Ash!!1
[pride/gender roles/life goals??] a LOT OF THINGS HERE
Ash!!1
something something i'm cis and aggressively ace but everyone is really cute when i do have a single hormone so hand waves
Ash!!1
but all the plurks got me thinking about something i was talking to my sister about
Ash!!1
and that is how easy my life would be if i could just make myself like a well off cis dude and get married
Ash!!1
i've been proposed to! i've dated! and every time it's like
Ash!!1
i could be home playing pokemon /stares into space
mars.
oh my god mood
lordly trashcan
BIG mood
mars.
i have had many guys i like dbut not LIKED who were super into me and if i had maybe made myself like them i could also be at home playing pokemon
mars.
stares at hands with
Ash!!1
stares at hands!!!
tandemarie
big mood.....................
Ash!!1
and like i know logically, this is survival brain telling myself to go to the safety net of heteronormative that ~society~ wants and especially the guys i've known are R E A D Y to take care of me
Ash!!1
but i'm like
Ash!!1
nah
baby gremlin
/flops around this plurk
Valentisn't
Ash!!1
eveyrone is cute and i am traditionally attractive and also have the bonus of a huge ass I CAN ATTRACT MOST CIS DUDES, VERY EASILY and yet can't do anything with this power
Ash!!1
and don't want it
Ash!!1
how many cars have driven up on the sidewalk to block me so they can ask my number, i hate it
baby gremlin
doesn't help at all they're all creeps
Ash!!1
because i am just too ace and so many partners, esp in like the african american community, absolutely want 1) sex and 2) kids
Ash!!1
and i am just not about that life weep
Ash!!1
but especially as of late i wonder how much easier my life would be if i just gave up and got a partner, but more than likely i would also be extremely miserable
Ash!!1
my sister has tried to set me up with people and i'm like hissssss
Taisa
I have been in these positions. Everyone has been nice, but...I don't have those same feelings.
Taisa
I am, trying again right now, but I still just "brb, playing ANCH"
Ash!!1
anyway the fact that i even have the option is in a way a bit of a privilege cuz i sure aint straight but they don't need to know that lol
Ash!!1
Taisa
: RIGHT, NICE PEOPLE, BUT animal crossing is right there to fill ur emotional needs
mars.
honestly as nice as it would be to be at home playing pokemon it's not worth the misery of being like... pressured into societal expectations of you that would make u miserable
mars.
i support ash being ash's best self!1
Ash!!1
i will!!
Ash!!1
i mean that the times someone confessed to me in my head i was like 'i could be at home with pokemon right now--oh shit this guy is trying to share feelings'
Ash!!1
'FOCUS'
lordly trashcan
sjklfs
mars.
FJPOASIDF
lordly trashcan
i laugh but it's so relatable
mars.
pokemon is extremely distracting yah
mars.
this is unrelated but recently i've decided to replay literally every pokemon game i own
mars.
so
mars.
that'll be an adventure
Ash!!1
slams hands down ITS A GOOD ADVENTURE
Ash!!1
i have more emotional attachment to my pokemon teams than to anyone i've ever tried to court
DR. MEGANE
Ash you just need someone to share your pokemon with. no sex, just pikachu
DR. MEGANE
they can propose by winning raids for you
Ash!!1
NO SEX JUST PIKACHU
Ash!!1
i'll put that on my dating profile
mars.
YEAH I'M GONNA HAVE AGREAT TIME WITH IT
mars.
MONTHS AND MONTHS OF POKEMON
Taisa
LMAO
lordly trashcan
"looking for the pikachu to my ash ketchum"
Ash!!1
gender adn society norms are bullshit
Ash!!1
i look at my sister's marriage and am like /bear muppet looking away.gif
Ash!!1
(IT'S NOT GREAT)
Ash!!1
obv i know others with great marriages--shout out to like, 5 people on my timeline at LEAST
Ash!!1
but for anyone who isn't internet savvy its like yikes yall live like this???
