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slw1990
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03 Jul 2016, 1:52 pm

beakybird wrote:
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I'm kind of the same way because it seems like being able to relate to someone is one of the most important things to me when it comes to being attracted to someone. Sometimes I have online crushes when I don't know what they look like, but at the same time I don't feel as attracted to guys irl. I also feel turned off by jerks, but it seems like a lot of people are attracted to those types.


I think both men and women often get conflicted in terms of attraction. I think for many of us who don't mix logic and emotion, but rather can maintain logic even in strong emotions, it's easier to be attracted to "what you like". I think often why many women appear to like jerks, is because they either aren't really jerks and just come off that way to others, which is possible because I can be like that, or it's simply a physical only response to the way someone appears. For most people, male or female, confidence is attractive. Theoretically for some. But it is. The idea of someone knowing others want them physically makes people project a certain energy about them which is alluring.

I know I find a flirty, sensuous, confident woman to be very attractive. Theoretically. Of course I know that the ones that are like that will usually carry personality traits that I cannot tolerate. So, I then associate confidence with being a b***h basically. And that's a huge turn off for me even if the woman would have initially turned me on just based on how she looked and presented. So I rather have gravitated toward more shy, introverted types because they don't have that energy.

People with that "energy" to me dont appear to be very faithful in long term relationships.


Maybe I should have said people who are mean and manipulative instead of jerks. I think some confidence is attractive, but if someone is so confident to the point to where they are arrogant I just see them as a bad person. It seems like most overconfident people are very manipulative and just don't have a conscience. When people like that flirt I feel like they are just manipulating others.



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03 Jul 2016, 3:21 pm

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I'm not sure what the name for my sexual orientation is.

I don't care that much about sex, like I have no interest in porn for example and I don't look at guys who I know nothing about and have a desire to have sex with them.

However, I experience a low level of sexual attraction to people I know a little about. I think if I was actually in a relationship with someone, I'd be interested in sex, but it's not my biggest desire in a relationship. Emotional connection is more important to me.

Also, if I find out someone has a horrible personality, I'm repulsed by them even if I was originally attracted to them, but if I met a guy online and liked his personality, but later found out he was ugly, unless he was really ugly, I may be slightly less attracted to him, but it wouldn't be as strong of a turnoff as an attractive person with an awful personality.

It sounds like you're a heteroromantic demisexual. It's kind of a mouthful, but I think it describes your situation well. Most people in your situation would probably just identify as heterosexual, but this is a more precise label that you can choose to use. ;)

There's nothing really weird about your sexuality either, though some people do have trouble comprehending the idea of demisexuality, which is basically a step in between asexuality and sexual attraction. I mean, it's not entirely distinct from experiencing sexual attraction, but I think that if there's a spectrum for the degree of a person's same sex and opposite attractions, there should be one for one's sexual attraction period.


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03 Jul 2016, 4:11 pm

Doesn't sound that weird to me. But maybe you could be gray-asexual? That's the closest term I can think of.


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