“The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it."

This is me with aromanticism. Whenever I try to explain to people that I don’t feel romantic love, people either stare at me blankly, or worse, suggest that I just haven’t found “The One” yet. Sometimes, people even look at me like I’m a soon-to-be serial killer.

I do care about people, I do have emotions and feelings. It’s just that all-encompassing, “She is my world, I want to spend the rest of my life with her” type of love that I’ve never felt.

I’ve also never felt a strong desire to build a life with someone. I’m actually quite content being alone, to be honest. Co-habitation and marriage always felt like something I had to do, rather than wanted to do.

My plan for next month is to finally sit down on a psychologist’s couch and sort out what this all means for me and future relationships. Living in a more conservative country, I’m already anticipating their blank stares and cocked heads, bracing for the inevitable “Maybe you just haven’t found The One yet”.