How do I know?
Hello!
I am 24, and have been in two relationships. In passing, I mentioned to a friend love means to me a friend who i want to spend my life with. I must mention I am autistic, so this might just be not being able to recognize the emotion of love itself in a conceptual manner.
He mentioned I might be aromantic. I would have never thought to put that label on myself. I do want relationships.
The thing that got me thinking though, is that when i broke up with both my exes, I would have been judt as happy being friends, only sad about the loss of shared future.
I have had crushes. People I want to be able to have reliably around, be close to, even sex. So I am unsure.
I do not understand dating just to date. If I date i do so because I want a shared future. If not i'm just fine with being friends.
I am not looking for anyone to tell me if I am on the aro spectrum,. I am mostly wondering if your experiences are similar.
Footnote: english is my second language, which is why my post might sound "clinical".