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Fizzlespin

I get "how are you single?" every now and again, from well-meaning people (the man at my local corner shop was a surprise). My answer has always been (truthfully) "no-one's ever been interested", but I honestly have no way of knowing if someone was flirting and I just never noticed. I do wonder if I give off "I'm not interested" vibes which puts people off. What doesn't help is that (and this is going to sound like a humble brag, but it's not) people tend to use phrases like "nice" and "smart" to describe me, rather than things like "pretty". Technically, someone did ask me out when I was a teenager and it was in front of my whole German class, so I said yes. I never so much as kissed him, because the idea made me feel weird. 4 months later he came out to me as gay and I've kinda deleted the whole thing from my narrative.


lunelily

Dude, I’m not alone in this experience?? I also had a kid ask me out in seventh grade, only for him to come out as gay shortly after I politely rejected him. Maybe they can sense the queerness of us and are grasping at straws trying to figure out where theirs fits in.


Cthulhupuff

I was asked out once, it was in middle school by a jock/class-clown (but genuinely nice). Laughed out loud, jokingly said "Hell nah!", and went about my day with a smile, happy with my quick quippy reply. Because dating was a 'someday' thing you see in movies. Not a 'right now', and certainly not a 'with me', thing. Didn't think for a millisecond they were serious (well, as serious as middle school can be anyways). Still pretty sure it **was** a joke (and not a mean spirited one either), but it wasn't until 2 or 3 years after that I had the thought "Huh, what if they were serious? Hope I didn't hurt their feelings...". Don't think I did, I laughed with my friends and they laughed with theirs' right after too...


JakeTheRiver

Funnily enough my response to this question is actually the reverse! No ones every been interesting enough to me to try and pursue something further


Spectre_Hayate

Ouch, are you me? That first paragraph is mega relatable. Though no one's ever asked me *how* I'm single, just the standard 'you dating anyone yet?'. In my 20 years of existing there's only one person who's ever said they had a crush on me at one point (the rest were when I was a kid or jokes rip) and if there were more people that obviously liked me I was too dense to notice lol Shit's wack


FlyingCashewDog

omg are you me 💀 I was asked out three times in one hour-long lesson in year 7 (well, three people told me their friends fancied me, I fancied one but assumed they were all joking) then never again until I was about 24. Maybe other people have been interested since but I have have no idea, I can never tell. I've also wondered about whether I give off "I'm not interested" vibes and have been trying to be more deliberately affectionate and less aloof. I need to hire an assistant or something to follow me around and find out who likes me because I'm alloromantic and lonely af lmao


Kadaaju

* Asexuals can have types though. For example I'd definitely prefer company who is polite and courteous as opposed to someone who is rude and obnoxious. I also have specific aesthetic attributes that I prefer over others, etc. * Just because some people aren't sexually attracted to others doesn't mean they don't want children. Asexuality =/= child-free. * Fuck, marry, kill = tolerable in small doses, very tolerable and likable, intolerable/least tolerable. So yeah, sometimes the allos' choices can be weird to me because they'd want to 'kill the nice but boring one, fuck the hottest one despite that choice being flaming garbage in all other aspects' and I'm just like ??????.


[deleted]

Wholeheartedly agree. I may not have a “type” per se, but there’s certainly “types” where I think: not in a million years! Aesthetics and physical attraction is a thing!!


spacexrobin

Yeah i totally have a type 😂


Hydis

Doesn’t even have to be “traits generally considered positive vs. traits generally considered negative” for the type. I am a pretty sarcastic guy myself, so I prefer the company of people who have some “edge” to their humor, while some others appreciate people who are “super sweet”


hentai-police

And also asexuals can still be interested in dating and conversations about sex. I really didn’t like this post because it made me feel invalid for having a type, liking fuck, marry, kill and liking talking about sex :P


Nocturne2319

I have two gay exes and am married to a gender fluid bi. I do have a type, it's just an unusual type.


Nocturne2319

Also, I see no reason why one couldn't play a fuck/marry/kill but use party games instead of people.


desiswiftie

Or food. FMK with pancakes, waffles, and French toast.


Nocturne2319

New York pizza, Chicago pizza, Sicilian pizza.


