a 'there's always a better option' world that is fantasy and are engineered not to make functional pairs so that people keep relying on the dating app.
There is also the whole, shitloads of women now have absolutely zero interest in casual sex like they used to due to seemingly more hostile options for lays (and therefore unattractive) due to the explosion of the redpill and the risk of pregnancy just not being worth it.
People are dying because if a pregnancy goes septic, medical care is denied regardless. The whole corpse incubator thing also turned a lot of women off, to say the least of whats going on in their world. Its just not appealing to have casual sex for a significant portion of them like they used to. You kind of need a significant portion of women to be in on the casual sex for lots of casual heterosexual sex.
You might look fine, but you won't find any opportunities like you used to back in the day. Not now. No, demisexuality is not normal. Though if you're the type of person to instantly say something like you commented in a conversation, your personality might be unattractive or off putting. Nobody finds someone who is too self conscious or self loathing attractive. It's a non-starter for the majority of people. Nobody wants to ONS someone they need to reassure or emotionally tiptoe around.
I'm not sure if that helps but most people who are worried about how they are viewed appreciate honesty.
Vegetable_Safety@reddit
That, gave me a lot to think about. Thanks for elaborating
Tablesafety@reddit
No problem mate, I hope it's ultimately of use to you.
FunnyRegret7876@reddit
Crazy how people use terms to define things.
FinGamer678Nikoboi@reddit
Yeah. "Normal" isn't very useful to anyone.
HandyProduceHaver@reddit
Please go outdoors
FunnyRegret7876@reddit
So the natural state of the earth is now called "outdoors"? Fucking everything with these incels needs a label
HandyProduceHaver@reddit
You post on r/genshinimpact and r/Pokemon calling me an incel. Buddy your wife's boyfriend just told me your screen times up
poopcockshit@reddit
YourLocalSnitch@reddit
sculksensor@reddit
It's attraction. You still look at a beautiful woman and are attracted to her even though you dont know her. Demiromantic is the normal one. Demisexual isn't
Molkwi@reddit
Aight bro, you gotta learn something.
Sexuality isn't the same as gender.
DreenS@reddit
Well yeah lots of people have sexual feelings towards people theyâve never talked to, any teenager whoâs ever had a celebrity crush can attest of that.
Afaik demisexual people legit donât feel any sexual attraction until theyâve formed a bond with someone. Itâs different from "only wanting to actually have sex with someone you love".\ If I understand correctly that would mean a literal sex god(dess) could pass through, sit next to them and proposition them and not only would they reject them, they wouldnât feel even a smidge of arousal. Now, once they actually become friends with that person and/or develop romantic feelings, only then do they see them that way.\ I really wouldnât say that applies to the majority of people on this planet.
HorseDiego@reddit
You're so lame I can't lie.
_sephylon_@reddit
That sounds weird when youâre reading the definition at first but the subtetly is that people usually end up attracted to people as they get to know them, demisexuals needs to know them perfectly first and then they get the hots.
wetwater@reddit
Wait until you hear about sapiosexuals. A woman I know identifies as such and is extremely pretentious about it when it comes to dating.
plurBUDDHA@reddit
It's not a gender it's a sexuality or like it says in the description you quoted a sexual orientation.
Gender is more biological aka Male vs Female or whatever the fuck you are that lies in-between those two.
To put it into terms any anon can understand sexuality is what makes you horny. Gender is what genitals/body form you're comfortable with.
sm753@reddit
Because Gen Z likes to pretend like they invented or discovered things that have existed for decades or centuries.
Bro, I invented this new thing where you mash up an avocado and then, wait for it, you spread it on a piece of toast! I'm a culinary genuis!
Steampunk_Batman@reddit
I have some news for you if you think itâs typical to only be sexually attracted to people after forming a deep emotional connection with them. Most people experience attraction without an emotional bond.
