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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an ace adult, the best advice I have is to support her.

Never make any statements such as "Perhaps covid affected your romantic learning..." or "You should explore if your low estrogen production and BC pills are related to your asexuality."

I would 100% encourage her to seek out a psychiatrist who deals with LGBTQ sexuality (I say psychiatrist in case meds are needed for the anxiety issues). They will help her explore her new sexuality in the proper format without making it seem like they are trying to "fix" something that is "broken" within her.

I spent most of my life feeling terribly broken because I didn't feel the same way towards the opposite sex (or even same-sex!) as my peers. I had no idea about asexuality until I was in my sophomore year of college and took a Psych course. Learning about asexuality caused me to have a literal lightbulb moment and everything clicked for me. I honestly cried because it was so freeing to realize I wasn't broken or weird, I simply had another label. It was also freeing to be able to stop forcing myself into different relationships and faking everything, which I had been doing because I thought if I tried hard enough or long enough, I'd be "normal."

I'm 40 with a husband and 2 kids. I'm married to another romantic asexual. We love each other very much but have zero sexual desire for each other (or sex in general). We did artificial insemination for both pregnancies.

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That is really interesting. Thank you for sharing. How did you find each other?

Are either of you on the spectrum? I have heard that might be more common for people on the spectrum, but I an not sure that is accurate. [/quote]

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