How to turn a friendship into something more-nonsexually, of course
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- Category: Asexual Passions
- Published on Saturday, 06 August 2011 22:10
- Written by JR Harrison
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After posting the previous article on friendships and romantic relationships, it occurred to this author that some people might be looking for advice on how to turn a friendship into a romantic relationship.
So here goes: Talk to them about it to see if they feel the same way about being romantically involved. Afterward, you would need to your dreams and goals & to see if they're also on the same wavelength. Once you know where things stand, either enjoy your relationship or say goodbye.
Why haven't Asexual dating sites had more success?
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- Published on Saturday, 06 August 2011 16:39
- Written by Lara Landis
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Asexual Dating sites are few and far between. Four are currently in operation, but so far, they have met with little more success than the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. The sites may or may not have brought together couples. Even AVEN has had some success serving as a match making service, even though it is not the site's purpose. Readers would be better off checking those sites to see each site's success stories.
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Pianycist's Response to Compromise: the Key to an Asexual Relationship
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- Category: Asexual Passions
- Published on Saturday, 30 July 2011 00:47
- Written by Lara Landis
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(Publisher's Note: The article this is responding to can be found here.)
How about RESPECTING BOUNDARIES and BEING CONSCIENTIOUS OF PARTNERS’ BOUNDARIES?
“The Asexual partner should not expect the sexual partner to give up intercourse".
The sexual partner should not expect any potential partner to provide them with sex. Period. Having that expectation is rape culture. And demisexuality needs to be brought up, because demis can have relationships with Aces and with sexual people—and the same need for everyone to be conscientious of boundaries applies.
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The difference between friendships and romantic relationships
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- Published on Saturday, 06 August 2011 15:18
- Written by CF_Asexual
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It's rather sad to see that people still hold onto the notion that if there's no sex, it's a friendship. Even moreso when someone equates friendship with the same sex, romantic relationships with the opposite sex. As if it is somehow impossible for men and women to be just friends, not to mention, the implication that Lesbians and Gay men don't have romantic feelings. As well as the fact that people who are friends do have sex with each other, whether with romance or not. It also excludes those of us who are romantic Asexuals.
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Compromise: The key to relationships Between an Asexual and Sexual Partner
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- Published on Friday, 29 July 2011 16:33
- Written by Lara Landis
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No one would say navigating a relationship between a Sexual partner and an Asexual partner is easy. It is not like there are many books on the subject that will specifically cover this topic. Many books on the subject, cover on how to increase one partner's libido or how to spice up a married copules love life. The low-libido self-help books use the default assumption that people are automatically sexual beings. Asexuals should let potential romantic partners know that they are Asexual before getting into a serious relationship. Asexual people are not, as one columnist suggested, trying to trap sexuals into relationships just to deny them pleasure.
When one partner in a relationship is Asexual and not suffering from a decrease in libido, it can result in severe problems in a relationship. The partner who does not want sex may seek many cures, only to find out nothing will work. Couples can work such relationships out. But the first thing that the Asexual needs to decide is how they feel about the act of intercourse.
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