HiTekLoLyfe@reddit
I get what youâre saying but Iâve also fucked plenty of people I felt almost no emotional connection too. Itâs not that hard to imagine. I think we go overboard with the constant categorization and in a lot of cases itâs probably more reserved people that arenât comfortable to be sexual unless they feel like they really know someone.
LeonZataku@reddit
They need to put a label on everything. Calling yourself "Demisexual" is just saying you arent easy I guess?
All of these sexual orientations are dumb af imo
Osirisseth@reddit
No you only experience physical attraction to people you already love
marino1310@reddit
Itâs not a gender, itâs just a classification for an already existing sexual preference. This is basically just someone who doesnât have interest in sex typically but will experience sexual desire with someone they are actually very close to. There are tons of people like that, they just didnât have a name for it. But itâs not really the standard, as most people still have sexual desires outside of a committed relationship,
rick_astley66@reddit
That is a sexuality, not a gender. Big difference.
JungleFeverRunner@reddit
It's not the same. It took seven years for my crush to develop and three more to be in love with the person. Even then, love is a choice- but if I don't have the utmost trust in my partner it kills the attraction. Sure I could technically have sex with someone but my body doesn't want it and it is extremely uncomfortable unless I have that profound trust and adoration for who they are.
Understandably no one really wanted to wait years for me to find them attractive in dating. And often trying to push it just made me find them unattractive. It was a pain in the ass and I gave up until my best friend.
I have seen someone describe it as an attraction to personality and trust. Not physical appearance. I think a shallow demi would be an oxymoron.
I will probably always be with my partner but man do I need them to stop doing stupid shit that results in serious bills. Can't trust them these days and they don't seem to understand why I haven't been touchy. Between breaking their fucking ankle on a trampoline and melting plastic to my goddamn stove, of which I have been telling them doesn't belong on it for three years. I feel like I can't trust them to be unsupervised at this point and they're becoming a roommate I know. I need them to get their shit together. Me staying is the choice. I waited out their asshole phase. There's still a chance they return to being responsible and trustworthy. I can wait. I look forward to seeing my bestfriend look like the sexiest mf alive again.
dreimanatee@reddit
Couples therapy yesterday my dude.
Guardiancomplex@reddit
It's not a gender lol
octofeline@reddit
Are your parents related or something? Nobody ever claimed it was, they're saying its a sexual orientation
ZettoVii@reddit
The average person dont need strong emotional connections to be turned on by someone. Which is what sets demisexuals apart.
It is a sexuality, not a gender.
kfish5050@reddit
The difference between "normal" and "demisexual" is whether or not you could actually go through with having sex with a consenting attractive person of your liking that you just met. "Normal" people can, but demisexual people would struggle maintaining interest. It's often oversimplified to "personality over looks", because a demisexual person would find someone they're emotionally invested in more attractive than a random hot person every time.
Additionally, many labels exist to try and specify nuance in how people find each other attractive. It's a way for people to resonate with similar people or to easily express how they experience attraction to each other. The latest politicization of sexual orientation and gender is really coming off as a belligerant refusal to understand how other people think.
Oh, and sexual orientation is not a gender.
Moon__Destroyer@reddit
Normal isn't really the right word to use here. I am certain that the vast majority of young adults you know at least have a degree of sexual attraction towards others whether they show it a lot or not. As far as I understand demisexuality is that you practically never feel any sexual attraction or urges towards anyone that you don't have a deep, romantic connection with. The "normal" person you're describing isn't really the majority of people from what I can tell, but more so an idealistic view of how we strive to be and pretend to be.
thegimboid@reddit
Yeah, it took me until my 30s to really figure myself out that way.
I figured I'm probably demisexual a while ago, 'cause I've realized I don't really feel any attraction to anyone in general unless I've known them personally for quite a while, and the idea of sex isn't interesting at all unless it's with my wife. Like, I actually find the idea of casual intimacy rather repulsive (not for other people, specifically for me).
