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[@KyleEvra]

"You don't have to understand it you just gotta respect it." Now if only the whole population of humans understand this.

[@BuilderB08]

That would sadly be a miracle…

[@rui-kun3234]

*How I wish that most of the population understand basic respect* 😔

[@SouthHill_]

As an asexual myself, I only first found out in my late teens on my own. Hopefully it becomes more common to teach kids that it actually is an option to not be attracted to anyone, etc. Would help a lot of kids not have to deal with feeling like something is "wrong" with them.

[@OtakuCouple]

FACTS

[@AlisonL520]

I feel like more importantly and broadly it'll teach kids that relationships are not the be all end all. People are able to live happy productive single lives. Way too much pressure are put onto people to get into relationships

[@AlisonL520]

@@theendlessdaydream6442 It's definitely getting better in recent years for representation but there's a long way to go. Exactly what you said, it's not an all or nothing sexuality and that's what needs to be understood. It's why I absolutely adored Jaiden making the video, it's important

[@realperson9104]

Bruh, if the internet didn't exist, I wouldn't have even known what asexuality is. No one ever told me about it, and we never learned about it in health class. Thank you r/lgbtmemes, because now I have the words to express how I feel.

[@SouthHill_]

For me it was good ol' Google. Of course Google told me I was schizoid first tho. Thought that's what it was all about for a whole year almost, before finding the term asexual. :'D

[@thatonecabridog]

I'm a polyamorous gay man... living in Russia. You can probably imagine how I feel every single day

[@thatonecabridog]

But I digress. Great video! I enjoyed it a lot!

[@OtakuCouple]

We cannot even begin to fanthom the challenges you face...please know that you are accepted and loved here! Keep shining your light ♡ -OtakuRen

[@thatonecabridog]

@@OtakuCouple Thank you for the kind words! :)

[@sosolaetrange]

Hope you doing okey dude. Good luck for you

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Ouch. I hope you are staying strong.

[@arthurzackaryabrin]

I literally had to explain my therapist that there is a difference between romanitc and sexual atrraction. I'm panro ace so when I told her I was asexual, but mentioned my girlfriend in the next sentence or so, she was really confused. So I explained that while I am sex negative, I am very capable of feeling romantic attraction. Like, people have one night stands. All the sexual attraction, non of the romantic one. So why can't there be the opposite? All the romantic attraction, and non of the sexual one. I think she understood, so I'm calling that a win!! Way too many people don't know that there is a difference between romantic and sexual attraction so I was really happy that someone with her reach spoke up about it!! I think this video will helps lots of people realize a lot about themselves!!! I mean, we asexuals are enough people to invade denmark!!

[@deanholderde5959]

Wait no, we’re not supposed to mention that last bit!

[@miley_is_aroace]

No, we're not supposed to tell people about that last one! 118 people have seen this. Crap.

[@Arkayjiya]

Did your therapist pay you at the end of the session?

[@risuwolf]

Yeah, I didn't even know ace was a thing for a long time, then when I found out it was a thing, I thought I couldn't be ace cause I'd been attracted to people. After a few years I remembered that I'd never been attracted to them in a sexual way, and it was always someone I knew and was friends with. Now I'm pretty comfortable with the labeled demiromantic and asexual 😌

[@Xnoob545]

​@@miley_is_aroacenerd here, 118 is coincidentally the amount of elements in the periodic table So that's cool I guess

[@HeliorDusk]

I am asexual. When I realized it, suddenly everything that I did not understand about myself started to make sense xD That was six months ago and i'm 25, soo... yeah xD The problem is that I live in a country where social awareness is at a mega low level...

