alicepractice Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Not a formal "coming out" sort of thing, no. My mother has jokingly warned me about things like accidental pregnancy once I get to college, to which I replied that I have no interest in those things and her implying otherwise makes me preeeetty uncomfortable. Only a couple of my friends know, not because I'm embarrassed or scared of their reactions, but because - unless the topic comes up - I don't see the need to flaunt my sexuality as if it's their business in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ficulnean Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 No, they don't. I'm worried they'll dismiss it as another part of my being introverted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
herenya Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 A few of my closest friends know - since I started talking a little about asexuality a couple of years ago, my best friend and another friend have actually looked into things and realized they were also ace and/or aro... though it wasn't a big surprise to me, because the three of us are pretty close and discuss very intimate stuff all the time, but we never really talked to each other about 'who was hot' or 'who would we have sex with', so it just felt natural to us, just using another word (ace/aro) for 'I don't really want to be in a relationship' or 'I don't want to have sex with anyone'.This summer, I came out to my mom as asexual, and she was pretty cool about it... mind you, she's from a small town, Central/Eastern Europe, so it's still kind of a big deal for her to be so amazing about it. Before I knew I was asexual, I thought I was bi, and she knows I had a girlfriend once, and her reaction had been cool with that as well, she'd said that she wasn't very happy about it because she knew I would have it more difficult in life because of that, but she just wanted me to be happy so she was okay with it. When I came out as ace to her, she had a lot of questions, but they were pretty alright, and we talked for about an hour or two about it, and she was very understanding and generally supportive... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smartpanda12 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 As of know my mom and my internet friends know of my asexuality, I'm still waiting a while to tell my dad especially since he would probably have a fit and a half that i'm a Biromantic Asexual, because he cringes even when I bring up supporting LGBT rights, let alone if I were myself to say I fall in that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sleepy One Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 My three close friends know. In fact one of them was the person who mentioned the term asexual to me that got me to look it up. I haven't told my parents yet, but I think I will soon. Honestly not sure how they will react. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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