I feel like I've spent (and still spend) a lot of my life kinda masking that, since it's not uncommon for people to talk about how hot some celebrity is, or all sorts of casual relationships that I don't disapprove of but have to hide my complete disinterest to avoid seeming dismissive or rude.
And yes, I've tried it a couple times in my youth whenever enough pressure from society convinced I should want it - I felt like that guy who was really into the idea of scat until it was happening and he realized he actually wasn't at all and it was just some mindset he'd tricked himself into.
I don't really care about a label, I just noted that it kinda described how I am, and in the end that's all a label is - how humans decided to group similar-enough things together in order to make communication or actions more effective.
El_Maltos_Username@reddit
A relationship fetish đ
King_Bean_@reddit
How would YOU differentiate someone who feels normal sexual interest occasionally in strangers or casual hookups, vs people who ONLY feel it in relationships? Wouldn't you want to know that out of the gate if you were interested in someone?
The-new-dutch-empire@reddit
Real.
For a group that despises labels so much they have 100 unique âšspecial âš labels for being basically normal.
metron556@reddit
It's funny how pretentious internet morons have made up the most obnoxious buzzwords for sexual behaviors that were considered normal just a couple of decades ago
thingamajig1987@reddit
That's not a gender? Lol do you think being gay is a gender too?
GoldenRush257@reddit
To put it in layman's terms, demisexual isn't standard hetero or whatever. It's not only about wanting to have sex but also sexual attraction in general. While a "normal" person would be sexually aroused by porn or people they find hot or whatever, a demisexual person would feel none of that until they've actually formed an emotional bond with that person. That's where the diferrence lies.
MostLikelyUncertain@reddit
you might be demidumb
onarainyafternoon@reddit
This guyâs about to jack off
Single-Decision9537@reddit
"what liking men is gay why is everything a sexuality nowdays can't a brother just be into dudes"
CaseClosedEmail@reddit
You can still fuck hookers right?
I ain't catching no feelings for girls selling pussy
GuardianOfBlocks@reddit
What has that to do with gender?
Oh_Fated_One@reddit
this guy just learned what "term" is
007chill@reddit
I would kind of consider myself this but itâs not something I even flaunt or tell anyone.
When Iâm at a bar or similar, I am not on the âhuntâ to get laid. It doesnât even cross my mind.
Itâs not until Iâm close with someone over time that my brain finally is like âfuck themâ
theduderedditorguy@reddit
"you must be special. Normalcy does not exist."
RaoulLaila@reddit
Naw, I get you. What you say makes sense on the surface. The thing with demisexual people is that they legitimately feel no attraction towards other people until that connection has been made. If you are a straight/gay/lesbian/bi (anything sexual) person, even if you are completely monogamous, completely committed, you still see an attractive person and internally think "wow they are hot". Demisexuals dont, thats kind of the entire thing
Realcomeguardian@reddit
I can approve. I'm not the biggest fan of over categorising myself but I at some point realised I have to use the term demisexuell as an explanation. I thought in my young years I might be asexual and felt really weird about it but I just feel very asexual until I have real tangible and deep emotions. It's still a weird feeling how that works. And I even had attempted one night stands before and actively stopped them because it felt like mutual abuse :/.
LazyBoyXD@reddit
Tumbler being bought by yahoo was the biggest mistake made on the internet.
Weirdo just bleed out from there like nobody business
EnderScout_77@reddit
because people aren't banging 3-4 different people in a small timespan these days right?