[@risuwolf]

Hey, I didn't figure it out til I was 30 so I feel you 😩

[@5ilver_F0x]

Jaidens video actually helped me figure out what orientation I am since I’d never heard the term before. I am Aromantic but more specifically a subcategory of it called Cupioromantic which I won’t get into what that is. It’s a bit hard to explain so I guess you can look it up if you’re curious at all

[@tensai1011]

I've been out as bisexual ever since my first year of high school and I think that's one of the biggest accomplishments in my life because when I was closeted through eighth grade it was really hard for me to either have a attraction with anyone male or female cuz I felt like I always have to stick to one gender in my life (for example female) my whole life and not looking back at now I really don't regret it ☺️ I may not be perfect but the same time I'm the happiest I've ever been being out and I'm in the great relationship with my significant other as well. Also thank you for being supportive you two are amazing and I love your content keep up the good work ☺️❤️

[@evergreenforestwitch]

I'm 42 and just figured out that I'm aroace about 6 months ago because I straight up didn't know it was an option before now. I love Jaiden's video and your reaction to it. Because, yes! We need to let kids know that there are other options besides cishet nuclear family as the end goal. Appreciate you amplifying this, you got yourselves a sub! Keep it up :)

[@GrizzledBear7]

This was such a good video. As always she has a way of explaining things in the most awkward but understandable ways. I relate a lot to the whole “deciding you are a certain way because it’s just what people do” Hell, I’m still figuring out what the fuck I am.

[@OtakuCouple]

You're you. Which is valid. And we love you homie!

[@yuitrigger]

I respect every sexuality and what people identify as but personally i am not interested in any of them because as (abridged) Alucard once said " there is no one alive who can comprehend my sexual preference"

[@AlisonL520]

Sounds mysterious 😱🤣

[@whoahanant]

XD yes

[@liameddy5836]

I just came out today and I am so grateful to have great friends! If you are thinking about coming out, do not be afraid to talk to your friends about it. It will help you a lot. Thank you for reading this. Liam

[@OtakuCouple]

This is wonderful!!! So happy for you!

[@liameddy5836]

@@OtakuCouple thank you so much! I’m so glad to finally have it off my chest and I feel so glad that everyone’s not pushing me down like I thought would happen

[@grim1683]

This is genuinely one of my favorite videos from her specifically because it takes a ton of courage to be open like this. It’s not my favorite video from her but it’s certainly on my Top 3.

[@RosheenQuynh]

I knew I was asexual in high school LONG before I knew what asexuality was. Back then, I just called it celibacy lol it wasn't. I didn't get that I genuinely felt no sexual attraction at all.

[@averylouise1024]

I’ve had a very interesting journey with my sexuality: Step 1: I thought I was Bisexual because all I knew in 8th grade was the strict “LGBTQ” acronym Step 2: I wasn’t into the whole sex thing, so I thought maybe I was Biromantic Demisexual at first Step 3: Met my future partner in 8th grade and discovered that he identified as Asexual, so I started thinking about it and decided to try that label on to see if it fit me. It did. For about 3 years. Step 4: As my boyfriend and I started getting more serious with our relationship, we both started realizing that we probably weren’t actually Ace because we enjoyed being more intimate with each other (this was our Sophomore year) Step 5: I started feeling a lot of guilt and confusion surrounding the labels “Bi” and “Pan” after being confronted by my non-binary friend about being Bi and why I wouldn’t want to date a non-binary person. Step 6: Decided to throw out labels all together and go with “queer” because I know I’m attracted to women/nb people as well as men but I’m mostly focused on my current relationship. Also, I’ve come full circle to Demi again. Step 7: Now I’m questioning my gender identity and am trying out she/they pronouns… it’s a mess… (Me and my boyfriend have been dating for almost 3-1/2 years!)

[@livonsaffron8874]

For some people it is a slow process and I hope you can find a term that you're comfortable with. But also understand that you don't need to be in a label or be associated with any type of orientation. JUST BE YOU! Also a story I would like to share as well. I actually heard the term asexual a lot since young because my sister defended me and told my parents that I could be ace because they would often ask me if I liked a male actor in a movie or show in an attractive way. I did like male actors and would get excited about them but would not be attracted to them. I just brushed the term asexual off. For me the time I really started to learn about the different orientations was about two years during lockdown when I got onto social media and youtube a lot. Me and my friend decided that we were fully supporting allies. Fast forward a few months I really started to think I am aroace but it took atleast a month to get comfortable enough with my sexuality and identify as an aroace. The only people who know irl are my sister ( who only knows I am an ace), my two best friends and one classmate. There have been a few people who have told me that I am not old enough to decide so instead of being said about it I simply decided to wait till I am an adult and still be the same.Also yes my mother does support the community but does not believe that asexuality exists so we just do not talk about it and I think she even has forgotten. The funny and best thing is that I am an aro/ace, the other friend I talked about came out as bisexual and my another really good friend is an aroace as well 😎

[@averylouise1024]

@@livonsaffron8874 That’s awesome!! I’m glad you’ve figured yourself out! You don’t need to come out to anyone if you don’t want to. It’s not a required thing. Do what makes you the most comfortable and happy. Live your best life, my dude.

