Yeah, sometimes the loneliness gets to me...

[the_vulture]

Crossposted from my LJ:

Comments

[ginny_t]

I feel ya. Wait 'til they stop asking. That's a whole fresh hell.

[the_vulture]

Eh, even if the one aunt eventually stops asking, there'll be plenty of other reminders. Take Pre-Discount Chocolate Day, coming up next month, for example.

[the_vulture]

A little less alone is always a good thing.

[jerico_cacaw]

There's one Uncle who has asked me about boyfriends/prospective boyfriends/getting married. We have talked about the issue several times, all of these in family parties. From the first time I explained him that, from a very young age, I've always known I was not to marry and I was not to have children (I took care of my nephew since his birth until age 16, so there's no 'but you won't live the joys of motherhood!' from my family and friends whenever I say the last thing). I also told him I was not looking for a romantic attachment and didn't see myself looking for one anywhere in the future (I'm an aromantic asexual). And he said 'good, you'll be saving yourself a lot of trouble, sometimes it is not really worth the hassle

[madamefufu]

I don't get asked about marriage but even if I was I would just shrug it off and day "I dunno". My family doesn't know I'm asexual (except my sister because she's the only I trust enough to tell). I do want to get married someday (but NO children. Ever.) but being a romantic asexual I know the right type of guy will be unbearably hard to find. It's the most frustrating aspect of my life.

[the_vulture]

Usually, I'm optimistic about what the future holds, given how much asexual awareness is on the rise. Eventually, I'm going to find a compatible person who's actually near me. Still, sometimes it gets to me.

[fairygrrl45]

Awwww, yeah I get that lonliness too....fairly often. I've been working on it though. Trying to find things to fill up my time so that I am never really still enough to feel it fully. :) A toast to you, my friend, for writing about it and sharing.

[the_vulture]

Thank you. I think, in sharing, it helps to know one is not alone in one's challenges.