F-Lambda@reddit
no, libido is just separate from sexual attraction.
helloiamaegg@reddit
Haii, asexual here
Still like sex
SkrimyDelta@reddit
Probably just delusional
Substantial_Sir_9153@reddit
,,
ieatleeks@reddit
You can be asexual and enjoy sex without having desire for it
Rex__Lapis@reddit
How does this even work
SpaceBug176@reddit
People want to be special so they adopt these titles without even doing research first.
bro0t@reddit
Just bc theyre not sexually attracted to anyone doesnt mean they dont like the act. I dont like rice but if im hungry i still eat it
Tablesafety@reddit
Thats the thing. Asexual people donât get âhungryâ in this analogy. However if a friend they really care about wants to have dinner, it still feels nice to eat. They just wouldnât have without the input, because they donât feel âhungerâ
SaboTheRevolutionary@reddit
Asexual people can get hungry (feel libido/horny), but they don't have cravings for specific food (sexual attraction to a person)
H311i0_trop3@reddit
Yes we do libido=/=attraction
bro0t@reddit
Oh trust me, some of them do get horny. I know 2 asexuals and theyre the perviest people i know, they just dont find people attractive in a sexual sense but they do like sex.
Of course not everyone is like this but its a spectrum. Asexual does not mean âdoes not like sexâ
Smelldicks@reddit
What in the kindergarten shit is this.
If they get horny theyâre not asexual. Asexual people donât get horny. Asexual people are not sexual beings. Thatâs the whole point.
bro0t@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality
ZenPyx@reddit
Dawg did you read this?
"Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity."
bro0t@reddit
OR, not AND
ZenPyx@reddit
Yeah I can read.
"Some asexual people engage in sexual activity despite lacking sexual attraction or a desire for sex, for a number of reasons, such as a desire to physically please themselves or romantic partners, or a desire to have children."
It says this... which I don't think is similar to what you're suggesting.
It also doesn't imply that asexual people experience sexual attraction - quite the opposite - which is what this discussion is about
Tablesafety@reddit
If your ace friends are high libido and experience spontaneous arousal- that defeats the definition of asexual. Which is, does not experience sexual desire spontaneously or responsively. It does not mean that they cannot/do not enjoy being stimulated, but including spontaneous desire on the definition of asexual dilutes the term from what it is/was.
If they are completely sexually functional but just not attracted to people, that is a different animal and I fear they arrived at the wrong label. Whatever they ARE getting off to likely holds the answer there.
But using a term like asexual is completely meaningless if you then have to say, well actually they ARE capable of spontaneous desire and actually have very high libidios, they're just not attracted to other people
You cannot be typically 'pervy' and also be asexual. You CAN enjoy the physical aspect of getting yourself off often, but if it's at the forefront of your mind and you are including other people in it, of your own desire and accord, spontaneously- thats a different label entirely.
bro0t@reddit
Asexual in the queer sense means âdoes not experience sexual attractionâ dont use terms if you dont know what they mean theyre human not fucking amoeba
Tablesafety@reddit
how about asexual in the definition of the word sense, mate. I was agreeing that asexual didn't mean sex repulsed and your addition is gonna make spacebug think he's right.
SpaceBug176@reddit
His addition literally makes me right. My point is people don't do research. This guy proves it.
Derlino@reddit
I once found out that a girl I had sex with had been the subject of an article in one of the largest newspapers in my country, where she was talking about her being asexual. The article came out about 5 months before we had sex, and let me tell you, she was very much not asexual.
SpaceBug176@reddit
Link the article or it didn't happen
Derlino@reddit
How good is your Norwegian? Mind you this was half a decade ago, so I'm not sure I'll be able to find the article. And even if I do, do I really want to post it here for everyone to see? I think not.
snapetom@reddit
Half a decade??? A whole five years!!! Holy moley, that's a lifetime!
SpaceBug176@reddit
Tbh it's a lifetime by today's standards. A lot of shit's been happening lately.
Derlino@reddit
Feels like a lifetime ago
ImportantResponse0@reddit
There are a lot of asexual that says that attraction is different from pleasure.
So they motivate that they don't feel sexual attraction but feels pleasure from sex.
BrunesOvrBrauns@reddit
It feels like some people are desperate to claim that they're not playing the game while very much still wanting what comes with it.
SpaceBug176@reddit
You mf, you just made me lose the game!
