How do guys explain being demisexual?

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17 May 2018, 8:25 am

Just tell her that you want it to be special, and you want to take things slow?

I've always worded it in a similar manner.


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17 May 2018, 5:59 pm

My guess is she's already cool about the taking things slow part or why would I have seen her lately at all?

It's good to know that can work out though.


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17 May 2018, 6:50 pm

Just continue to do stuff together.



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18 May 2018, 6:37 pm

Hopefully I'll see her in a few weeks, there's a big hippie fest we're going to.

Do you think just being around is enough for this to progress naturally?


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18 May 2018, 6:44 pm

The answer is: a big "maybe."

Most of the time, the guy has to make some kind of "move" in a romantic direction.

What I usually done in the past is to kiss a lady's hand, and compliment her on how she looks.



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18 May 2018, 6:54 pm

All of which is why I'm here collecting such ideas.

Stripteases probably count. :jester:

I'm full of surprises! It's just that I still have to come up with more.


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19 May 2018, 1:36 am

This is so confuseing nowdays with all these therms for gender and sex. But isnt demisexual considered normal the oldschool ways?! Isnt it how it should be?! I mean now days with this hook up society i duno anymore i given up on love its to complicated lol.

I would consider myself as a romantic, not that you think the fairy tale kinda stuff i know it doesnt exsist. I cant feel sexually attracted to a person if i do not feel an emotional bond or his Inner personality is egoistic and careless. So iam i demisexual just because im not a hooker?

Im not a feminist nor gay but the heck all these therms are confuseing just do what you like honestly if its the right person itll work out and as long as none gets hurt i really dont care.



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19 May 2018, 7:24 am

Fay wrote:
But isnt demisexual considered normal the oldschool ways?!


I'm not one to answer this question truthfully, but I think that even with how drastically the dating game has changed in the past 50 years - heck, even the past decade - getting together or marrying without a romantic connection is nothing new. After all, arranged marriages are still a thing in some cultures. But the way I see it, demisexuality goes even deeper than the "old-school" way of falling in love. We're talking a connection that occurs between two people extremely rarely.


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19 May 2018, 5:19 pm

I get the same impression. I suppose with me it's somewhere between there & old fashioned, not that I'm at all conservative or whatever. I want to be more reciprocal & transparent.


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20 May 2018, 4:05 pm

Fay wrote:
I would consider myself as a romantic, not that you think the fairy tale kinda stuff i know it doesnt exsist. I cant feel sexually attracted to a person if i do not feel an emotional bond or his Inner personality is egoistic and careless. So iam i demisexual just because im not a hooker?


I'd say it's different from being a romantic necessarily, due to strictly being close to someone I already know. I have other friends I've known for ages whom I just arbitrarily can't trust as far.


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21 May 2018, 6:24 am

I think I'm demisexual, but I also feel there is a lot wrong with the concept. For instance, I don't see sexual attraction as part of it at all as I'm sexually attracted to women. I also I don't see being asexual as a complete lack of sexual attraction. The way it works for me is that I'm sexually attracted to women, but I don't want sexual intercourse with random women. So, I define myself as asexual as the default state. I've discovered that I can develop a desire for having regular sex if I have a spiritual connection with somebody (which is a lot more than just a close bond). Just having an attachment won't make me sexual. There has to be a spiritual connection.



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21 May 2018, 7:10 am

Fay wrote:
But isnt demisexual considered normal the oldschool ways?! Isnt it how it should be?!

I feel like it should be, but technically back then, it was more because of the social taboo than about how your brain works.

I don't abstain because I think it's morally wrong, or because it's a sin in the eyes of the Lord, or whatever other reason people might have: I abstain because being put into those types of situations makes me terribly uncomfortable.

I don't really understand it either, or agree with the definition 100%, but I feel like "demisexual" has a nicer ring to it than "I don't know what's wrong with me, there's something real messed up in my brain...no, I'm not gay, thanks for asking".


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21 May 2018, 9:53 am

So you'd say I should just make amends about my shyness?


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21 May 2018, 9:55 am

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I think I'm demisexual, but I also feel there is a lot wrong with the concept. For instance, I don't see sexual attraction as part of it at all as I'm sexually attracted to women. I also I don't see being asexual as a complete lack of sexual attraction. The way it works for me is that I'm sexually attracted to women, but I don't want sexual intercourse with random women. So, I define myself as asexual as the default state. I've discovered that I can develop a desire for having regular sex if I have a spiritual connection with somebody (which is a lot more than just a close bond). Just having an attachment won't make me sexual. There has to be a spiritual connection.


I agree here 100% - how did you go about describing this to someone?


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21 May 2018, 1:55 pm

cberg wrote:
rdos wrote:
I think I'm demisexual, but I also feel there is a lot wrong with the concept. For instance, I don't see sexual attraction as part of it at all as I'm sexually attracted to women. I also I don't see being asexual as a complete lack of sexual attraction. The way it works for me is that I'm sexually attracted to women, but I don't want sexual intercourse with random women. So, I define myself as asexual as the default state. I've discovered that I can develop a desire for having regular sex if I have a spiritual connection with somebody (which is a lot more than just a close bond). Just having an attachment won't make me sexual. There has to be a spiritual connection.


I agree here 100% - how did you go about describing this to someone?


I didn't. It just happened. I've never had a spiritual connection like this before, and I didn't even think it was possible.



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21 May 2018, 2:06 pm

That actually explains a lot. M'lady has a way of showing up when I least expect. Maybe I should stop using energy trying to make sense of all this & make more efforts to just go with it.

Thanks, I guess maybe it's impossible to screw up what's meant to be after all.


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