[@livonsaffron8874]

@@averylouise1024 Thanks a lot and I will do that! Good luck to you too on your journey! I already have three mentally adopted plants as my children : Piper the snake plant, Steven the money plant and Purpled Heart well the Purpled Heart. Recently my fourth child Flora the echeveria died so I am gonna do a funeral day for them after my exams. Idk what she died by it was like just one day she got all purplely and then shriveled up. I have been around plants my entire life and my family is basically a plant loving family except for my sis. I also am a big animal lover so yeah thats what I do hope to pursue as well. Best of wishes to ya

[@risuwolf]

1. Thought I was bi cause I found girls and boys attractive 2. Thought I was pan cause I didn't care what anyone had 3. Thought I was demi cause I only developed crushes on close friends (panromantic demisexual) 4. Realized I'm ace cause I've never actually had the urge to have sex (demiromantic tho) 5. Also realized I'm nonbinary (genderfluid) and started using any pronouns 6. Now using they/she pronouns and tentatively identifying as demigirl It's a complicated road for anyone in LGBTQ+. And labels aren't necessary, they just help sometimes. You're you and you're valid

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

What is demisexual?

[@ESophora]

I love this video. Jaiden makes it serious with the right amount of levity and use of Pokémon. I am bisexual(who is borderline aroace) and transgender so I loved her video

[@silvermannhatten]

I identify as panromantic asexual. I’m also non-binary (which I came to terms with til more recently). I didn’t discover asexuality until I was like 21 years old. The romantic attraction is there, tho probably leaning more towards a grey area compared to most, but once I realized the sexual attraction wasn’t, I started to think something was wrong with my. I figured it was a chemical imbalance or something and some of my wires were crossed or something. When I discovered the term asexual and read about it, I was scared. I thought that meant I was broken and was ashamed and forced myself into an intimate relationship just because siblings and everyone else around me were in one and I felt wrong. I started of identifying myself as demisexual for the longest time after that thinking that maybe it’s cuz I don’t have a strong enough romantic relationship with this person and that’s why I wasn’t feeling intimate attraction, but eventually I came to terms with it and realized that it was okay to not feel that way. That was around the same time as I accepted that I had felt romantic attraction towards the same sex as well, so it all fell into place and I became comfortable and even proud to just be who I am. :) I also realized that I didn’t just fall in love with people because they were one gender or the other and so now I consider myself panromantic because I’ve fallen into and out of love with men, women, non-binary folk, and trans people as well. And honestly, I’m just comfortable being me now. Jaidens video meant a lot to me, it’s nice knowing that she’s on the spectrum and has put out a video that’ll be wide reaching in its information and maybe some of the people who didn’t understand, maybe they will at least be okay with it now.

[@0Quiwi0]

I tend to say I'm bisexual because people usually understand what that means, but in all honesty I'm pansexual. I might count as being in the aromantic scale, because I don't have a real interest in relationships. I can do it, but I kinda prefer living alone. If the person is someone I really like personalitywise like a good friend and I'm also attracted to them I'm ok with having a relationship if they want it. It's still always a bit of a chore for me

[@Idkim_just_here_]

Jaiden's video made me feel reaffirmed in who I am. While I am not aro ace, I've always felt forced to feel sexual attraction, like I needed to feel that in order to be accepted by other's. I do feel it sometimes, but it's not important to me in a romantic relationship and honestly I realized that I feel happier when there isn't very much physical intimacy past cuddling, kissing, or holding hands. Just in my brain sex has never been something that is needed in a relationship for me... I'd rather know the person's interests, try to know their hobbies and have them try to understand my interests no matter how confusing they may be. Luckily, I now have friends who accept that side to me, they even try to protect me from people who think they can "fix" me and I'm glad that I have them.