ImportantResponse0@reddit
But if you play the game you lose.
There is no winning.
SpaceBug176@reddit
Oooh boy, sounds like we'll have to come up with the 100th word to describe these kinds of asexuals!
Vo112d@reddit
i propose schizosexuals
ImportantResponse0@reddit
Why should we be mean?
We can't we let people let their lives as they want?
seanthebeloved@reddit
Because theyâre weirdos.
ImportantResponse0@reddit
Are we all?
SpaceBug176@reddit
How about you let me live my life how I want?
ImportantResponse0@reddit
That is not an optionÂ
SpaceBug176@reddit
Bro is Mario when he's gonna steal your liver in 3 days
Vo112d@reddit
anon browses r/greentext where people get called gay and various slurs every 5 minutes but draws the line at asexuals
ImportantResponse0@reddit
Gay is not a slur, you can't think that gay is a slur.
After the holocaust the Jews got a country for themselves.
You now what we, the gay, got?
Prison, because being gay was still illegal.
Also schizosexuals is not a nice word.
It just show how much empathy you haveÂ
Vo112d@reddit
Reading comprehension 0/10
SpaceBug176@reddit
Except he said "gay and various slurs". He didn't say gay was a slur.
eveningfellow056@reddit
Mental gymnastics
ImportantResponse0@reddit
It is not, they aren't attracted to someone but they like the feeling.
You can like to ... I don't know... maybe do sport but that doesn't means you have to be attracted to sport.
Is like eating something you don't really want to cook or eat often but is still good.
They don't look at people and think if they would like sex with them or not they just let it happen.
eveningfellow056@reddit
If you don't want to eat the food then it shouldn't matter unless it's really necessary(like healthy or something) đ€
ImportantResponse0@reddit
I mean personally all sexual orientation terms make no sense because except if you are attracted to me then I don't want to know and I don't care.
eveningfellow056@reddit
Fr , your response was quite nice
NCD_Lardum_AS@reddit
It doesn't.
Most asexuals are fake. They wanna be special and don't wanna fuck everything that moves so CLEARLY they're asexual.
helpme8470@reddit
redditor moment
bruhred@reddit
you can still enjoy sex even if you don't feel sexual attraction
aleczapka@reddit
"you can still enjoy food even if you don't feel the taste"
lmao, lol even
The_Cynist@reddit
Your analogy is close! It's more like "You can still enjoy the taste of food even if you don't get hungry", which is a pretty good way of looking at it!
marino1310@reddit
Thatâs how people on ozempic can stay fat despite having no appetite
Tablesafety@reddit
No, you can still enjoy food even if you donât feel hungry
The taste remains the same. Its the hunger thatâs gone.
Empero6@reddit
Youâre kinda showing your ass here.
Gaspaider@reddit
TLDR:
The word asexual in this context (different from asexual reproduction etc) means that a person experiences little to no sexual attraction, which is the feeling you get towards a specific person you find hot that nudges you to have sex with them. You can still have sex with anyone without feeling particular attraction towards them but it might be less enjoyable or less appealing on average because you have one less happy brain chemical system to rely on.
The key is that all other parts of human functioning like how your body physically gets turned on and pleasured, kink, connection with someone you trust, having kids etc work the same so an asexual person can make the conscious choice to have sex with someone if they deem it's "worth it". Just like a how a straight girl can kiss her best friend for fun and experimentation and it still wouldn't necessarily mean she's bi because the way her attraction works wouldn't have changed.
Doge6654533@reddit
So there are asexuals that masturbate because it feel good, not because they have a sexual "drive"?
hhhnnnnnggggggg@reddit
They still get horny, but fucking anyone is no different from you not being attracted to your hand when you masturbate.
The_Cynist@reddit
Almost. Sexual arousal â sexual attraction. There are asexuals that masturbate because it feels good, but not because they saw someone on the street that looked really hot earlier.
