Post by soconfused on May 3, 2020 7:31:33 GMT
Hi, I have become very familiar with attachment theory over the last 6 months, reading Jeb’s books, Attached, and watching a few YouTube accounts I love. I just stumbled upon a concept called “aromantic.”
The definition and wiki is here: “ An aromantic is a person who experiences little or no romantic attraction to others. People identifying as aromantic can also experience romance in a way otherwise disconnected from normative societal expectations (for example due to feeling repulsed by romance, or being uninterested in romantic relationships.) Where alloromantic people have an emotional need to be with another person in a romantic relationship, aromantics are often satisfied with friendships and other non-romantic relationships.”
Source: wiki.asexuality.org/Aromantic
SO I was convinced my DA non-committal “partner” was a DA... but this idea of “being happy that way I am and just not wanting a romantic relationship with anyone” sounds exactly like him.
I am so confused with this aromantic concept... is it possible this is just DA to the extreme? DA seems to initiate relationship but not stick it out. Aromantic will not even engage in relationship. I am wondering if “aromantic” being a way someone is born and in their genetic makeup hard to accept but I am curious what everyone here thinks about the concept of being aromantic and how it relates to dismissive avoidance.
The definition and wiki is here: “ An aromantic is a person who experiences little or no romantic attraction to others. People identifying as aromantic can also experience romance in a way otherwise disconnected from normative societal expectations (for example due to feeling repulsed by romance, or being uninterested in romantic relationships.) Where alloromantic people have an emotional need to be with another person in a romantic relationship, aromantics are often satisfied with friendships and other non-romantic relationships.”
Source: wiki.asexuality.org/Aromantic
SO I was convinced my DA non-committal “partner” was a DA... but this idea of “being happy that way I am and just not wanting a romantic relationship with anyone” sounds exactly like him.
I am so confused with this aromantic concept... is it possible this is just DA to the extreme? DA seems to initiate relationship but not stick it out. Aromantic will not even engage in relationship. I am wondering if “aromantic” being a way someone is born and in their genetic makeup hard to accept but I am curious what everyone here thinks about the concept of being aromantic and how it relates to dismissive avoidance.