[@elisabethtenbrinkkelley8044]

Personally, I'm aroace as well, and I'm also nonbinary. I didn't have as much trouble figuring myself out, in that when I was 11 I had figured out that I wasn't into any of that stuff. I didn't find the words for it until later (I found "asexual" on Dear Abby, of all places) but I knew that I didn't want to get married or anything. Nonbinary took a lot longer, though. When it comes to those other types of relationships that people can have that Jaiden mentioned, I'm in one of those. My best friend and I are in a queerplatonic relationship. Literally none of our identities align (he's straight), but we work very well together. (He's actually the reason that QPR Day exists now.)

[@NekoCub]

I myself am demisexual demiromantic, I feel no sexual or romantic attraction to anyone until I form a deep emotional connection to them. I used to have friends who were guys and id fall asleep next to them at sleepovers with no concern. I didnt have many partners because most people would just move on to another or just be casual friends. But a few of them really valued me, like the kind of friend who would stay up all night and just talk on the phone about anything. A few of those friends really made me feel I could trust them with anything and for me that's when the switch flips. Once I realize you will always be there for me and vise vera all the emotions hit hard I become very easily flustered cause suddenly all the things they do become very emotionally charged and I quickly admit my feelings. In relationships Im extremely loyal. No person can hold a candle to my SO but this bond can be broken and once it dose good luck being able to convince me to stay and let you build that trust again with no emotional anchor.

[@kclovelypinky8561]

I'm asexual too I also know that I am someone who feels no romantic attraction either never had any crush before but I want to be in a romantic relationship cause everytime I see couples in media or in real life I think its cute and adorable how they interact with each other in public or in my family.

[@morganjonasson2947]

aromantic: someone who cant fall in love asexual: someone who appreciates sex the same way a 6 year old does, which is, not at all.

[@taterswithranch]

before i found the term aroace, i legit thought everyone else was weird for getting into relationships at my age (in high school nonetheless). it never occurred to me that perhaps my experience was an outlier. growing up i was taught "don't dabble in dating until you finish school," and i understood the assignment a little too well lol. all in all, it was very easy for me to identify with the term aroace lol i thought it was so funny you mentioned the college experience, cuz i'm in college now, and whenever i tell family i don't want to be in a relationship or have kids, they tell me i'm too young to "decide" that (i'm an adult), although it's apparently perfectly fine for my cousins who are younger than me to be bringing their partners to family events. definitely a double-standard there lol. great video! i love how respectful y'all are, and it's nice seeing the aroace orientation reaching more people :)

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

This made me remember her video about weird dating sims, and now everthing makes more sense!

[@KyleEvra]

Panromantic Asexual here. This video is soo sweet. 😊❤️🖤

[@TheKarret]

first time viewer; aroace here. I didn't know asexuality was a thing until I was like 19, but like... I only ever "dated" one person, and we were like 9-10; I "dated" him for like a day, and the next, my friend "stole" him, and I was like "oh... well that's dumb," and I realized then that I wasn't interested in dating and all that drama. I was never interested in pursuing dates, people were incredulous, in high school, my friend group was all like "omg you and x should go out, you'd be a cute couple" and I was just like "I don't date." and then he asked me out and I immediately turned him down, only later realized "oh shit, that might have hurt his feelings, I should check in with him" and he was fine, and later came out as gay, so it was all good. But yeah, people would ask me "are you gay, straight or bi?" and since I didn't know about asexuality, all I could say was stuff like "or", "none of the above" or basically define it by saying "opposite of bi" ... Like Jaiden, I never thought anything was wrong with me - I kind of uno-reversed it and was like "Man, what is wrong with everyone else? Must be those pesky teenaged hormones I've been hearing about... Aaah well, I'm sure when they hit their 20s, it'll all be out of their system and they'll go back to being normal like me again." Just like Jaiden, I didn't think the emotions were serious, I assumed people were lying about it to seem like they were big adults - same way they'd drink and smoke etc; I figured dating/sex was just another one of those ways, and I was like "lol, idgaf." I even once tried to convince a friend to simply not date, because "it was so much easier"

[@skylerroyale]

I'm pansexual I sometimes don't feel valid

[@OtakuCouple]

Well to us you ARE valid! I hope more and more people come to accept you as you are 🙏🏽

[@skylerroyale]

@@OtakuCouple thank you guys

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

You are valid.

