monkey101 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 how did you discover this site ? :D Link to post Share on other sites
Zerο Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Random Google search on "Asexual" one day. I was only familiar with asexual reproduction prior. Link to post Share on other sites
Anselm Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I watched a video about asexuality on Youtube, and it recommended AVEN as a source for more knowledge about asexuality. Link to post Share on other sites
voss Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Hmm I was lurking on AVEN for quite some time before I finally decided to get an account and contribute to the discussions. I don't know if my input is valuable but I think reading posts by like-minded is quite an experience. Link to post Share on other sites
catsaregood Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Read an Everyday Feminism article about asexuality and they mentioned AVEN so I googled it, and yay! here I am :) Link to post Share on other sites
Lonewolf27 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Google Link to post Share on other sites
jaquenata Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 The term popped into my head one day and I started researching and watched some videos by swankivy on Youtube, and eventually was directed here :) Link to post Share on other sites
Braydin Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Persistence mostly. My first contact with the site was met with SQL errors. I was doubting it even existed any more. I wonder how many asexy people were turned away due to SQL and never returned. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I saw a documentary on NZ TV about a young asexual woman meeting her asexual partner for the first time (they were in a distance relationship) ... . it was like a hallelujah moment :P ....I AM NOT BROKEN, I AM ASEXUAL!!! woop woop. I sort of, gave up on the idea of never having a relationship, because I figured no one would want to be with a female who does not want/enjoy sex... then I joined AVEN to find like-minded people to talk to... So long story short, my television brought me here :P Here is the documentary ^_^ its only 13 mins long <3 Changed my life for the better <3 Link to post Share on other sites
My alias Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Random Google search on "Asexual" one day. I was only familiar with asexual reproduction prior. I kinda just happened to stumble upon the wiki wile randomly searching stuff but I went in with a similar mindset, wish I had found it years before I did. Link to post Share on other sites
The Not So Impossible Girl Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I googled 'asexuality' but I never would have known the word to search if my friend hadn't told me I'm asexual on one random day in school. Link to post Share on other sites
_miacat Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Honestly I think I finally realized after me and a friend talked about awkward hookups we've had and would then joke about "how asexual we are". Then one night soon after I was like- .....LOL I should probably google the word asexual. Link to post Share on other sites
inkyy Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I did a Google search on asexuality. At the time, I was trying to figure out what was "wrong" with me. Except it wasn't that huge of an issue until my then boyfriend was really annoyed with the lack of intimacy in our relationship. I ended up looking up asexuality and going oh! I'm not broken. He wasn't quite as ecstatic over my newly discovered sexuality as I was. Link to post Share on other sites
Anime Pancake Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Cool topic!I had tried to find a term to describe someone that didn't want to have sex. I found the term 'asexual' in a dictionary online.About three or four months later, I went online again to try to find more info about 'asexual' and I found this site. It was so relieving to find this place. I don't feel so alone or misunderstood or weird anymore.I'm very grateful I found this place. Link to post Share on other sites
abacct Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I had a lesbian friend who linked to this LGBTQA+ blog. They mentioned asexuality on there, and I looked up what it was and found that it shockingly sounded just like me. I then found AVEN, and finally joined to ask if I truly understood what asexual was and if it applied to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Unbanned Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I can't remember. Link to post Share on other sites
TeddyMiller Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 It was mentioned on a Star Trek board, TrekBBS Link to post Share on other sites
Null_and_Void Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Well, my girlfriend is asexual, and one day I was looking up something having to do with it (I can't quite remember, I just needed a definition for something we were talking about), and I found a page on the AVEN wiki about the asexuality spectrum. Confused by the new words I saw, I looked those up on the wiki as well, and upon reading the definition of demisexual, I realize it applied to me. It wasn't really a "Wow!" moment, more like a "Huh..." moment. It gave me a label and an easier way to explain things, sure, but all in all it hasn't affected my life. I'm still me. However, I did get a bit curious and looked up AVEN after that, and then of course found this site. A few days later, after having read a few threads on the forums, I decided to join. Link to post Share on other sites
AceTiff12 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I discovered this site while searching Ask.com to find out if there was a difference between asexuality and genophobia. Link to post Share on other sites
Swimfreak660 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Saw a post on Tumblr about asexuality and decided to do a google search since I had never heard of it. Link to post Share on other sites
JaySexual Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I've been on various forums for years (a couple gay ones, and a couple that are hobby/collecting related) early this year I found/joined a bi forum... Then one night a couple months ago I had a thought, and did a google'ing of "Asexual Forum" to see if such a thing existed. And yep :) there near the top was exactly what I searched for: an asexual forum (which happened to be this site ) I lurked a bit, and joined. Link to post Share on other sites
kassafrass Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 met some really great aces on tumblr who told me about the website. Link to post Share on other sites
WhenSummersGone Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Google search on either Asexual or Asexuality. I first read Wikipedia though. Link to post Share on other sites
Ashmedai Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 A discussion on another forum I go too somehow went on a tangent and somehow asexuality got brought up. I didn't know what it was at the time, but was eventually brought here after a little bit of reading. Link to post Share on other sites
psychosomatic Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 GOOGLE.....I was trying to figure out what the hell was "wrong" with me! ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Kitty Autumn Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I typed into google something along the lines of "not fancying your boyfriend" and "not fancying anyone" and finally found AVEN. Link to post Share on other sites
cavyX Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I read a online comic on Asexuality and the author linked to AVEN so I had a mooch around, left again and then I just kept coming back here so I signed up the forums and here we are. Link to post Share on other sites
SquirrelCat Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I don't remember but I should probably credit Google for it. Link to post Share on other sites
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