SpaceBug176@reddit
Unrelated, but is that Kurzergart on your pfp? Literally what could the context to that pic even be?
deanominecraft@reddit
asexual = donât feel sexual attraction, not necessarily hating sex itself
Okamitoutcourt@reddit
Basically asexual (as well as other sexualities outside of the ace spectrum I think?) is more about sexual attraction and less enjoyment of sex, so you can like sex and do it without actually being sexually attracted to the person you're sleeping with and doing this more as a "I want to please my partner/make my partner happy" and less "I want to fuck them because I'm attracted to them"
Also it is worth noting that the term asexual is a pretty wide umbrella term for the whole spectrum which includes people that have sexual attraction but feel it under different conditions or just less than others. And I think it can also refer to the aromantic spectrum but don't take my word on that
And then you have the fact that sometimes labels are a restriction especially at a young age (though idk how old anon is) and can change over time, like how my aromantic classmate almost dated my asexual classmate that one time
Ngineer07@reddit
enjoying sex is different than experiencing sexual attraction.
asexuality is simple if you accept the split model of attraction. its classified only by a lack of sexual attraction. it has nothing to do with how much or little someone is willing to have sex, if their libido is high or low, nor does it matter who theyre romantically attracted do. the only real criteria is whether they experience sexual attraction or not
AbadeersGhost@reddit
Too much time spent on Tumblr
lllGrapeApelll@reddit
Not all asexuals dislike sex they just don't have a drive for it.
TheOnlyBasedRedditor@reddit
I've been with 3 asexual people in my life. All of them weren't actually asexual and instead were too traumatized to experience sexual desire normally.
Their defensive barrier does quickly fall apart once you show them actual love and appreciation and they come to an awkward realization that they do very much want to have sex with you. Usually things lead to each other then. And then an uncomfortable conversation usually appears... But surprisingly only some time after the fact.
AccessTheMainframe@reddit
Damn what are you doing to these women that you've gotten in to the pants of three of them? Are you breaking hearts and leaving? Do they leave you after resolving their sexual hang-ups?
Bexcz@reddit
Bruh. It's three people, not a whole sports team
AccessTheMainframe@reddit
Three times forging a life changing bond and being the first man they ever found it in themselves to truly love? Isn't that a bit unusual to repeat thrice? It begs some explaining.
Bexcz@reddit
Maybe you're right. All I can say is that I've showed love and appreciation (which is what OP said they had done) to three people as well (only one was self described as asexual though), I don't think it's noteworthy
Reinierblob@reddit
Whatâs the uncomfortable conversation in this case? Them having to face that the cause lies in trauma?
TheOnlyBasedRedditor@reddit
It's usually a conversation about sex in the relationship and the fact that they might actually want it and don't know how to approach the topic. Obviously it's much easier to initiate the intercourse than to actually address the uncomfortable dissonance between "What I presented myself as" vs "What we will actually be doing going forward"
It's a very messy topic but ultimately it's quite simple.
Tablesafety@reddit
Asexual just means they feel zero desire to have sex. Sex repulsed means they absolutely never want anything to do with it.
Plenty of asexual people can go their entire lives without sex ever crossing their mind. They donât feel the need to jerk off. Its just like, neutral as hell. Like a stick, or a clover to a normal person.
The nerves still work though, so often an asexual person with a sexual partner will never initiate but find the sex itself a physically nice experience- just not one worth chasing after or thinking about.
A sex repulsed ace person on the other hand will never be cool with sexing it up bc they are disgusted by it.
So, if youre alright with never feeling sexually desired by your partner (because you arenât) or never doing fun foreplay throughout the day that gets you both excited or ready to rip in to each other when youâre both home. If youâre okay with never being initiated, but always the initiator, dating a non sex repulsed ace is an option.
However, never feeling sexy or wanted can and does get to you after some time. Lust shouldnât be the first foot forward- but lust is absolutely a required bedfellow of love in a long and healthy marriage.