[@stephaniepellikan7080]

For most of my life I thought it was weird that I wasn’t really attracted to anyone but then discovered I was aromatic when I was 27 and started telling the people I was close to. The people that I did tell already knew or suspected something like it.

[@thgritic102]

4:45 I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the switched rules from elementary to middle/high school. I didn't mind Valentine's Day because woo free candy, but middle/high school made me hate it when 1) no free candy and 2) favoritism/popularity contest. As an aroace, I looked up what makes a human human, and it's actually the ability to cook since no other animal on this planet can cook. Even if you're not a great cook/baker or just poor at it, that still counts as being human. Look it up. I was cracking up learning that, and will use that in arguments against aphobes.

[@TiBunCosplay]

I'm a biro-ace enby. That was an adventure to figure out and I didn't start figuring out until I was in my early 20's. I figured out the Bi part first and thought I was full bisexual because I'd get little crushes on both guys and gals, but still felt broken that I never had the interest in the sex aspect of relationships. It took much longer to discover asexual was a thing, and that was my biggest puzzle piece discovery. The one that made me realize I wasn't broken. A little after that I began to question my gender identity and I eventually settled on the non-binary umbrella term was good enough and I didn't feel the need to dive deeper into that pool of self discovery. Then I decided that "biro-ace enby" was a mouthful and it brings up a lot of questions I don't always feel like answering so I normally just use the term queer since it encompasses all three and people tend not to push the issue further with questions and aphobic comments.

[@Harmony242]

I think I've known I was ace or at the very least demi for a while but this video pretty much went over every single thing I experienced when it came to the sexual aspects. Never experienced it, never would think about it if people stopped talking about it, no idea what sexual attraction to another person feels like. Always felt weird when my friends and colleagues crack sexual jokes, like "uhh, sure, I guess". Guess I'm ace lol... Maybe even aro too since I've only had 2 potentially romantic attractions to anyone in 31 years, but I don't really know at this point if it was actual romance or just fixation. But that's a discovery for the future I suppose.

[@JeremeDavis]

It is always the small loud ones, like Jaiden touched on there are those in both the straight community and the LGBTQ community which seem to segregate us aroace people even farther because it makes us feel like we don't belong to either (I know that as a whole the LGBTQ community isn't bad but I have had some very toxic interactions and there is some intense gatekeeping being done by some individuals, "You haven't faced the hardships we have." so you think not having any attraction doesn't bring up hardships especially in our society, as a group that is supposed to be all about love who you want and be you there are quite a few hypocrites)

[@viiolet_wasp6427]

personally, i'm very glad she made the video for other likeminded folk and openminded people that want to learn. funnily enough, i assigned the aroace label to myself before i entered middle school, 9-year-old me saw the definition for aroace and was like "yeah, that checks out". might've been a bit early but they ended up being right. i related to everything jaiden talked about in her coming out video it's not even funny. i had to struggle through sexuality and gender all throughout middle- and highschool and everytime i asigned a new label to myself (be it lesbian, pan, etc.), i felt like i was performing and just pretending to be something i'm not, even when i tried to convince myself that i wasn't. eventually, years pass, now i'm 19, ten years of struggle later, i come to the conclusion that i'm basically an AAA battery (aroace agender) because,,, idk the only thing i cared about that was somehow related to gender/sexuality was my gender expression and how comfortable i felt in masculine clothes as opposed to feminine clothes which only reminded me that i'm technically a girl when all i wanted to be was, ,a person?? i never wanted a gender label on me, especially not one i felt uncomfortable with, that was a wild journey for sure. jaiden's video made me feel more confident in my identity. i'm an aroace agender person and i'm proud of it!!