Ash!!1
is this fun for either of you?? wheeze
Ash!!1
5 couples not 5 people, as if there are 4 and a half marriages wheeze
lordly trashcan
god..... yeah, my sister is married and she's Told Me Things and i'm just like ......... why??????
Ash!!1
YEA
Ash!!1
i know sometimes its about the kids, but whew. whew!!!
Ash!!1
still tho this also loops back to when people ask me a variation of 'have u just tried not being ace'
Ash!!1
and i stare dead eyed into space
Ash!!1
my life would be signficantly easier if i were not believe me
mars.
h-have you just tried not being ace
Ash!!1
mars.
: just need to TURN UP MY HORMONE METER I GUESS
Ash!!1
extrinsicality: Right gawd that'd be ideal
Ash!!1
ace singles bar which i guess in reality is just like, anywhere with food or video games
Ash!!1
we are a simple people
mars.
yeah obvs
mars.
just flip that switch ash
mars.
you know. the libido switch
Ash!!1
THAT LIBIDO SWITCH
Ash!!1
and like there are plenty of aces that have sex and enjoy it with their partners specifically and who knows maybe i will find a partner that i'd give it up for to please them specifically
Ash!!1
but for me its like ??? why sex
☆ Bun
omg "looking for my pikachu" is everything I could have wanted in a phrase to define me and more
Ash!!1
extrinsicality: RIGHT I'M HERE TO AGGRESSIVELY SUPPORT AND SHOULDER BUMP
☆ Bun
also word on just being so ace. I'd love to have someone... but to like play pokemon with, etc.
Ash!!1
i will dump a pack of raw chicken wings at their door like a cat
Ash!!1
is this affection
Ash!!1
☆ Bun
: hi5!!
Ash!!1
also like, i do have hormones SOMETIMES but the rare times that happens is that pantry metaphor
☆ Bun
I just want good times together, good food, someone to laugh with
Ash!!1
where its like you go to the kitchen cuz you're hungry but stare at everything like 'i dno't want this'
Ash!!1
which for me is like 'oh i bet this is my bi monthly reminder to have a baby. JOKES ON YOU, UTERUS, U AINT GETTING SHIT'
Ash!!1
mutters why can't we remove uteruses (uteri??) easily
Ash!!1
u can jsut pop balls out
mars.
i ask myself that every day
mars.
yeet the uterus
mars.
can't i donate it to someone who wants to have a baby
mars.
plz
Ash!!1
i still fondly remember my time as a vet assistant because my first week they let me punch a uterus they took from a dog after spaying her
Ash!!1
so therapeutic
corpse bride
holy shit, i envy that experience
corpse bride
the punching the dog uterus, i mean
corpse bride
vicariously seek revenge for all the grief my uterus put me through back when i still menstruated
Ash!!1
IT WAS GREAT
corpse bride
also vibing with that whole "do not want children ever"
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
I somehow catfished 1 aro/ace and 1 aro with anime pins on my clothes and now we just chill and watch anime together as roommates
Ash!!1
Anyway the point of this plurk is that I WISH i was straight and actively interested in sex because lord i would be on EASY STREET
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
it is... good living
Ash!!1
But no here i am, so ace it's in race. that makes no sense but it rhymed
Ash!!1
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
: clenches fist, ideal. I'M GLAD YALL GOT EACH OTHER
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
IT'S VERY GOOD AND I THINK ABOUT HOW FUCKIN LUCKY I WAS, OFTEN
corpse bride
i'm honestly surprised that there AREN'T ace-specific/ace-friendly dating apps out there?
