#tru tru tru
I haven’t seen much support for aromantics that are romance repulsed, so let me give some shout outs:
- Shout out to the aromantics who feel physically sick even when someone just mentions something romance related.
- Shout out to the aromantics who love fanfiction, whether it’s writing it, reading it, or both, and have to deal with the constant, never ending romance shoved down their throats.
- Shout out to the aromantics who have loving readers but are always flooded with comments on their story about how the characters should ‘get together soon’ and how they ‘need to be boyfriends/girlfriends/etc’.
- Shout out to the aromantics who have friends that are all about romance and find it exhausting to be around them even though they like them.
- Shout out to the aromantics who are constantly bombarded with questions of “do you have a crush yet?” and “what kind of person do you want to marry?” and “when will you settle down and find someone?” by their own friends and/or family.
- Shout out to the aromantics who have to sit there and hold in their overwhelming anger/disgust/anxiety when couples near them are being overly affectionate and gross.
- Shout out to the aromantics who aren’t taken seriously/are brushed off/laughed at when they gather enough courage to tell people about their repulsion, because “how can you not like romance?”
- Shout out to the aromantics who are so desperate about having no romance around them that they avoid watching movies/reading books/etc because romance in entertainment and media is inevitable.
- Shout out to the aromantics who want to cry because they’re surrounded by the thing they hate the most, feeling trapped and unable to escape.
- Shout out to the aromantics who suffer from mental health issues as a result of feeling like they’re broken or wrong or bad for not liking romance.
- Shout out to the aromantics who get so stressed over romance and feel like they can’t go one day without wanting to explode.
- Shout out to the aromantics who are confessed to by friends they cherish and feel guilty for getting grossed out by their friend’s romantic feelings toward them.
- Shout out to the aromantics who aren’t romance repulsed all the time and feel like they’re faking it.
- Shout out to the aromantics who love the world of sex and feel absolute disgust every time they encounter the phrase ‘making love’.
You are all valid. You are all beautiful. You are all just as deserving of love and care as everyone else. You are not broken. You’re not bad for disliking something the world favors the most. You’re important. You belong. Don’t EVER question your worth because of your repulsion. You are you, and that’s the best thing you can ever be.