[@risuwolf]

The one person I had a genuine crush on was my best friend at the time (and other minor crushes I had were also people who were my best friends first) but because of that crush, when I learned that asexual was a thing, I thought I couldn't be because I'd had a long-term crush on someone. So at the time I labeled myself as demisexual. But then, looking back, I never had the urge to do anything intimate and it was kinda like Jaiden said: if he wanted to, I'd go along with it. So now I'm confident in saying I'm asexual and demiromantic (with no gender preference). Another part of this video that hits me hard is society saying you need to be in a relationship then when you're not happy they say it takes time and work. I practically forced myself into a relationship years ago, even though I wasn't interested in who asked me out but I just assumed if I was ever gonna be in a relationship, it would take time and work. The guy ended up being kinda toxic and I'm much happier being single. If I happen to end up in a relationship, that's that, but I'm not gonna force it again

[@lunayoshi]

I'm demisexual but heteroromantic, so I got crushes on guys ever since 2nd grade. Naturally when I was young, I didn't want to have sex with any of them, but MAN did I think they were cute, would blush when they talked to me, and I'd just sort of freeze up if they were nice to me. I remember in 5th grade having a crush on a boy, and it must've been obvious because one of my musical theater-esque classmates started a presentation that required us to dance with each other, and he strutted on over to me and paired me with my crush. First dance with a boy. 5th grade. I was over the moon. Then I hit high school, still had crushes... couldn't understand why people around me wanted sex all the time, or why being a virgin was bad. I didn't want to bang anybody. Gross. That involves bodily fluids and a connection I needed to have with someone, which I didn't have. We had so much sex ed at that point, I was like, "Psht, this is easy. Just don't have sex! No teen pregnancy! Why is this so hard for people?" 20 years after I graduated high school, came across the term demisexuality and I was like... "OHHHHH. I'm demisexual. I don't like people unless I know them REALLY well. Why was I not taught this in school?? AHEM, sex ed, wtf???" Demisexual is under the asexual umbrella term and though asexuals are discriminated against in the LGBTQ+ community, demisexuals are discriminated against by asexuals for not being "truly asexual." And it's not a hormonal issue or have anything to do with libido. I can be horny as fuck. It doesn't mean I want to do the dirty with somebody else. But apparently that doesn't count to some people. So if someone comes out to you as greysexual, demisexual, ace flux, aegosexual, etc., be nice. We may not feel ZERO attraction, but our attraction is so frickin' low compared to everybody else, we still count.

[@bigthecat9457]

At first I thought I was asexual but three years of me searching I also realise that I am aro-ace which sort of explained why I had no romantic attraction to anyone when I was still at school

[@geminiwolf0077]

I feel like I'm in the middle of being platonically and romantically attracted to friends that I share a deeper emotional connection with. I don't really see romance as an attraction but rather a role in my case. I'd be okay in a platonic or "romantic" relationship with a good friend. It doesn't have to involve sex, which is something I don't necessarily need or want, it's just an optional activity even though I experience sexual attraction. The sex/gender(s) doesn't matter to me, though I prefer my partner(s) be bigger boned/chubbier because of physical attraction. Weight is the only physical attraction I have and that's it. Personalities just enhance someone's physical attractiveness in my opinion. I wouldn't date a skinny person and our friendship would be strictly platonic, but anyone who is bigger boned would be game. I dunno, I'm weird. I just use the term pansexual.

[@amandahaugen7061]

as a aroace this is reletabal

[@cyl_genderfluid-furry]

Fun fact about the stranger danger rule. It's entirely made up. The percentage of kidnappings by people who know the victim are 99%, and (not necessarily entirely overlapping) the percentage related to the victim are 99.9%. Also, Adam Conover had a speech about generational terms, and points out that they are not only daft, don't do any good, do harm, ect ect, but also are only there to make money, and not for the people who unironically use and market to said terms.

[@andreanairvin7724]

I am honestly still figuring things out. It is becoming more clear to myself that I'm attracted to both male and females romantically and yes I find people cute or attractive but the intimate attraction just mehhh. So Label not sure probably some place within the bi and ace arena but I'm still far from certain. But I understand the feeling behind feeling like something is wrong with me. I'm becoming more okay with that nothing is wrong with me I just don't really crave or care for the "intimate" side of relationships and that is okay.

