Lilzy Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Out of curiosity, do you know any other asexuals in real life? Or are you alone like me and only know asexuals on the internet? ~ to be fair though I'm sure there are other asexual people around you and you just don't know it Link to post Share on other sites
deltaX Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I am close to two people who are on the asexual spectrum. One of my close friends is demisexual, and another friend's boyfriend is grey-a. I also have been attending some ace meetups in my area, which lead to me meeting more asexual people, but I don't know them super well yet since I've only been to a few meetups. Link to post Share on other sites
HallsiKallsi Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I have one ace friend, well, she's in my school, and the first few days we chatted and found out that we're both ace, it was very nice, I had felt alone, I still do in a way, since we are friends but don't hang out, but meeting someone was so relieving Link to post Share on other sites
Tainted Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Two of my friends are ace, one of them was the girl who helped me realise I'm ace (she was putting up a lot of ace content over AAW and when she declared 'just in case you haven't guessed...' I had a loooooong conversation with her. She knows some others in my social network and at my request spoke to one of the guys so I had a male perspective to speak to. He is an awesome guy and it made me feel better about myself that someone 'like him' could be ace. I haven't actually seen either of them since finding out I'm ace mind... Link to post Share on other sites
kani Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I only know a few through other friends or ones that I've met shortly. One of my old classmates was ace, one of my sister's classmates, one I met in the local pride while selling merchandise for the LGBT organisation and keeping up the info. Also some Avenites live a few hundred kilometers away so it wouldn't be impossible to meet them. Link to post Share on other sites
Gizamaluke Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Yeah, actually, I do, and I've known her for a really long time, so it was kinda weird when I only found out like, five months ago. She's a friend of a friend I've hung out with in real life, and played with on xbox. She's ace, and I did not know it. Link to post Share on other sites
Laplace Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 None of my friends are ace, as far as I know. I doubt many people in my family even know what asexuality even is. I've only heard maybe one person talk about it in real life, and that was just a conversation I overheard on a walk. Doesn't bother me too much but it'd be cool to know someone who was ace. Link to post Share on other sites
King Al Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I know one. He bugs me. Link to post Share on other sites
Member4445 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I've met tonnes of avenites and my partner is one of them - we'll have been together for 1 year next month. Link to post Share on other sites
AVEN #1 fan Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I never met any other ace outside AVEN, I already met a lesbian and a few multisexual folks. Link to post Share on other sites
Lilzy Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 2 hours ago, CBC said: My husband, but I met him on the internet (on AVEN), so I dunno if that counts haha. Haha that definitely counts Also that's great! Link to post Share on other sites
Lilzy Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Ciri said: I've met tonnes of avenites and my partner is one of them - we'll have been together for 1 year next month. Nice Link to post Share on other sites
Nebulous Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I haven't met other aces AFK by chance, but I've been to an ace meetup and am planning on attending more. Link to post Share on other sites
Lilzy Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Just now, Nebulous said: I haven't met other aces AFK by chance, but I've been to an ace meetup and am planning on attending more. Cool Perhaps I'll go to an ace meetup sometime in the future. If I am brave enough to that is haha. Link to post Share on other sites
Lilzy Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Acciuga said: I know one. He bugs me. Lol how so? Link to post Share on other sites
Lilzy Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Laplace said: None of my friends are ace, as far as I know. I doubt many people in my family even know what asexuality even is. I've only heard maybe one person talk about it in real life, and that was just a conversation I overheard on a walk. Doesn't bother me too much but it'd be cool to know someone who was ace. Yeah, it would be cool. The closest thing to hearing about asexuality irl I have experienced was just hearing some kids at my school talk about it, but they totally didn't get it XD Link to post Share on other sites
Sylvastor Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I guess I very likely do. Have known him since I live, because it seems it's my brother. It's funny how our trains of thoughts are identical or at least very similar on topics related to it. Besides that, nope. But I don't have any other close contacts besides my closest relatives that I'm interacting enough with to know anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
LV321 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I don't have any friends/people I am familiar with that identify as Ace, unfortunately. Some I suspect? Sure! But that's not my call, haha. Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 At the time I don't know any Aces in real life. Link to post Share on other sites
Vicky Angel Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Edited: I know 3 aces for sure, and one demi Link to post Share on other sites
FitzyFitz Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I don't know any so far as I know although one of my sisters friends boyfriends is ace. Few degrees of seperation there! Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I don´t think so. I know few people in real life as it is. Link to post Share on other sites
Caged Bird Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 My best friend is asexual! I came out as ace and then so did she! ... it's slightly creepy how similar we are, actually. Link to post Share on other sites
Squeaky Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Yeah! I mentioned relationships weren't really a strong area of mine around a new friend a while back, and she asked if I was ace. I was really stunned that someone figured it out so quickly, and then she said that she's ace, too. So it's super cool to actually know someone else who understands the Ace Stuff™. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 My campus has an aro and ace group, so I've met about 20. Then again, I go to a major nerd school so there are a disproportionate number of us here Link to post Share on other sites
012 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 On 1/18/2017 at 3:44 PM, Lilzy said: Out of curiosity, do you know any other asexuals in real life? Or are you alone like me and only know asexuals on the internet? Same as you. I wish I knew a few in the real world. Link to post Share on other sites
Florenna Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 So you're saying this isn't real life, and people here aren't real?! But yeah, I get what was meant here I think there are much more asexuals people around than commonly thought, only the label isn't commonly known so how could people identify as such (even I didn't know a month ago that it exists, or that I could be one)... Hopefully this will change one day. Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Florenna said: So you're saying this isn't real life, and people here aren't real?! But yeah, I get what was meant here I think there are much more asexuals people around than commonly thought, only the label isn't commonly known so how could people identify as such (even I didn't know a month ago that it exists, or that I could be one)... Hopefully this will change one day. Im sure it will improve what with the internet. Look in the Older forum at how long some of us struggled with our "sexuality". We knew there was "something" about ourselves until we found out about asexuality. Link to post Share on other sites
Tatsuya Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Only one; a demisexual, buuuut I only talked to her twice. There's another person I suspect is ace, but it wouldn't feel right to outright ask. Link to post Share on other sites
helana12_03 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I don't know people who identify as asexual, but I know people who don't want to date or be in any type of romantic relationship and they don't sleep around either, so I'm assuming they're not having sex. Link to post Share on other sites
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