come find your romantic orientation (poll)

[AVEN #1 fan]

Here are the descriptions: (jus add the "romantic" suffix to them)

Hetero - likes the opposite sex and gender

Gay or homo-romantic - cismale or FTM trans who likes the male gender

Lesbian or homo-romantic or sapphic - cisfemale or MTF Trans who likes the female gender

Bi - who likes 2 genders

Poly - who likes more than 2 genders

Penulti - who likes every gender but theirs

Pan - who likes all genders and sexes or accepts any gender and sex

Andro - likes masculine people

Gyne or gyno - likes feminine people

Androgyne or androgyno - likes androgynous people solely/and/or masculine people and/or feminine people

Cetero or trans - likes non-binaries or the Trans umbrella

Neutrois - likes neutrois gender

Bicurious - is trying new waters, if you get me

Fin - are feminine in nature and likes other feminine people (by their own definition)

Min - are masculine in nature and likes other masculine people (by their own definition)

Nin - are non-binary in nature and likes other non-binary people (by their own definition)

A - likes nobody

Auto - likes theirselves

Neuro - their like is linked to their mental conditions, it's fluid or flux

Pls tell me if I'm wrong, anyway if be happy if you guys liked to share your romantic experiences in the comments. :)

[Please, don't vote if you don't like labels.]

[tali.lynn]

By my understanding bi means you are attracted to multiple genders (2 or more-often all) and pan means that gender/sex is completely inconsequential to your attraction. These two are often poorly distinguished and I think it's up to the individual to decide which suits them and what it means to them. Poly is another poorly-defined one, I've heard it refers to being attracted to multiple people at once, but then I think that is not entirely uncommon? So I typically use poly solely in reference to polyamory (which I understand as multiple people all dating each other, not just one person dating multiple people) and not orientation.

Could be wrong but this is how I understand these terms.

[Sleepy Skeleton]

AFAIK Poly means multiple but not all genders, which differentiates it from pan (all genders or regardless of gender) or bi (greater than or equal to two genders). The same prefix is used for polyamory, but it doesn't always have to do with that. That's why prefixes are great.

Anyway, for simplicity I chose aromantic. But I'm currently questioning that. I might be polyromantic or gynoromantic instead.

Also, there's no hyphen in those words, just like how there's no hyphen in heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, etc.

[AVEN #1 fan]

AFAIK Poly means multiple but not all genders, which differentiates it from pan (all genders or regardless of gender) or bi (greater than or equal to two genders). The same prefix is used for polyamory, but it doesn't always have to do with that. That's why prefixes are great.Anyway, for simplicity I chose aromantic. But I'm currently questioning that. I might be polyromantic or gynoromantic instead.Also, there's no hyphen in those words, just like how there's no hyphen in heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, etc.

Yeah I know, I just wanted to highlight the prefixes.

[Lost247365]

I guess quoiromantic/WTF romantic should pick unsure or aromantic?

[DragonflytotheMoon]

My husband & I are poly. He hasn't utilized the option. Our arrangement is all relationships are separate. Though, it would be nice if everyone involved is friendly toward each other. Often those who focus more on the sexual get into threesomes & swinging. It's a shared thing with their partner. Those of us who care more about friendship, affection & romance, prefer one on one connections. Every person/couple has to decide what works best for them with poly. If that is their nature & they choose to live it.

At this point, I consider myself pan demi grace. If I'm going to be technical. The first two are romantic. The latter, is occasional desire & action. Mainly just with my husband.

[Anthracite_Impreza]

I'm aro, I don't know whether I'm poly or not...

[AVEN #1 fan]

I guess quoiromantic/WTF romantic should pick unsure or aromantic?

Well what's your preference? Men? Women? Trans? Nb? The options are based on that not on HOW do you feel with attraction.

[WhenSummersGone]

Hetero, no and unsure. I definitely desire love but haven't experienced it much.

[deltaX]

I'm aromantic, and although I don't personally experience romantic love, I believe it exists for others.

[Hermit Advocate]

delta I could not say it better myself, that is exactly how I feel.

[Nekomata]

Bi-romantic. Poly-curious and I do rather believe in love, I guess... comes and goes like the Tardis though.

[drjohnhwatson]

It's hard for me because I'm like into guys and can make up all these daydreams and stuff about them from almost the beginning, but there have been a couple of times where I formed these friendships with ladies and like looking back on it, it could have been tinged romantic? For the one, we had pet names for each other (I called her Mother Hen reflective of the Sherlock Holmes RDJ movie because she was a Mother Hen and she called me Kitten, aha) and we texted and wrote in Dancing Men code to each other and it got to the point where she ended up getting a girlfriend and her girlfriend forbade her spending time with me and it resulted in the end of our friendship.

So it's all muddled. I would think if I hit it off with someone and just connected in that way, gender wouldn't really matter? But I have so much self-repression and confusion to work through...I unno it's all confusing. I put "unsure" for the romantic orientation. But I'm DEFINITELY something. I am the soppiest romantic person in the world and I find it a damn shame no one's scooped me up yet. :lol:.

But yes, I definitely believe in love. I especially like all those stories of people who have been together for decades and can't imagine being with anyone else. Like that recent story of a couple who have been married for 82 years!!

:o.

[AVEN #1 fan]

It's hard for me because I'm like into guys and can make up all these daydreams and stuff about them from almost the beginning, but there has been a couple of times where I formed this friendship with ladies and like looking back on it, it could have been tinged romantic? For the one, we had pet names for each other (I called her Mother Hen reflective of the Sherlock Holmes RDJ movie because she was a Mother Hen and she called me Kitten, aha) and we texted and wrote in Dancing Men code to each other and it got to the point where she ended up getting a girlfriend and her girlfriend forbade her spending time with me and it resulted in the end of our friendship.

So it's all muddled. I would think if I hit it off with someone and just connected in that way, gender wouldn't really matter? But I have so much self-repression and confusion to work through...I unno it's all confusing. I put "unsure" for the romantic orientation. But I'm DEFINITELY something. I am the soppiest romantic person in the world and I find it a damn shame no one's scooped me up yet. :lol:.

But yes, I definitely believe in love. I especially like all those stories of people who have been together for decades and can't imagine being with anyone else. Like that recent story of a couple who have been married for 82 years!!

:o.

XD I know how it feels like to crush on an affectionate friend, I already did once with a girl, ugh I hate my heart, she was like my bfff and had a bf. I was so close to her that people used to think she was gay for me. Even her bf, she broke up with him bc he was a #### lol. But I didn't really care, she kinda found a new guy and had no more time for me, so we lost touch. I stood like 3 months thinking about her, Idk in the very deep I knew we wouldn't ever be together, but I kept lying to myself like I didn't want to see it. Then someday I finally moved on, she never really noticed I wanted to be hers, even thought it was impossible. Well, that was pretty much how my last crush ended. I'm sitting and waiting a new one enter my life, hoping maybe I find the right person, who knows, I think someday I might give up and buy a farm and I'll go live with 50 cats there til I get old and die. Wow. This was intense. >.<

[Skycaptain]

Aromantic, nonogamous ( permanently single) never experienced love so unsure

[Guest]

Gynoromantic*, polyamorous, and yes (however, I strongly doubt that true love can be romantic).

* Went with that for the poll as it's my natural state, I've become effectively aro due to medication.

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