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What is the right age to know if your ace or on the ace spectrum?


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Ace Skeleton

I feel like I’m too young to know if I don’t feel sexual attraction even though I don’t. Is there a certain age where you can know? I identify as ace I’m just afraid if I come out my friends and family will say I’m too young to know. Please Help

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Hi and welcome :)

 

Personally I'd say that anything pre-puberty is too young to be sure. Most people will have figured things out by the time they're 16, some take longer. We also have quite a few people on here who only discovered their sexual desires later in life (later as in someone's 30s, 40s and beyond). So I'd suggest not to get all worked up on labels and all that, just try to keep an open mind and see what's coming your way. If things look different in a couple of months, that's totally cool. If they're still the same in 40 years, that's also totally fine :)

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If you're old enough to comprehend what sexual orientations are, you're old enough to know what yours is.

 

There will *always* be naysayers.  Once you're no longer "too young to know" it'll just become "you haven't met the right person" or "you haven't tried the right things" instead.

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I think it just depends on the person.  Assuming you're in your teens, then I don't think you're too young to start considering but you might find your perspective on things change as you get older.  I'm in my mid 30's and I figured I was too old be be reevaluating my sexuality, but here I am. I thought everyone figured that stuff out in high school and college, but everyone's timetable is different

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Ace Skeleton

Thanks for the responses, I love to hear other aces opinions, and I’m more confident I’m ace now. I’m not going to come out to my mom and Dad , but probably my friends.

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1 hour ago, Homer said:

Personally I'd say that anything pre-puberty is too young to be sure.

well ...

 

I was 10 when I vowed I would never have sex. 50 years later I have kept my vow. To be fair I have to admit I grew up in a very unique set of environmental circumstances. My world was extremely isolated. Sort of like Australia. I may just be a platypus. I have always liked it though.

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