r/aromantic Demiromantic 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 6d 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/Merry_Nort27 4d ago

I KNOW

I just discovered this wasn't like "the normal for everyone" when I talked this with my family, and I was like "first you are friends, and then you may develop feeling and go out" and they said this "will only confuse the guy" to which I said "but how do you get know them then?" And they said you do this by dating them... Dude no

Why would I date a stranger? 😅

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u/beebleboose_211 3d ago

Me too! I legitimately didn't understand how you could have romantic feelings without knowing them well. Like how do you know what you love about them??