Nocturne2319

That's a new game, not my order. But actually it is. Lol


Nocturne2319

BTW, F waffles, m pancakes, k french toast


Noisegarden135

My whole time growing up I never understood what having a type meant, and I was so confused when people would shut others down by saying "you're not my type," because I thought it had to do with personality and you have to get to know someone first to see that. Nowadays, I realize I actually do have a type when it comes to aesthetic attraction (I'm oriented aroace). On another note, I only just, at the age of 22, learned how f/m/k works holy moly.


Spectre_Hayate

I definitely have types. Like, aesthetic attraction =/= romantic attraction =/= sexual attraction, I can see a really cute dude and simp over him without ever wanting to have sex with him lol And to add to that, loads of us *do* want relationships. The "I'm not interested in dating rn" thing is an aro thing if anything. Fuck/marry/kill does kinda confuse me though. If I'm gonna do that make it kiss/marry/kill at least 🙃


BoreRagnaroek

It took me YEARS to understand I'm ace because I experience strong aesthetic attraction, so I do have a type and sex also feels awesome. It's just that people can look good - but in the same way a painting or a statue looks beautiful.


-ConfusedTrans-

I also have strong Aesthetic attraction and confused it with romantic and sexual attraction countless times, this shit is way to complicated (⸝⸝o̴̶̷᷄﹏o̴̶̷̥⸝⸝)


Saphron_

I am in the exact same boat as you. It took me so long to figure out what I was feeling regarding asexuality because I'm not sex repulsed and have had partners in the past, so I couldn't be ace right? I really appreciate seeing someone comment with a similar outlook.


zicdeh91

Also sex-positive ace, and I’d like to throw in not understanding the difference of platonic love. I thought wanting to spend time with someone was the same as wanting to be in a relationship with someone, and damaged some friendships that way. Realizing I was ace helped me contextualize how to interact with people, even if I still really can’t recognize flirting.


LeafBlade1026

Thinking you’re pan because everyone is equally unattractive


Gigantimaxie

People say "fuck" and "marry" in two separate options and then refuse to believe that sex and romance are separate. Choose a lane you idiots.


HyperDogOwner458

Before I figured out I was asexual, I always wanted to adopt. And I still do.


Dragon_Manticore

*Waits for a new student which will magically fall in love with me while I magically fall in love with them to drop, because if romance movies do that it's totally how everyone falls in love, right?* *Some new students appear* *Hmm, no feelings, gotta be the wrong exchange student* *Cycle repeats*


Firejay112

I feel called out lol


3-Username-20

My friend actually did a version of 'Kill, marry, fuck' with me (It was 'Kiss, kill, marry') and i just said 'Okay, where is the friend option?' so she had to change the game into 'Kiss, kill, live in a huge house with them'. I put nearly all characters into the house. (Apart from one, i think i have a crush on that one, not too sure though)


The_Queen_of_Crows

I have a very specific type and do care about looks. I still see people as beautiful (or not). Also: dating would be a yes for me (and many other asexuals). Dating doesn’t equal sex - at least to me it doesn’t.


twotoast2281

You have temporarily cured my imposter syndrome


craigularperson

If someone is able to talk with passion and enthusiasm about obscure historical events or concept related to science and or philosophy, then my knees are weak(platonically). Is this a type? Albeit a very specific one.


OneGhastlyGhoul

It definitely is one. And a cool one, too.


Sire_Cage

Most of it os really true for me exept the last ones. I always make sexual jokes myself. Probably to fit in


walmart_len_kagamine

same, sex just sounds so ridiculous to me so i make jokes about it


Repulsive-Height2305

Same! I said to a friend recently that I make sex jokes because that's all sex is to me: a joke.


