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My parents had a kind of "fairy tale" romance - they married young and they stayed together and happy until my dad died, and since then my mom hasn't remarried or even dated anyone else. Maybe that's why I have a rather sentimental view of marriage. I'm fine with people living commonlaw and all, but if I were to ever find that right person, I would want to have the big ceremony so I could feel bonded to her.
And yes, I said "her." I'm also a lesbian, so unsurprisingly, I'm a huge advocate for gay marriage, partly because I think it's just plain stupid to deny marriage to people who love each other, and partly for selfish reasons because I want to have that option if I ever fall in love.
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D'awww, what a sweet thread >.>
I identify as an aromantic asexual, so really, I've never been in a relationship, have never desired to be in one, and don't see myself getting into one in the future. But that's just me. I still believe in love in the romantic sense because I've seen it in other people. My parents clearly still love each other 35 years later after their wedding day. They're not the "lovey dovey" types, but it's the little things they do for each other that seem to count, like when my dad, in his retirement, still wakes up early to make my mom breakfast before she goes to work, or when my mom patiently shows my dad for the fifth time how to upload music to his iPod...and then promptly teases him for his inability to learn how to work it xD (Although, since then, my mom's sorta given up on that and my dad's given up on his iPod, haha) Also, on the hospital floor I work on, there's a married couple who are there as patients. They were with us before, in separate rooms, because the husband needed to be isolated due to him taking chemotherapy. Still, every evening, his wife would take her dinner tray, put it on her table, and wheel it over to her husband's room so they could eat together, even though she had difficulty walking and he was on the other end of the hall. I was the wife's nurse for a few night shifts and had talked with her for a few minutes. Her husband's diagnosis was obviously distressing for her, and she is clearly sad that so many years of love would end because of cancer. However, she adamantly stays by his side through it all, and he (even with his sickness and pain) sticks by her. Seeing them stay together through thick and thin makes me see that love and marriage really can work and pull through the most trying of circumstances.
Posted on: 2011/2/9 23:06
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Off topic post is off topic XD *gets hit*
@aeternus: when I saw aromantic asexual, I was misreading it as aromatic asexual and it confused me a lot. An asexual who likes smelly things, or an asexual who smells nice? wah? XD
Posted on: 2011/2/9 23:11
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how bout a more cynical/'practical' view from the kid rather than the parents? My mum and dad - I get the strong feeling they're only together because: 1. They have kids 2. It's cheaper to stay together 3. They haven't pissed each other enough to go through the hassle of divorce 4. It's easier to stay together because of the patterns that have been developed. They are old so there's no point in changing right now when it works well enough. They don't hate each other or fight all the time (though the fights can get really nasty and sometimes over really petty things). But there's not really a sense that they love each other either. It's more like.... hmm.... higher than roommate level but less than 'we want to be together' level. Lols. That's exactly what I think about my parents. They keep arguing most of the time on weird things. Once they got into a fight whether its pronounced dementors in Harry Potter or Dementaars. Really weird
Posted on: 2011/2/10 1:01
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My mom and dad had a late marriage. Both of their first marriages failed...they were cheated on..then they met each other...they are polar opposites but they love each other.
 They've been together for 16 years now. They have occasional fights about small stuff but not big ones...more like little quarells. Me? EH....I've had crushes and recently a big one but I got over it...so...I'm ridin' solo! 
Posted on: 2011/2/10 4:47
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Actually, I have a friend who used to be the same way. She's rather attractive, not quite introverted. She is attracted to guys, but only just enough to be designated heterosexual, but never acts on it and brushes it off when guys make a pass at her. It's as if though she has no interest in dating whatsoever. I've never quite understood why. When you say you "identify as" an aromantic asexual, what exactly do you mean? I've learned that when we label ourselves, we start forging our personalities further into a label, instead of have the label describe us.
