StarlessVoid Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Hey everyone, I follow Greek mythology at my school and we're now discussing the theme 'Love'. It's really intresting to see that the old Greeks had such an open view on mlm and wlw, still I feel a bit alone in the class. I'm the only one in the Greek lessons that is aroace (that I know of) and it feels lonly, especially talking about love and stuff. It's like looking into a wolrd that I cannot participate in, only managing to understand the acutal words and not the message hidden underneath. My friend that sits next to me knows that I'm asexual but I don't think she knows how weird these lessons feel for me. I just wanted to share this with people that might relate. I hope you have a good day/night - Kuro / Void 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolover Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 9 minutes ago, StarlessVoid said: Hey everyone, I follow Greek mythology at my school and we're now discussing the theme 'Love'. It's really intresting to see that the old Greeks had such an open view on mlm and wlw, still I feel a bit alone in the class. I'm the only one in the Greek lessons that is aroace (that I know of) and it feels lonly, especially talking about love and stuff. It's like looking into a wolrd that I cannot participate in, only managing to understand the acutal words and not the message hidden underneath. My friend that sits next to me knows that I'm asexual but I don't think she knows how weird these lessons feel for me. I just wanted to share this with people that might relate. I hope you have a good day/night - Kuro / Void I think everybody experiences love (though not necessarily romantic love) at some point in life. For some, the reaction to it might be strenuous denial, like fighting off an infection and staying away from an allergen, and for others it's welcomed and helps them borrow from others that which makes them feel complete. There is nothing wrong with you if the love thing is elusive or even repulsive. My alienation point has always been sports - I have no interest, no talent, and no competitive spirit. But others seem to be addicted to sports. This is why I always have an escape route identified when I have to be around others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heutgel8 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Dear starlessvoid, Don't feel bad about that. I hope you find yourself less isolated if you deal with such contents intellectually. Many people who talk about Eros have no idea about it. I recently ran into the book: Platos SYMPOSION. (Plato's Banquet). There Love is being discussed by different people and there are different point of views. You might find some which even inspire you. The discussions go beyond ordinary concepts about that topic. You can learn for example that Eros is the child of Poros (wealth and inventiveness ) and Penia (poorness) . Eros might become schizophrenic about that sometimes...😉 The concept of romantic love, by the way, is only two centuries old. Romantic love is related to economy, since women can make a living by themselves. So they needed a motivation to go for being wedded... At least the ancient Greeks were not romantic in our sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarlessVoid Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 30 minutes ago, heutgel8 said: Dear starlessvoid, Don't feel bad about that. I hope you find yourself less isolated if you deal with such contents intellectually. Many people who talk about Eros have no idea about it. I recently ran into the book: Platos SYMPOSION. (Plato's Banquet). There Love is being discussed by different people and there are different point of views. You might find some which even inspire you. The discussions go beyond ordinary concepts about that topic. You can learn for example that Eros is the child of Poros (wealth and inventiveness ) and Penia (poorness) . Eros might become schizophrenic about that sometimes...😉 The concept of romantic love, by the way, is only two centuries old. Romantic love is related to economy, since women can make a living by themselves. So they needed a motivation to go for being wedded... At least the ancient Greeks were not romantic in our sense. I'll definitely check out plato's SYMPOSION out! I also didn't know that the concept of romantic love is only 2 centuries old, that is an odly comforting fact. Thank you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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