Aesthetic attraction, what??

Something happened yesterday that I found to be interesting. I thought about it for a while about whether I should even write about it or not, eventually deciding that I should. After all, this is all mainly for me and I helps me work through things a little better.

Anyways, yesterday was a surprise for me. You see, being aro ace (I feel like in order to make all this make sense I have to mention that; sorry if it gets repetitive) I don’t experience attraction to any gender. No sex, no romance. Yesterday however, I got my first aesthetic attraction.

Not so much as a “you’re hot, I want to get to know you” so much as simply a “ wow, you’re really good looking.” For others, maybe this type of thing would mean something different, but for me this is what it was. And to think it took me until I was 23 before I even had that ever happen.

The thing was that I was actually really uncomfortable with it all. I think I’m actually grateful that it doesn’t happen to me, because the whole thing is more disconcerting than anything else.

A short one today, I know. It was just something that was running through my head.

#asexuality #aestheticattraction