Posted on: 2011/2/10 22:27
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@KTC
LOL why, thank you. I'm wearing a nice perfume a friend bought me for my birthday xD @Kleptin That sounds a lot like me, actually. Even if a guy did show an interest in me, I'd feel very "meh" about it. I'm pretty indifferent to it all. I can't understand why I'm like this, either, but how can you explain a lack of something? As for the "identifying" bit, you are right to an extent. I'm 22 now and found out about asexuality maybe a couple years ago, so let's say I was 20. By that age, many of my peers had dated, lost their "V cards", and even a few had children. I had not and showed very little to no interest in such things. When I read about asexuality, my mind pretty much thought, "That sounds a lot like me!" and so I put that label on myself because I think it fits me best out of all the sexual orientations. As a result, it has solidified my belief that I am disinterested in forming romantic or sexual relationships with anyone else. I've found that, since then, I have even less interest in going out and finding "that special someone" because it's perfectly ok to not want to do what everyone else is doing (and what everyone expects you to do, too). In any case, I believe identity is fluid. As you grow, you change, therefore your identity will change as a result. Your identity is what you believe you are at that point in time. For example, I identify myself as a nurse, but was I always a nurse? Of course I wasn't! But as it stands now, it is a big part of my identity and who I am. Maybe one day, I will figure out I'm not asexual and get together with someone. I don't know - I'm not psychic xD But right now, I identify as an asexual.
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I remember you posting your picture a couple years ago when I was still active. Based on that, I'd say your sexual indifference is a major disappointment to single men everywhere >.> Quote: As for the "identifying" bit, you are right to an extent. I'm 22 now and found out about asexuality maybe a couple years ago, so let's say I was 20. By that age, many of my peers had dated, lost their "V cards", and even a few had children. I had not and showed very little to no interest in such things. I wouldn't be so quick to make a conclusion. Psychology tends to be at the root of things just as often as Biology. Nerds don't tend to be socially ostracized as children because they are academically oriented. Nerds tend to be academically oriented because they are socially ostracized. People seek validation and self-worth. For kids who get ostracized, they psychologically tune out the negative feelings of being denied that validation and seek it elsewhere. Grades become an objective indicator, their source of validation. As they progress, this defense mechanism builds upon itself and eventually, they *IDENTIFY* as people who don't care about social validation, so long as they can rely on their objectivity, their intelligence, to validate them as individuals of achievement. I don't mean to be rude or assuming, but I think that your asexuality isn't biological. I think it is an outgrowth of your experiences. Perhaps you witnessed the negative effects of your peers having relationships too early on. From that, you developed this slight bias against love and sex as it pertains to your wants in life. Then, after reading about asexuality, this baseless, self-applied label began to solidify even more strongly. Then, as you get older, your mind selectively strengthens that label by focusing on the instances where you surprisingly show no arousal, and subconsciously suppress the trickles of arousal that get through.
Posted on: 2011/2/10 23:25
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@Kleptin
Sounds like a nature v.s. nurture debate, LOL. Honestly, I don't know why I have this indifference to romance and sex. It's like a homosexual person trying to explain why they prefer the same sex over the opposite sex. Or why I like broccoli but not green pepper. Also, I have to say that I grew up surrounded by strong intimate relationships. My paternal grandparents are 99 and 93 and are still together. My maternal grandparents stayed together until my grandfather died at the age of 90. My parents have a very strong relationship. My brother started dating his (now) wife when they were 18 (so I was 8 at the time) - they dated until their engagement and marriage, and they now have two sons together. Most of my aunts and uncles have remained in long marriages that are still going, too. Also, it's pretty common for many young romances (i.e high school and perhaps earlier) to not last; so, if my asexuality was a result of seeing young romances gone wrong, why aren't many of my other peers asexual, too? They would have seen the same phenomena as me. As well, there are people who come from marriages that resulted in divorce. You would think, then, that seeing their parents divorce would make them rather cynical, but not always so.
Posted on: 2011/2/11 0:19
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There's a study on self-labeled asexual women done in Vancouver that tried to answer that very question. The study was very crude in its design, but very effective.
Essentially, women of various self-designated sexual orientations were tested for subjective and objective arousal response when shown erotic and neutral video. I only have access to the abstract here at home, but I'll check it at work tomorrow. The conclusion however, is very interesting. In terms of "genital-subjective response", there was no difference between asexual, homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual. However, in terms of reported arousal and affect, self-described asexuals declared significantly decreased results. In other words...a mind/body split in terms of wanting sex.
