Category Archives: Relationships

Building a Mosaic from a Shattered Future

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

This post is for the April 2018 Carnival of Aces (“All the birds but us…”). Cross-posted to Prismatic Entanglements. Content Note: contains a brief mention of sexual assault, and discussion of the impact of trauma on relationships.

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Question of the Week: April 10th, 2018.

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

How do you know if you want to be in a relationship with someone? In Siggy’s recent post on gay coming out stories he writes that while crushes are a big part of coming to realize you are gay narratives … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: December 5th, 2017.

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

Are you monogamous, polyamorous, nonmonogamous, polyfidelitous, or something else or in between?  My first experience with polyamory was on AVEN almost ten years ago. I was dating an allosexual person and I remember a fellow ace on the forums told … Continue reading →

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On being unrequited

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

Content warnings: mention of suicide in a fictional work, discussion of trauma messing with conceptions of the future and relationships, brief mention of abusive relationships (with no specifics), some crappy statements about the insufficiency of aces in relationships On a completely … Continue reading →

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Okcupid Questions Asexual People Might Want to Answer, an Ace Dating Resource

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

Okcupid is my favourite dating site or app because of its questions feature. Okcupid questions let you state your preferences and deal breakers and figure out how a potential date feels about the same questions before you’ve ever even talked … Continue reading →

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Ace Tropes: Ace/Ace Romance

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

This is part of a series on tropes in fiction with ace characters. To link or follow this series, please use the “ace tropes” tag on this blog. “Yes!” Wes shouted. “Because our entire relationship was built on that one … Continue reading →

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Ace Tropes: Ace in a Poly

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Sara K. blogs at The Notes Which Do Not Fit, and has written a number of book reviews of asexual fiction. She is continuing the ace tropes series. Content Note: this post contains some non-explicit discussion of sex. “I have … Continue reading →

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