BobRossRules Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Welcome @Lifeisamazing! Thanks for the movie rec, I'll have to check that out. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 @Lifeisamazing, welcome to AVEN 🎂 🎂 @newgirl, good that the initial surgery was a success, and hope the follow up is as well 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hatched Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hello! 41, newly out as a Gray-Ace and new to AVEN. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldNews Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Welcome @Hatched, and congratulations on the hatching! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hatched Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks @OldNew. Gotta say, LOVE the pic. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sage1 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I am 49 and don't feel old. I decided to go back to college and get my degree. I have not had sexual feelings for a long time. I didn't know it was called asexual. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobRossRules Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Hi @Hatched & @Sage1!! Welcome to AVEN. Age is relative. I don't feel old either. Good luck with school! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hatched Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Thank you @faraday☘ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gothsoul Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I am so glad I joined this sight. Finally a place I don't have to explain myself. I don't like sex, it's understood here. I won't be ridiculed like I have been in real life. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldNews Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Welcome, @gothsoul! I think I know how you feel. Community can be so important. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SweetAndSassy Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hello everyone, with Valentine's Day only two days away, I was curious to see your thoughts on it, so what do you think - Valentine's Day, I "heart" it OR its just another excuse to sell chocolates. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argar Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hmm, it's a Wednesday this year. That's as far as the day means to me. Although I am looking forward to the Amazon order that should be delivered that day. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SweetAndSassy Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I am going to take a wild guess and predict that many of you are going to be neutral on this topic like @argar is. That's fine. I will be the first to agree that there is too much pressure to "be with someone.". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argar Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Hmm, I am not sure if I am conveying my feelings on the day accurately. I feel really good about Valentines Day post asexuality discovery. The day used to make me feel so bad that I wasn't living up to the heterosexual ideal. I am glad I know I am grey ace and I feel just neutral about the day that used to make me feel bad about myself. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeoAmy Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I'm not a fan of v-day as I've never had a significant other to celebrate it with. Its a big deal in the US so if you don't have significant other to spend it with, you really feel left out. I've gone to "singles" events on the day, but they were lame (and before I knew I was ace). I'll be happy when the day is past. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeoAmy Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, argar said: I am glad I know I am grey ace and I feel just neutral about the day that used to make me feel bad about myself. I feel less bad about myself on v-day since discovering I'm ace, but not quite to the neutral level. Although it is nice not having to stress over an appropriate gift/dinner/etc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewT Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 54 minutes ago, SweetAndSassy said: Hello everyone, with Valentine's Day only two days away, I was curious to see your thoughts on it, so what do you think - Valentine's Day, I "heart" it OR its just another excuse to sell chocolates. I'll drink so much on tuesday night, I'll wake up on thursday Tbh, I'm not looking for a S.O, but when the rest of the world spends the day with there S.O, it can get lonely Also I'm working on 38 is old enough to comment on this 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spotastic Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 @Andrew001 No age restrictions. I'm 35. I've been married for 10 years and I don't entirely hate it anymore. This year my wife and I will be cuddling up and watching some shows on tv together. My wife is also very understandable about my asexuality and works with me on it. I absolutely hate the deluge of commercials and other forms of advertising everywhere, though. Except the chocolates. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobRossRules Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I don't mind v-day, but to me, it's just another day. I'll just have a pet snuggle-fest. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldNews Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I don't pay much attention to V-Day. I'm always surprised when other people do. I shouldn't be surprised, but I always am.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeterPanForever Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I don't feel very emotionally prepared for Valentine's Day, and it is going to be a significant day for me. It is going to be hard, and I feel like I have been avoiding the reality of it all. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SweetAndSassy Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Wow! great feedback, and as many of you have already stated, being ace, or some flavor of it, does give you a different perspective on V-day. This year I will probably be having a snuggle-fest with my dog as @faraday☘ suggested and thank you @Spotastic for making all age groups feel welcome, and for saying yest to chocolate 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 (popping in from the "over 50" thread) I usually don't think much about Valentine's Day, Mostly it's just another day and one that has rarely been relevant to me. The day after chocolate sales can be good. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seajules Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Even when I was married and thought I was het, I disliked Valentine's Day and its agenda of pushing a very specific view of romance. Yet I couldn't entirely hate it, because like daveb, I am a huge fan of the Feb. 15 chocolate sales. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gothsoul Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I was never one for holidays. Any of them. Except Halloween, love that one 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewT Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Seajules said: Even when I was married and thought I was het, I disliked Valentine's Day and its agenda of pushing a very specific view of romance. Yet I couldn't entirely hate it, because like daveb, I am a huge fan of the Feb. 15 chocolate sales. If i was in America, i doubt I'd be a fan of chocolate sales, my sister sent me some american chocolate at christmas, i thought she was trying to poison me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spotastic Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 @Andrew001 There are a lot of varieties. You didn't get the good ones. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewT Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 47 minutes ago, Spotastic said: @Andrew001 There are a lot of varieties. You didn't get the good ones. Thinking when i go across, forget about packing clothes just fill a suit case with Cadbury Dairy Milk, I'll make a fortune I found the difference was in America they use sour milk, where as over here we use fresh milk 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sage1 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 22 hours ago, SweetAndSassy said: Hello everyone, with Valentine's Day only two days away, I was curious to see your thoughts on it, so what do you think - Valentine's Day, I "heart" it OR its just another excuse to sell chocolates. I give family gifts, but I am not interested in the holiday. I do like chocolate though. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hatched Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Although I myself have always felt a bit blasé about V-day, I've always been super dedicated to making the day special for whomever I was with. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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