Comic
so ace ur in space
Ash!!1
tbh i think, and i could be wrong, is because in more public settings Ace folk don't like to say their ace
Ash!!1
because 9 times outta 10 someone will be like wut
Ash!!1
and u gotta explain urself
Ash!!1
so they default to saying straight/gay/not interested/a more acceptable answer
corpse bride
that is true, ace erasure is definitely A Thing
Ash!!1
Comic
: there we go A SPACE ACE LACED WITH....MACE...i do have mace
Ash!!1
'i'm ace' 'oh you just haven't met the right person yet'
Ash!!1
'oh you just need someone to show you how good sex can be ;D'
Ash!!1
'does that mean gay???'
Ash!!1
rubs temples
Comic
I remember explaining ace to my sister for an hour one night
Comic
she just couldn't get it
corpse bride
there was a meme about bi and ace solidarity over having your identity constantly questioned and/or erased by the rest of the community, and i feel that
☆ Bun
Mace Ace Enamel Pin
u need this
Ash!!1
well shit i DO
corpse bride
ahhhh, that's one of my favorite enamel pin artists right there
Ash!!1
extrinsicality:
Comic
:
corpse bride
: clasps all ur hands, solidarity
☆ Bun
I regret not getting one myself. their pins are nice
Ash!!1
it is super cute
corpse bride
they make iron on patches, too!
Ash!!1
anyway thinking more on kids, i am not meant to be a mother
Ash!!1
i am the wine aunt
Ash!!1
still planning on showing up at my friends' house when their kids turn 10 so i can ask are you a boy a girl or fuck gender and give them a pokemon
Ash!!1
and give the parents wine i guess
lordly trashcan
highfive for being the cool aunts
mars.
wine aunt club
Ash!!1
i sent my sister champagne gummy bears for mothers day and her kids an entire box of sour patch kids
lordly trashcan
who cares about anything else what's your starter you lil shit
Ash!!1
'did you order a 24 count pack of candy' 'yea' 'THEY ATE IT ALL' 'yea'
Ash!!1
let me live the life of a magical fae that shows up for good fortune and or mischief and disappears for a year
Ash!!1
anyway thank you friends for the solidarity and WHO KNOWS maybe i'll figure something out in the future
Ash!!1
[checks watch] i'm 34 now and am like laughs in salad at my aunts who said i'd definitely settle down and have kids over a decade ago
Ash!!1
just cuz i got birthing hips don't mean i'm gonna use them HA
Ash!!1
also i wanted to touch on it but like is aid i'm cis and do 100% identify as female which sometimes feeds into my ???? void of sexuality cuz lord i do not like male bits
Ash!!1
but also i do not like female bits
Ash!!1
if i could toss my uterus AND my boobs /chef kiss
Ash!!1
but i'd still see myself as female and do not want to be male nor have any dicks near me weep
Ash!!1
BUT THAT SAID
Ash!!1
dude chests? amazing. boobs on other girls? also amazing
Ash!!1
i love the human body??? ITS FUN TO LOOK AT AND DRAW
Ash!!1
i just don't want any of it on me or in me 
Ash!!1
how much fat is in my boobs alone. probably at least 10lbs
☆ Bun
totally relatable
Ash!!1
out out
Ari
you said a lot of things but also you noted the answer to WHY DO SO MANY MEN BOTHER ASH which I see pop up whenever you mention obnoxious men
Ari
and i have to bite my lip and make myself not type HER ASS
Ari
beacon to annoying men everywhere
Ari
leave ash alone
corpse bride
yes, I would much prefer like to aspire to be the generous wine aunt that leaves gifts for other people's children
Ash!!1
MY ASS IS MY FINEST ASSET, I ACCEPT THIS
Ash!!1
also forgot my favorite reaction to being ace: "who hurt you"
Ash!!1
stares
Ash!!1
the concept of liking sex, being okay with sex, not having any negative experience with sex, and yet not wanting to have sex is so foreign to some people weep
hairapocalypse
it's INCONCIEVABLE
Ari
WHO HURT YOU
Ari
g a w d
Tentessee
your butt just won't quit no matter how many times you beg it to
Tentessee
you cannot fire your butt
tandemarie
and ppl saying "you just have to try it to know if you like it" like please no we don't,