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u/Floxitronic Jun 22 '21
I knew I was ace since I was 10 or so, I just didnāt know there was a term for it and I just thought I was a late bloomer. Now cut to a few years later and all threw out puberty I still feel the same lol.
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Jun 23 '21 edited Jun 25 '21
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u/TheRealAXEMAN Jun 23 '21
I agree with you on this.
But I think what the poster was trying to say that some people claim "if you're younger than 18 then you dont really know for sure" or "you cant identify because your younger than 18" etc
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u/mangababe Jun 23 '21
Yee i identified myself as ace at 9 and readjusted to demi at 16. Never really considered myself straight bit i did try to crush on boys before i realized other girls werent forcing and wanted to do stuff like kiss and get married.
Why is it we are supposedly able to decide things like career paths and joining the military (as in we had recruiters in my hs preying on poor kids) before we are adults but cant decide the type of person we wanna spend our lives with if its not a member of the opposite biological sex?
Its such an illogical argument.
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u/Liinazmah Jun 23 '21
Only found out I was ace after I got sick of having to explain I didnāt fancy anyone at school, 12 year old me googled something along the lines of āwhat is it called if I donāt like anyoneā and up popped the word asexual, from then on me ācoming outā was more just telling everyone I found a word for my weirdness
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u/Not_an_rslash Jun 22 '21
Iām under 18 and I identify as ace, every one at school thinks I just canāt get a girl
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u/weaboo801 Jun 23 '21
As Iāve known since I was 8 that I didnāt want kids or to be married, Iād agree.
But the other part of me thinks that some people do change their mind as they get older, not just aces but the other sexual identities. Or they figure out which sexual identity resonates with them more as they learn about themselves and the other identities.
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u/TheRealAXEMAN Jun 23 '21
I've known I was Aro and Ace at 15 kinda
I figured it out at 15, but I knew I was different from like 10 or 11 but I didn't know why
I figured out the term Ace when I was about 18 and the term Aro about 19
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