I am asexual, I have known for years, and I know who I am and am quite comfortable with my sexuality. My friends accept me for who I am, and are completely open to anything like that. Half of them aren't straight either.

Thing is, if for some reason your friends don't accept you, and you aren't okay with that, you can make new friends who do, either online or in real life. There are even website dedicated to this sort of thing. Anyone heard of dating websites? Or social networking sites?

My problem is that irreplaceable people won't accept it. Namely, my mother. I haven't really told my dad, because I know him and that he'd be totally cool. And I'm a girl. I'm not going to talk about sex-things with my dad. My mom doesn't believe that it exists, and that I'm in denial, afraid, or just plain immature. I've referred her to AVEN, but that didn't change her mind.

And I find it funny that she says I'm immature. She says immaturity as though I don't know what sex is like, how fun it can be, what it's like to feel an orgasm, etc. All these "grown-up" things.

Well, I'm almost 19. If I haven't figured out what sex is by now, then there's something wrong. But that isn't my problem with what she says. My problem with what she says is that she KNOWS that I know all that stuff. I'm still a virgin, haven't had sex, and never want to, but I DID have what is called Gratification Disorder. Basically masturbation when you're a child and don't know masturbation and privacy are or have to do with each other.

That's what would piss me off, if I could still remember what anger feels like, and what puts me into depression sometimes.

I just want her to accept me for me. But asexuality doesn't fit her bill, and is not on her list of qualities expected of her daughter. Once again, I no longer meet the expectations, and this time, it's not even something that I can try to fix. I wish that I could do something about it, but I can't. And that depresses me.

Acceptance is something that makes a person feel like they are a good person and doing well with whatever it is. It improves self-esteem and self-confidence. Just like lack of acceptance will do the opposite. I believe that acceptance is important, and something that everyone should have from anyone else, especially those close to him/her.

I included some of my own story with my thoughts on this. I want to hear anyone else's thoughts on asexuality and/or acceptance.