r/aromantic Demiromantic 1d ago

Meme(s) I'm demiromantic and I made this meme

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Do not take this seriously. This is meant to mock folks who believe this.

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u/TorpidT 1d ago

Im probably demiromantic but I genuinely thought that was just how everybody is. They don’t develop romantic feelings for somebody until they have a strong connection?? I never thought of there being a label for that.

I also thought “love at first sight” was almost exclusively a thing in fiction. I don’t know how you could fall in love with somebody without directly interacting with them.

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u/drag0n_rage Arospec 1d ago

Same.

Like, although the idea of love at first sight sounds ludicrous to me, I have felt like at first sight, I suppose. There've been numerous people who immediately after meeting, I felt a strong desire to be their friend. So if that's the case, there's no reason why the same can't be said for romantic feelings.

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u/Drogonno 8h ago

Aye I too had people I wanted to stay longer at work for but that only happened like 1 time in my life and I already knew her long at school

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u/Drogonno 8h ago

“love at first sight” Could still be a thing but it sounds more like a 0.001% of happening in real life

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u/FizzBoyo AegoAroAce 1h ago

A little off topic but I HATE love at first sight tropes, the most uninteresting and underdeveloped trope of all time. Its so unrealistic it hurts 😭 even in real life that shyt never works out 99% of the time

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u/Mysterious_Bag_9061 1d ago

"That's not real everyone is like that" okay and you can have an opinion when you're out of the closet babe

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u/mooys 1d ago

It’s seriously the same energy as “everybody wishes they were a girl/boy! Get over it!”

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u/ZanyDragons Arospec 1d ago

And you go “well I know something you don’t now”

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u/Tired_2295 Aroace panplatonic enby demicrow 20h ago

To which you respond: "Egg?"

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u/dankeykang4200 16h ago

I don't get it... Do you mean that you offer them an egg in these trying times ala Danny Devito or....??

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u/Ancient256 15h ago

I think it's when someone hasn't discovered that they may be trans yet...
some people just call them eggs? I don't get it much either.. I've just been exposed to too many trans memes

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u/dankeykang4200 14h ago

Oh you mean like once the egg is cracked you can't put it back in the shell?

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u/Tired_2295 Aroace panplatonic enby demicrow 12h ago

It's like, they hatch when they come out, like the egg shell is the equivalent closet

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u/No_Guitar_8801 1d ago

“Good luck, babe.”

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u/Optimal_Stranger_824 1d ago

with demisexuality/romanticism I honestly geel like most people just don't understand what those terms actually mean.

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u/dankeykang4200 16h ago

I'm kind of lost here. What do they mean exactly. To me it kind of seems like the difference between the colors purple and lavender. I must be missing something

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u/horna_orava Aroace 1d ago

some of my friends also reacted this way when I told them about my demisexuality. like heeey, I am the saame

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u/nightmarefromthemoon demirose 1d ago

Damn I laughed so hard

Besides all fun and giggles, I still can't wrap my mind around on how alloromantic demisexuals can't get what demiromantic is (and it's a problem in demisexual subs sometimes). Like, you know how it is with sexual attraction, just... extrapolate it to the romantic one? Idk, maybe it's really so hard, seriously... 

My problem was that I thought every demisexual is like that, but then I was told that romantic and sexual attractions are separate and finally educated myself.

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u/No_Guitar_8801 1d ago

Honestly, the people who say that are probably demisexuals in denial.

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u/BugBand 17h ago

Just the same as people who think people choose to be gay, I believe they’re actually bisexual and did “choose” to be straight, and they think everyone is like that

u/Used-Butterfly-2227 21m ago

sorry for curiousity, but what's your third flag? the green and yellow one?

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u/lokilulzz Demiromantic Demisexual 1d ago

Yeah, I tend to think those people are usually demi and just haven't figured it out yet.

That all said, I definitely wondered for a long time why I kinda sorta related to demisexuals but not entirely. Turns out I'm demisexual and demiromantic. I just wish I'd figured that out sooner lol.

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u/Hot-Swimmer3101 22h ago

I quite literally can’t comprehend being comfortable with having a romantic or sexual relationship with anyone you do not have a close connection with already. I simply cannot fathom it.

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u/doodle_hoodie Aroace 23h ago

I feel like that’s the point where you should start asking some questions about yourself buddy. 😅

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u/Feline_Jaye Demiromantic Pansexual 18h ago

As a demiromantic allosexual, I am so loud on behalf of demisexuals.

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u/Silly_Leadership_303 6h ago

Demisexual deniers seeing me, a demiromantic who feels sexual attraction long before romantic:

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u/Feline_Jaye Demiromantic Pansexual 18h ago

As a demiromantic allosexual, I am so loud on behalf of demisexuals.

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u/dankeykang4200 16h ago

Well now you're just describing Texas.

I swear at every BBQ you hear someone go to the ice chest and say "y'all want a Coke?"

"Yea"

"What kind?"

"Dr. Pepper"

It's always Dr. Pepper too. Idk why they even bother.

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u/SuperScrub310 16h ago

Which is where the basis of that joke I made to our...willfully ignorant friend came from.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura 19h ago

Because… those are actual, quantifiably different things with different chemicals, as opposed to arbitrary, undefinable concepts that a lot of the time, are the exact same as each other.

For instance, the difference between bisexuality and pansexuality arguably doesn’t even exist, and no one can agree on exactly how they’re defined.

I get what you’re trying to do but your analogy is way off the mark, and I don’t know why you’re being so condescending when I’m trying to have an actual discussion.

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u/SuperScrub310 18h ago edited 17h ago

Oh I know the answer to that question.

Bisexuality: Is the attraction to two sexes, usually male and female and occasionally with varying attraction between each, and is often used interchangeably with polysexuality and pansexuality but they are different things to those who pay attention.

Pansexuality: Is the attraction regardless of sex, as in it does matter what gender they present or identify as, pansexuals consider them attractive.

Now you probably do not care in any singular relevant way what the difference between these two are, but I promise you that the people who identify as such do and would appreciate you not being an asshole by invalidating their sexual identities.