ZX52@reddit
That's one of the meanings. It can also mean lacking sexual attraction to others.
ZX52@reddit
Asexuality has 2 meanings/forms - lack of sexual attraction to others, and lack of desire for sexual activity. You can be one without the other and still be asexual.
So anon's girlfriend could love/be romantically attracted to him, enjoy sex, but could look at him and not have that desire to have sex with him in particular. She would still be asexual.
Sifl-and-Olly@reddit
hansuluthegrey@reddit
Happens literally every time
novark80085@reddit
it's a spectrum. also, sexual desire doesn't equal sexual enjoyment
hhhnnnnnggggggg@reddit
Are you attracted to your hand when you jerk off?
TaintedTruffle@reddit
I'm asexual in the sense I don't feel attraction to people but at the same time physical pleasure still feels good. Does that make sense?
bell37@reddit
To be fair, it doesnât say who she will like to have sex with.
thetyphonlol@reddit
asexual with anon
but likes sex with other people
RaoulLaila@reddit
As someone who has been friends with asexual people, yes I know. Most of them are traumatized people, tbh. And I get it, I wouldnt wanna have sex so easily either and I can imagine in their place they must feel so incredibly safe to be in a relationship where the bf/gf doesnt EXPECT sex from them. Totally understandable. I do know a married couple who are both asexual. One has no sex drive, the other just doesnt like sex, when the other has urges she kinda treats it like a headache
robber_goosy@reddit
Jup, likes sex with the right person. Someone see trusts and really likes. Anon got lucky, unless it's fake and gay and now he gets pegged every night by his trans girlfriend who stopped taking her meds.
Less-Guest-3860@reddit
I miss my daughter
FURF0XSAKE@reddit
H311i0_trop3@reddit
r/BroThrewinafunfact
Less-Guest-3860@reddit
It's like I look at this screen text s and immediately brings me back to 2011-2013 2014 2015 but it's not those years anymore. It's 2026. I miss my f*** daughter
LongDongSquad@reddit
Sounds like the "lack" of expectations for sex have allowed for communication and connection to occur in a way that stimulated sexual attraction. Communication and connection are often important to a strong relationships.
luapklette@reddit
lavalantern@reddit
New meta just dropped to finding true love
apricot-ti@reddit
W strategy
PrimalColors@reddit
Basing a relationship on lies and manipulation, so based!
Sabre5270@reddit
Dudes lie to get in womens pants, its a story as old as time- is it so wrong to lie to keep the ones whose just there for sex away?
PartyClock@reddit
Whatever works I guess
JMTpixelmon@reddit
thereâs the strategy
stuyboi888@reddit
Actually basedÂ
RecordEnvironmental4@reddit
Much more accurate.
Acalme-se_Satan@reddit
Fake: she wasn't asexual
Straight: it's a woman
Sensitive_Bowl_3389@reddit
Anon describing incest with mom after dad dead.
Ok_Charity_707@reddit
>no matches
>rejected on sight
>started dating
huh?
AlfredKnows@reddit
Basically anon started dating "deviants". Anon adjusted his compass to not try to date normal people and things started to look bright.
SukoKing@reddit
How can I do this
Dr_Brotatous@reddit
Lower standards just expect a heart beat at this point
popopornado@reddit
Sir_Umeboshi@reddit
This isn't lowering it's a lateral move
stalineczka@reddit
What would lowering look like
Sir_Umeboshi@reddit
Republicans
Dr_Brotatous@reddit
Fair point
Dr_Brotatous@reddit
Be more approachable I geuss too I really dont know what to say I got extremely lucky to meet my gf because we share a class together in college
Supremely_Zesty@reddit
Download Grindr
AlfredKnows@reddit
One important thing to understand is that people do not become deviants because they are pretty and happy. They isolate themselves from mainstream because mainstream rejects them in the first place.
