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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fperson@lemmy.world to c/aromantic@lemmy.ml

Hey folks, I hope you're having a lovely day. I've been recently thinking about the idea of being aromantic by choice. It may sound weird, and some people may even disagree with it. However, I genuinely believe that it's pretty legit and helpful.

I consider myself aromantic. While it hasn't always been this way, I was always kind of leaning toward it. Several months ago, I was chatting with a friend about relationships (not only romantic) and, after some background thinking, concluded to be aromantic, and I'm happy about it since it helps me focus on stuff that I personally find more important. Also, it turns out to help develop better platonic relationships.

I'm also thinking about making a video on this topic once my tripod arrives (which is in a few days already!), making it even more interesting to discuss :).

I'd be glad to hear what you think about the idea. And maybe some other folks are this way?

Peace <3

edit: editing for possible actual federation?

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[-] Firefly7 1 points 1 year ago

There’s an essay I read a while ago which establishes aromanticism as a political choice. I don’t agree with everything it says, but it’s a really interesting read nonetheless: https://queer.archive.work/library/download/aromantic/an_aromantic_manifesto.pdf

Aromanticism as a choice also reminds me of the idea of relationship anarchy, as in the rejection that any type of relationship is inherently above or below others. https://log.andie.se/post/26652940513/the-short-instructional-manifesto-for-relationship

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Since there wasn't an aromantic community here I created one. As Lemmy has a small userbase it seems reasonable to not split up different aro content in different communities (i.e. one for memes and another one) so all aro content is welcome here. Have fun.

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