One of the saddest days of my life…
Hello there!
I am an aromantic asexual, and yesterday, I visited my best friend. Everything was going great, their (singular) family was so nice and we had so much fun. Until I left. Then all hell broke loose. Their family started picking on them, asking why we're not in a romantic-sexual relationship, that I'm using them, am handicapped… I just don't believe this. I am crying right now, after talking to my bff… I can't believe it was all pretense. And most of all stings the fact that they aren't listening to my bff, their own family, at all, pushing their own wishes and desires on them. When I realised that I was different, I didn't expect it to impact other people as well… I know how it feels to be misunderstood, but this I did not expect.
Thank you for reading this, I really appreciate it, and I hope you won't have to go through this.