I have a query I need help with. So I feel sexual attraction, however I really would prefer a relationship that is just as close as a sexual relationship, but not really with sex? Basically what I'm trying to say is that I would have to be in a relationship with someone for a long ass time to then be okay with doing anything too sexual. I don't ( Read more... )

So my local council produced this brochure called “Mountains of Help”. It's designed as a directory of the support services available to young people in my area. It covers subjects such as crisis help lines, counselling, disability services, mental health, drugs and alcohol, hospitals and community health centres, sexual health, government benefits ( Read more... )

Hello

I suspect that I do not belong here in this community but I hope that you will be gracious enough to hear me out.

I do not identify as asexual and probably never will. However I have found myself in a peculiar circumstance of having romantic but asexual feelings towards another and see an asexual relationship in my furutre as a valid option. I ( Read more... )

"Love at first conversation"-- is cited somewhere on the AVEN FAQ. I wonder if this phenomenon is more common amongst Asexuals.

Has it happened to you?

A few weeks ago, I read Jan Morris's 1974 memoir Conundrum, where she discusses her transition from male to female. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Morris, while she never uses the word asexual, appears to lean, on the spectrum of sexual to asexual, towards our side of things. I thought I'd share some passages from Conundrum where she ( Read more... )

I'm a person with a very, very vivid imagination. I guess you could say I never did quite outgrow the imaginary friends stage, but the upside is that I always have the people in my head to fall back on. This is especially useful during long trips, and I actually get annoyed with people who try to talk to me while I'm interacting with the friends in ( Read more... )

You know I've just come to realise something... having joined asexuality  YEARS BEFORE I joined ( Read more... )

Hello,

I'm b_scholes, I'm female, 26 and I'm pretty sure I'm asexual.  Well perhaps 80%.  I have a couple of questions about my life which I wonder if anyone else here has experienced:

( He looks hot )

I've been having some difficulties, lately, with gender identity. It's not something I'm really comfortable discussing with anyone, as I've yet to actually talk to someone who understands, and I don't know where to find someone like that. However, I need to talk this out, and would like some opinions.

I know that people always say, "You don't need ( Read more... )

That I found this comunity! Hello, I guess this is an introductory post, as well as my story/am I asexual, though I'm pretty sure I am based on most of what I read on AVEN.

( My babbling under cut )