Posted on: 2011/2/11 0:37
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@kleptin: You said the study was on self-labeled asexual women so how did the scientists conclude there's no difference between asexual/homo/hetero/bi? Oo?
could ya put up the link to it also? i'd be very interested in reading that after tomorrow's midterm lol. edit: sociology (man, all that class is about how the whites screwed up the world.) is ruining my reading abilities. missed the part that women of diff sexualities were tested. *facepalm*
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The population was a mix of all sexual orientations. The group they actually meant to study was the asexual group. The control group was made up of self-designated heterosexuals, bisexuals, and homosexuals. Quote:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20857185 It's not a strong study, as you can see from the sample size. However, it does warrant further investigation. Why is it that self-labeled "asexual" women respond biologically to erotic stimuli just as strongly if not even stronger than non-asexual women, when they psychologically report otherwise? My guess is that asexuality is not the same as other sexual orientations. There is a biological component to those. For asexuality, I think it's psychological, and this study leans toward the same conclusion.
Posted on: 2011/2/11 18:15
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Heh. I still think that Klep and KTC would be a perfect couple.
Being from different states is not much of a problems nowadays.  (And I've just realized this is referring to a recent post in the topic about "sexual identities"... having more opened tabs. But the topics fits here as well XD) Aeternus - That's very interesting what you wrote. There was a period of time when I used to think I was asexual. But my disinterest was rather caused by my fear of/lack of trust in relationships. And thinking that there isn't anybody who would be compatible with such a complicated personality. But then love still found me. I don't know, maybe by this labelling you're closing yourself to a possibility that eventually might come... But the main thing is you're content with your life as it is; I would never doubt that there are some people who are happy living without a spouse.
Posted on: 2011/2/12 15:19
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| I was just wondering O_O warning!! cheesy stuff X) | #34 | ||||||||||
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Hoooooohkay.. so what's up?
been a while since i last logged in here and i'm happy i did but just a random thought/question.. i know we have different cultures/religions/beliefs/philosophies etc etc, but i wanted to ask and hear from y'all... i believe that a person can love another person even if they haven't met/interacted before. for example, a baby, though unborn is loved by its mom. but is it really possible when a person meet this certain person and just *poof. love? just like that (snaps a finger) and then fall in love? hoho. THOUGHTS? thanks for sharing!
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Are you asking if love at first sight possible? Honestly, no. All you get at first sight is attraction, which can lead to love. But you're not really going to love that person. Love takes time.
Posted on: 2011/10/17 12:03
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Well, there are three bonds between people - physical, intellectual and emotional.
You might see someone and bond with them physically - this is attraction, more exactly lust - but this is not love. You might find someone cute and adorable on first sight, this is emotional attraction. Well, it's all simplified. But these are mistaken examples, which are in fact simple attracton. When connection was successfully established on all three fields, I guess it can turn into love. Take it from a girl who's falling in love, but who wouldn't say she's fallen in love on first glance. ^^ This kinda stuff takes time. I'm talking about romantical / storgic love. Motherly love is..different. Certainly because the intellectual and physical bonds are temporarily overruled, because it's your offspring.
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For me I don't believe it. Mother-child love and romantic love are totally different. Mothers have a physical and emotional bond to their children, since they're one flesh and blood, especially because the mother carries the baby in them for a long period of time. Of course, there's always the exception of mothers who don't like their babvies and want them aborted etc etc etc.
Love takes time to nurture and grow. "Love at first sight" is usually just physical attraction. Like Mopiece said, that initial attraction CAN be what kick-started the love to bloom, but never instant love.
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"mothers who abort because they don't feel for their babies" is just wrong and paints them all in a bad color. Plenty of females abort because their baby is genetically defective and/or cannot raise them in any way. Having feelings for a child in no way means you can actually support them for the next 20+ years.
In addition, this mentality does not count for the females who abuse their babies, abandon them, etc. Also, I would be careful of any "my own flesh and blood = i be loving to it" arguments because research shows that adoptive parents can be just as, if not more sometimes, affectionate and loving than the biological parent. By saying these types of arguments, it immediately implies that adoptive parents are inferior and this is wrong as research shows. So just because a female carried a fetus to full term does not automatically mean they will be loving to it also. as for love at first sight: it's more likely lust at first sight than love. Lust is easy and fleeting: you see something attractive to you. Love, if the media is correct, is more permanent.
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Agreed with KTC. How anyone can love anything besides the body of the person they just met at first sight, I don't know.
Posted on: 2011/10/18 0:09
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Or the ideas, or find them cute somehow. Usually it's lust. Not all the time
Posted on: 2011/10/18 5:19
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