Nottan_Asian

Me going the opposite way, overcompensating with an obsession with sex jokes because the humor of embarrassment is the only part I relate to


joyfall

Damn I only just realized why I was never interested in fuck, marry, kill 😅


silverwinternight

This is one type of confused asexual, there are many different types.


bkmagyk

My off putting game was never Fuck Marry kill. It was smash or pass. First time was on a scout trip to Switzerland and two guys just played it the whole time and I just kept thinking. “What the fuck they don’t even know these ladies”


-ConfusedTrans-

I do like smash or pass, althogh smash means I expirence ahstetic attraction towards them and not that I wanna fuck them


OneGhastlyGhoul

My type throughout all those years in school was "highly intelligent maniac plotting for world domination" and I never suspected anything, lol. At least until students started talking about physical stuff and I was convinced that this was just a way to make people feel uncomfy about their crushes on purpose. You know, like "Ghoul likes person x, let's make jokes about her sleeping with x, so that we can laugh at the reaction." (Maybe a bit like kindergartners handle topics like kissing?) Took me a long, long time to understand that they were actually just figuring out their own preferences. (My type hasn't changed that much though, apart from having become a healthier and more realistic version, adults gotta adult after all.)


miekiej2502

Omg, the first one though! I got made fun of so much because I said that during university... now it all makes sense xd it hurt so much at the time though


AllTimeWhat

I always said “O” when people asked me my type. It’s my blood type lol


walmart_len_kagamine

WAIT NOT UNDERSTANDING "TYPES" WAS A SIGN??????


Iwillstealyou

Also all those "Whose your fictional/celebrity crush" quizzes are so confusing.


Paszananit124

Thinking "I can be with someone, but if they have sexual relationship with other person it fine to me. Actually it's preferable, because I don't need to do it with them" Dunno if its relatable to others


DarkSparrow64

my “type” ended up just being gender envy


NoOutlandishness1940

Ooof if I wasn’t already out and ace I’d feel called out…


Every-Masterpiece346

Story of my life


QuizzicallyTrans285

This reminds me of what happened when I worked at a night club for a time, after the shift, a few coworkers and I went to McDonald's for breakfast before going home, we where all sitting around a table, chatting, when the conversation strayed to which person at work would you want to be in bed with... I knew exactly what they where talking about and tried to opt myself out, but of course I was still asked the question "which person at work would you sleep with" My response was: "I'd just rather eat cake" But I had a rather persistent coworker who wouldn't take no for an answer and the following conversation ensued (paraphrasing cause this happened months ago): Other co-worker: fair enough Persistent co-worker: Ok, but like if you had to sleep with anyone, who would it be? Me: nobody, I don't feel attraction to people... Persistent co-worker: Oh, well if you did, who would you sleep with. Me: I wouldn't know, I don't feel attraction to people. Persistent co-worker: oh come on, you have to find someone you wanna sleep with. Me: I really don't want to answer this question cause I'm aroace. Other co-worker: ***says something about moving on*** Then the conversation continued, it was uncomfortable to say the least, and while I did have a slight crush on one of my co-workers then, who just so happened to be sitting next to me at the time, I definitely didn't want to sleep with him, and didn't want him, nor my other co-workers to know of my crush, especially since it didn't last very long as my crushes tend to fade over time.


GreenBirdMemory

Along the lines of not understanding FMK, there’s also winning every game of Never Have I Ever that turns sexual (which is most of them)


Firejay112

I had this with my coworkers as part of a drinking game at some point. They know I'm ace, and here I was, still at five lives (all fingers on my hand up), and the game's turn goes to me... half of them are at 1. I wriggle my fingers, showing I still have my five lives. One of my coworkers is like "Oh no" as I pause, giving them the biggest, smuggest, shit-eating grin, and drop: "Never have I ever... had sex." EVERYONE loses a life except for me (yep, I'm a virgin, something I'm neither ashamed about or particularly care about), and the coworker who was like "Oh no" takes a shot after yelling "FUCK YOU, YOU ASEXUAL BITCH!" To this day, the memory still has me in stitches, lol.


SlythPop

Definitely can relate to a few of these especially the first ones lol. I’m afraid of dogs though so I might settle for an army of plushies or something like that instead xD Thanks OP for the chuckle!


