Lunala Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 For me I've always just "known" - ever since I learnt that sex was a thing, I've never been into it. I've also never gotten crushes on anyone - ever. Not even once. I knew what I was, but I just never knew the word for it until one day . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zhuangzi Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 It was about this time last year, I was 16, and it just kind of hit me that I was asexual. I had identified as asexual before when I 13, but I told myself that I was too young to know and that I couldn't be anything other than straight (mostly because I was in a very acephobic friend group and my family would not believe me if I told them I was asexual). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenrou Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 I was around 22. I always had the feeling I wasn't "normal" because I never had any crushes growing up unless someone said "oooh you like them" and I would think "Oh I guess? This is what liking is then??". I had thought about asexuality starting in my late teens as I went to a very LGBT friendly college. I went to my sister's for dinner a few years later and she said "are you asexual?" and I said yes. It was the first time I ever admitted it aloud and accepted it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dead account 4444 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I was 13 when I found out, (I'm still 13) I'd heard of asexuality but I'd never really thought about it because I always just went "I've had crushes on guys and guys only. Easy, I'm straight" but then I saw a video about someone coming out as demisexual a few weeks ago and I was like "oh wait... I don't want to have sex at all" and I researched asexuality some more and I was like "yeah this is me 100%" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'mjustme Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I guess I was a teen? It wasn't an automatic realization, it was more of a gradual adjustment. I learned the term just by browsing the internet, was interested, started researching and watching youtube videos, began to realize that it was how I felt. I'd always felt different in the sense that sex grossed me out, but I was lucky enough to find the term when I was just beginning to struggle with my sexuality. I didn't officially identify as ace for a couple years after I learned about it, but once I did I felt very comfortable with the term and I knew I'd finally found my definition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hermit Advocate Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 It wasn't really an instant realization for me. I'd known about the term asexual for years, I just didn't really equate myself with a particular sexuality. I just kind of realized that I wasn't interested in sex or relationships like my peers and ignored it for years. Then one day I had an "a sort of subconscious realization that the term asexual actually did apply to me. I was in my early 20's when I actually started self identifying as asexual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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