So you should look for either not pretty or not happy. Probably both.
OP "started dating asexual". Nobody pretty and happy would become "asexual". You become asexual as a coping mechanism because you are out of luck to have sex.
There are stories of "lesbian" chick getting ill, losing weight and suddenly becoming hetero when she realizes she has a chance in the mainstream now.
OPs girl also dropped the "a" from "asexual" when she realized she has a chance at sex.
However this is a very reasonable way to start any relationship - any "normal" relationship should start as asexual one. When you become friends and one day get drunk you do some sex and it is even kinkier. This is how people do it. Mainstream people just don't need labels.
It is hard for people to accept that they are undesirable so they label themselves as this and that.
So drop the labels and lower your standards. Accept that you will not date somebody super pretty or super mentally stable and then things will start to happen.
nnog@reddit
What a load of bollocks. You forget the body is driven by hormones and they can change.
eveningfellow056@reddit
Don't
Rebelbot1@reddit
Well, deviants are people.
AlfredKnows@reddit
Unless they identify as furry animals.
lmay0000@reddit
Tako30@reddit
You should watch Marriagetoxin
RealLilyX@reddit
Cough
JahMinoSoHi@reddit
Hes getting raped
Vlad_The_Great_2@reddit
I donât recommend this. Meeting a low libido woman and trying to have a sexual relationship will feel like a waste of time.
IrregularrAF@reddit
â8/10 looks wise asexualâ
Doesnât exist, anon is desperate.
Early_Power_5366@reddit
Autism is on the rise
DoJ-Mole@reddit
Femanon was demisexual but didnât know it yet
Moon__Destroyer@reddit
ITT: People hate having words to describe concepts with if they don't care about the concept. Genuinely what do you think the point of words are?
poopcockshit@reddit
Reading is dumb and shit and balls BRO!
Illustrious-Toe-570@reddit
So asexuals really donât have sex drive? How?
Tablesafety@reddit
How? Brain just isn't wired with the 'seek and fuck' part. You know how food tastes better when you're REALLY hungry no matter what you're eating, and how sex feels better when you're REALLY horny even if its not with the most attractive person?
Well that extra reward system also isn't present. Nobody pings as attractive, and there isn't a seek and fuck drive. So they never think, damn that woman is a baddie. They're more likely to think, damn this punch is good. However, if said baddie comes over and grabs em by the genitals they ARE likely to think (provided that they're in an agreeable mood and the person doesn't make them uncomfortable' "Oh, that feels nice"
Theres the physical reward of orgasm but no extra bells and whistles of feel-good you just propogated chemicals to go along with it, so no drive to seek it out, repeat. It's just an 'oh, that was nice. Wonder what's for dinner?'
Like- post nut clarity but all the time without the refractory drawback of actively being sex repulsed if sex is offered during it. Like never getting hungry, but still enjoying a meal. Its never gonna taste as mind blowing as a meal when you're REALLY STARVING but everybody likes a steak. Won't seek out the steakhouse but will accept an invitation to dinner with loved ones.
Does that make any sense?
Previous_Actuary_307@reddit
Anon finally sees woman for more than sex and is rewarded with sex. Imagine
stromyoloing@reddit
Anon misunderstood..
She says she still likes to peg
pablel_7@reddit
This comment section is a cesspool
Accurate_College_864@reddit
anon good in the internet and tells lies
Crix2007@reddit
Arstanishe@reddit
Why choose an asexual lady, when he could date pansexual Staton sister and lick the pan together with her
TechnoBacon55@reddit
Anon is also probably gay, but he still likes women and not men.
Defiant-Silver9593@reddit
Real: Expect zero sex forever Straight: Gets sex eventually somehow.
FD4L@reddit
Anon dates a hypocrite.
joethelumberjackmc@reddit
this seems ridiculous! but surely anon would never lie on the internet... hmmm
SudhaTheHill@reddit
Pure 5D chess move. Teach me master.