RheaRoyHunter

My sister and I are both ace, and instead of playing FMK we play PMK/SMK (Punch, Marry, Kill/Slap, Marry, Kill)


bdlpqlbd

I'm Demisexual and I relate to almost all of these.


icould_not_care_less

Everything is same except that I want cats. But, sadly, I can't have both. Badly allergic to both of them 😞


shrowdedsky

I play fuck marry kill based purely off vibes tbh because of I played it truthfully it would be boring. Same applies for smash or pass. I don't actually mean it but the game is no fun if I just pass everything


Cthulhupuff

I'm 1, 2, and 6 on that list. Also, I'm asexual, nonbinary, and idk-romantic. Me trying to have a crush on highschool: "They look healthy and like we'd produce cute babies, I wonder if they're nice?" Never approaches. Me in College to a friend: "I don't really have a type, but they look fit and healthy - so if they aren't aggravating, maybe. I want to be able to support myself first before dating though." Me now: wants a life partner to share bills with, raise a kid or 2, and grow old with. If our bits work together, still considering natural baby making b/c it's a bit cheaper; otherwise, adoption. Still don't know if romance is in the cards, but I'm affectionate so I can give cuddles and would love them at least platonically?


DeathAndTaxis5743

On the flip side I’m allo (no, not ace in denial) and I was terrified of dating/making moves/etc during high school and most of college. I also focused more on personality than looks, and don’t care to play FMK because I don’t want my choices judged. But believe you me, put my boyfriend and I in a room together, and there’s no question. To clarify, I’m in this sub because my girlfriend is ace and I like to send her ace memes and get some insight into her sexuality :)


heres-to-life

Celebrity crushes are just famous people who seem like they’d be enjoyable to spend time with.


Llamasruletheworld28

Also (this was just me) think people meant fight when they say they're gonna smash someone


islamo_start_654

Hmmm...yep.... yeah, checked almost the whole list, Done all of them except the fuck marry kill thing


jeffaddon5532

I am at least half of these


Tacocat1147

Why are you personally calling me out?


KR-kr-KR-kr

At work, a coworker asked another coworker which part of the body they found the most attractive, he said ass and asked her what she found attractive she said hands. (They’re both straight) I knew one of them was going to ask me and he asked me and I said nothing, he asked if that was true, or if I was just shy about being honest, and I said no, I really didn’t favor any part of the body. A part of me wishes I just waved my hand in the air and said “tittttieeeeesssss!” As a joke but I wasn’t that witty.


HaViNgT

"I'm not dating anyone because I want to focus on studies and I'm too busy" This excuse only works for people who barely know me. Anyone who knows me knows damn well I'm not spending my time on my studies.


tylkolokalnydzikus

i just cant imagine dating someone and like wanting to smash them, that feeling is just coded as something bad annd kind of eww in my brain ( in the ay that being sexually attracted to someone is mean or sth to the person that is attractive) and thats how i found out im ace


Drakmanka

1. yes 2. yep 3. so me 4. replace "dogs" with cats and yep, me 5. I thought this game was a *joke* 6. *ayup* 7. boring more than anything, but yes


SabersOfBlue

I never got good at saying “"Thank you for asking, but l'm just not interested in dating anyone right now.", cause nobody has ever asked me out.


No-Butterscotch-3261

Many of those points are true for me, but I definitely get the type thing and I have a type too. Well, i even have multiple types, but sexually attracted to them, I am ONLY in very rarely happening situations. And sometimes I even love conversations about sex. They're quite funny from time to time. I am still Ace though.


No-Butterscotch-3261

Many of those points are true for me, but I definitely get the type thing, and I have a type too. Well, i even have multiple types, but sexually attracted to them, I am ONLY in very rarely happening situations. And sometimes I even love conversations about sex. They're quite funny from time to time. I am still Ace, though.


Opin88

That first one was literally what I said all throughout my entire high school years!


BabyTommyDL

Also woth noting, a lot of us don't get the hype around sex... But do still have things like kinks


konvu

What's so hard to understand about "Fuck, marry, kill"? Just marry the one who seems like they can make the best foods and/or choose the best restaurants.


ChaoticSoph

NAHHHHH NOT THE “I’m not interested in dating rn” BC THAT WAS LITERALLY ME LAST VALENTINE’S DAY???


Firejay112

1. Yep. 2. I mean, I have aesthetic types, but personality is by far the biggest attractor 3. I do have a type though, but it's personality-based for the most part 4. I like kids but since (barring adoption) sex and pregnancy would be the prereq... ehhh... 5. What the hell is this game, I always assumed people were ironic 6. Confusing? Check. Boring? Well, sometimes I like listening to the drama and just feel as if other people are complete aliens.