ABOUT THE OWNER

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 My name is Annie and I identify as aroace. I use the pronouns she/her currently. I run the Instagram page @aroacee! I found out that I was aroace only a few months ago (May 2018), but I was introduced to the term asexual about 3 years ago. I had never truly realized what it had meant until I had friends who were invovled in the LGBT+ community that were able to teach me about the terms asexual and aromantic. I never wanted a relationship, the thought of having one really scares me for some reason. No, I'm not traumatized from anything (I've gotten that question before). Having this fear of commitment has always made me feel broken. I've never really understood crushes, but I've never talked to people about having one (because I never had anything to say) and the reactions from people are kind of hurtful. The weirdest thing I've made up was with my friend (we make a lot of really weird jokes) and we were running laps for our sport, and she had asked "so you've seriously never had a crush"? She wouldn't drop the topic. My face was getting red and I thought I was going to have a panic attack, so I blurted "I dated that tree!" She went silent, of course, and I didn't even know how that came out of my mouth (haha come out xd). She started laughing and we made tree jokes the rest of the run. That was truly a strange experience I hope to never relive, but it was relieving that the topic hasn't been brought up since. She's the type of person who sees love as the only reason to live. Anyway, my LGBT+ friend came to me with the terms "aromantic asexual" a few months ago, which caused me to do some research. I was really happy to find that I wasn't alone. My Instagram page has helped me reach more people with my same orientation than I could ever imagine! That is what led me here, to create this website. Thank you for reading my little introduction/story, and I hope I get to share more in the future!