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Originally Posted by Baleful
About a year ago I started considering that I mat be asexual, but before I had always assumed I was straight.
I've never been in an intimate or sexual relationship and I'm just about out of high school, but I've also never exactly tried to get in one. Eventually I realized that I am still capable of "falling in love" with other people, all of which have been male, but I don't want a sexual relationship at the same time... It's really confusing. I suppose I only want an emotional/romantic relationship, you could say, but I don't think the same way about girls as I do about guys. I can still find guys attractive. I also think that I could be in a (minimally) sexual relationship in some cases and if it is absolutely with the right person if that is what they want. I did a little research on it, so would I be a heteroromantic graysexual?
I know a lot of people say that "labels" and such don't matter, but in the end I think I'm just curious and I can still always change to become whatever else, and I wanted to hear other peoples opinions. Please tell me any thoughts on this, thanks!
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There is also a label of demisexual, which isn't the absolute absence of sexual interest so much as a lower sex drive with a higher interest in a romantic relationship. These tend to be people who have to be in love with a person before they are even capable of experiencing a sexual interest. I guess the term for that would be demi-heterosexual, but falls under the umbrella label of gray. Honestly, the what doesn't matter so much as long as you are comfortable with what you are. So long as you don't so attached to any one label that you find yourself being defined by that rather than your label being defined by yourself you should be fine.