So the chapter begins by explaining that there could be friendships out there that do a lot of deep things and I mean express their vulnerability, tell each other things that they wouldn't tell anybody else, truly be there for each other. Kind of the way that couples would be there for each other. But the only thing that doesn't make them a couple is that they don't have sex. So it's almost like a message. Like if you two aren't having sex then that's it
And in that broadening, our language hasn't caught up yet, it seems, because when society talks about heterosexual relationships, they've woven so tightly together, romance and sexuality, and that those things are almost the same, but they're not. And because of that, because that's the way society seems to talk about these things, I think it can be difficult for some to understand that someone can be asexual but romantic, or a romantic but sexual, or any combination thereof
CinemaReel L.
@ReelTalker · 4:56
Even I did used to be friends with someone who I'm sure he definitely had a crush on me, but it's like he always treated me like I was his girlfriend. Even though he knew me and him weren't dating, he always still felt the need to treat me like his girlfriend