[@Transgirl17]

I have my first crush in high school I was young teenager I gay I not really good opening my feelings and emotions I very shy and nervous great video I feel the same way want to find true love ❤️ I try my best to be nice and repeat peoples the best I can I feel scared and sometimes great videos keep up the wonderful job on your KZbin channel💕💕💕🦄🦄🌈🌈🌸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@edward18517]

I've got no idea what my orientation is. I know I've wanted a girlfriend over the course of my life, but I don't know if I've ever been "physically" attracted to someone. When I was younger and we saw the first Michael Bay Transformers movie mom was wondering if I might be gay since I complained about Megan Fox in it instead of talking about how "hot" she was. For me I don't know if I'd be together with someone if I'm not friends with them first. That's part of what confuses me when Jaiden says "I thought having a crush was wanting to be someone's number 1 best friend" cause...that's what I've always thought it was. But since no friend has ever asked to be with me I figure I'll just end up empty and alone at this point.

[@OracleGrouse]

Demisexual? It's under the Asexual umbrella

[@DPObseser]

You might be Demi. Whether it’s the sexual or romantic orientation, that’s your business tho :) I remember when I was trying to figure myself out, and I discovered those terms, I kinda was juggling them around.

[@lapislazuli06]

You sound demi to me too Edit: sorry, you can try looking it up or going to reddit for it, it's upto u ❤

[@wolfwhisper40]

I'm also aroace like jaiden! I don't feel those feelings towards anyone loll. I knew I was a sx-repusled ace before I say her video, but a few months after her video came out I also realized I am aromantic as well! It was kinda hard to tell at first because, like jaiden I can kind of get excited and tunnel visiony on people I like and want to be friends with. Well, that mixed with me having social anxiety and people always describe the feeling of crush to what sounds to me similar to a panic attack LOL HGCFHVG, so whenever I'd get nervous around boys I'd think that must be a crush or smth. But really it was just the combo of me wanting to be friends with someone but also having anxiety. I also tend to confuse admiration for romantic attraction sometimes too. It's very confusing haha. I think the biggest reason I get confused tho is the fact that the idea that I NEED to feel attraction hasn't left my mind just yet... everyone acts like they need love so much, yet I don't feel it at all, it makes me feel like maybe I'm lying or pretending, idk. But I really don't want to be in a romantic relationship... it just sounds weird to me honestly.

[@lynntaylor9681]

I'm aro-ace like Jaiden but I never even tried to date anyone until I was almost done with high school. There were two boys I thought I had crushes on in grade school but looking back now, I only wanted to be friends with them. One I liked because he had a funny laugh and the other one was quiet like me and seemed nice. I was very shy and never talked to either of them. I never felt romantic toward anyone and didn't try to date until my last year of high school. I just wanted to see what it was like and went on two dates with a guy that my friends all dated. Never felt anything toward him and never kissed him. Those were the only two dates of my life. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. I wish aroace and asexuals was talked about in school. I graduated in 1999 and didn't find out about asexuals and aroace until a couple years ago on YT.

[@user-hc2el2kp5r]

Jaiden is the person who helped me find out I'm aroace!!!

[@Omkar-lm5pe]

0:39 i want someone to look at me like that

[@jennamiller7016]

I’m asexual too and it took young adult life and childhood trauma to come to terms with it

[@spikeblossom3206]

I'm polysexual, bisexual, and transgender and I'm happy the way I am😊

[@staceymassey7718]

I know this video by jaiden made me realize that I am aerospace so yeah

[@admiralensin.]

htf did you spell it that wrong

[@mexicanbepis3383]

I'm pan and supported by my family

[@colorfulhumor4724]

Pansexual poly guy here speaking from the Bible Belt (you have no idea how badly that actually goes over here) Sad to say, but it's something I've gotta be very, very careful who I hang out with, let alone tell anyone about..

[@pierrebugblatter]

I'm on my dad's account but I'm a trans guy demisexual and gay

[@fairiesandlillies3471]

Have you heard of demisexualety