MaryofMayo Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 8 hours ago, jay williams said: Well your M/M fiction sounds interesting., as I have said. Also, I share your notion that it is sad that some people are upset or confused by the fact that not all of us have socially defined sexual feelings. Thank you - if you ever want to check my stuff out, just Google P.J. Doolittle (my pen name). I blame the media in part for the confusion some people feel. I've noticed that in the over 50 and over 60 forums there is less of that anxiety, and my personal opinion is that when we were growing up in the Seventies, we weren't constantly bombarded by sexual imagery. Even in personal lives, if the other girls in High School were sexually active, they kept it to themselves (as they should - it's no one else's business). At least, until one or two of them turned up pregnant - LOL! I still feel that way and it doesn't bother me a bit if people see it as 'old fashioned'. Since when is old fashioned a bad thing?!? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha Jo Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Just poking my head in from way too long ago! Seems quieter than I remember us oldsters being, lol! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 39 minutes ago, Mocha Jo said: Just poking my head in from way too long ago! Seems quieter than I remember us oldsters being, lol! Most of the action is in the 50s thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha Jo Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Oh, right. I remember now! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Anyway. Welcome back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skeetz56 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 64 here 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 hours ago, skeetz56 said: 64 here Welcome and ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedup Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 63 here 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 4:11 PM, skeetz56 said: 64 here Welcome to oldies - hope you'll feel free to jump in and post. I can remember 64 - spent a year humming the Beatles song Oh, and have some more 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 8 hours ago, coffeedup said: 63 here Welcome and ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 12:53 PM, coffeedup said: 63 here Welcome to AVEN from southern Ontario! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coffeedup Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Thanks Will! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lyncat Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I'm an 60+ asexual, an aroace, actually. Always felt the same way as I do now, but I didn't know the terms until I found this site. I have experienced nothing but welcome and friendship. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 @lyncat, welcome and ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, daveb said: @lyncat, welcome and ! X2! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lyncat Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Thanks for the welcome. Virtual pie/cake may not be delicious, but it also has no calories or anything that can mess me up inside. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 7 hours ago, daveb said: @lyncat, welcome and ! x3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 OMGosh, what a year of discovery!!! I feel as though I've just arrived home after running an exhausting race.....for 62 years!! 🤦♀️ 🍀 So, someone catch me op...what have I missed? 🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, Epiphania said: OMGosh, what a year of discovery!!! I feel as though I've just arrived home after running an exhausting race.....for 62 years!! 🤦♀️ 🍀 So, someone catch me op...what have I missed? 🤣 Welcome to AVEN - I still remember how I felt when I found the site when I was 55, spent many nights through to early mornings getting to know people and posting like crazy. I hope you'll enjoy it here as much as I still do ❤️ - and have some traditional welcome 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 7 hours ago, lyncat said: Thanks for the welcome. Virtual pie/cake may not be delicious, but it also has no calories or anything that can mess me up inside. Calorie, gluten, lactose free, and vegan friendly Enjoy the cake, site and company ❤️ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Epiphania said: OMGosh, what a year of discovery!!! I feel as though I've just arrived home after running an exhausting race.....for 62 years!! 🤦♀️ 🍀 So, someone catch me op...what have I missed? 🤣 Welcome to AVEN! I found out about asexuality and AVEN, in 2005 when I was 44. However I didn't join the forum until 2017. I was content in identifying as asexual, but I guess I didn't feel a need to join a forum about asexuality (I'm not averse to forums as I'm on a few recreation related forums). Hope you enjoy the company here. I'll be turning 60 in October. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 @Epiphania, welcome and ! What have you missed? Hopefully you haven't missed sex (as in "not missing not having it"). But maybe you have missed cake? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyke Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Epiphania said: OMGosh, what a year of discovery!!! I feel as though I've just arrived home after running an exhausting race.....for 62 years!! 🤦♀️ 🍀 So, someone catch me op...what have I missed? 🤣 It's a feeling a lot of us have had. I was pretty much your age when I found my way here (3 or 4 years ago), and haven't left. The 'over-50s' thread is a lot more active than this one, and I tend to stay there. And I'm definitely over 50..... Welcome and 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I plan on posting in both! There might be newbies who join when they are in their 60s and it would like be nice for them to see a few peers posting in a separate thread. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, daveb said: @Epiphania, welcome and ! What have you missed? Hopefully you haven't missed sex (as in "not missing not having it"). But maybe you have missed cake? Ha, correct on both counts!! Would have always rather had cake 🍰 instead of each time I had the required/expected sex🙄! That would be formerly required, but not now! Yea for me!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Thank you SOOOOO much, everyone!!! 🙏 I can already tell I'm going to love it here. Isn't it lovely to feel/be welcomed!?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Epiphania said: Isn't it lovely to feel/be welcomed!?! yes indeed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 4:37 AM, Epiphania said: OMGosh, what a year of discovery!!! I feel as though I've just arrived home after running an exhausting race.....for 62 years!! 🤦♀️ 🍀 So, someone catch me op...what have I missed? 🤣 I've been thinking after seeing your username, that is how I felt the day I read about asexuality (see my signature if on a laptop). It was such a wonderful feeling to know why I had never really made any effort to have sex. That being said, I never openly questioned my lack of a sex life. I assumed I was straight since I found females attractive all my life and wasn't interested in guys either romantically or sexually. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 I just ordered an Asexual Flag wristband. In 2011-06, I bought a Rainbow Flag wristband, I wore it fairly often (it was a liberating feeling), only got a few comments, nothing really derogatory (most people ignored it). When I found out I was Asexual (in 2016-06), I stopped wearing it (although the Rainbow Flag does in include Asexual). Anyone else worn an Asexual Flag wristband (or other symbol), if so, what was the reaction (I tend to think a lot of people wouldn't know what it meant)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will123 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Occasionally I've worn a black ring when I've gone into Toronto. No comments. I live in a rural area and not out 'publically' as asexual, so I'd rather not broadcast that I'm not straight. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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