Poll: Would you date an asexual person?

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Nope. Pure heterosexual here and I do inevitably want children.

 

[godfist88]

i guess it depends on their personality, they they're funny, smart, and all around a good person then yeah i'd date them.

 

[Caligulove]

No. Sex really is a big part of a good relationship to me.

I don't mean that sex needs to be there first and foremost on a first date, but I really think sex is needed for a meaningful emotional attachment with your significant other- no apologies. No reason I can't get along with an asexual person, but they would just be one of the majority of people in my life that I never have and never will have sex with

 

[darkorion69]

I am tired of the new gender terms...there is just no end to the political correctness there, but anyway...

I date people I am serious about getting to know deeply, and I am an adult. Adults have sex as a part of a mature relationship to share intimacy (some wait for marriage even.) Why would I want to date someone who has and never will have any interest in sharing sexual intimacy with me? Shouldn't they look for another asexual person and just let me be there friend?

 

[tthor]

Um, wouldn't dating an asexual person be basically friendship? The only real difference between freindship and dating is if the relationship has a level of intimacy, but with an asexual person, there wouldn't be any intimacy (atleast not from the asexual person)

 

[Mordwyl]

If they feel no physical attraction towards me whatsoever... Why?

 

[hopeneverdies]

Yes, yes I would. A heteroromantic asexual person, but an asexual person nonetheless. I don't date women to have sex with them. I date them to create a relationship between the two of us. That's all.

 

[Verlander]

YOUR OPINION IS WRONG, GO AWAY!
Joking of course, I value your opinion because you are well-spoken about it. Though I do not necessarily share it. That's not the point though, the point was to make fun, lol.

Consider me ridiculed

 

[Drake_Dercon]

To me sex is the only reason for a relationship, I can get meaningful conversations and close friendships from y'know my close friends, just need sex when you get bored of giving yourself the low five every once in a while.

Or, that statement could be reversed. Theoretically, you could have sexual relations with anyone you were attracted to (could, as in physically possible), whereas you could only have an actual romantic relationship with someone you felt emotionally drawn to. If you feel no different towards your romantic partners than to your friends, you might want to consider thinking about your relationships. Of course if you only care about having BFWB (that'd be best friends with benefits) relationships, or even just the last bit, that's your business.

Personally, I'd be fine with a nonsexual relationship. As long as it's the right person, I don't see why not. Sex is great, but basing a relationship on it seems a bad idea to me (don't know 'cause I've never tried), unless of course nobody expects anything from it. Bottom line being that I could have a relationship without sex, I don't really see why people have such an aversion (sometimes I wish I were asexual myself, though then I realize I don't).

 

[Assassin Xaero]

I don't see why not, but it depends on the person. I don't get along that well with many people. Mostly they don't really like my sarcasm or atheism...

 

[zehydra]

No. I do want sex at some point, and if the pleasure can't be mutual, I don't want in.

 

[hopeneverdies]

The blood in my boner would be straight from the heart!

*facepalms while cracking up laughing

 

[Cockney Weasel]

I wouldn't. Terribly sorry to come out with something so simplisitc and blunt in what might, for other people, be a rather complex series of decisions but to me sex and romantic attraction are almost entirely indivisible. You can love someone and have an affectionate relationship that is close, perhaps even closer in some ways than the one you share with the person/people you happen to be having sex with. But whilst I accept that you can have sex without romance I can't think (at least while I'm typing this) of circumstances when you might have romance without sex.

 

[bdcjacko]

Let's say you meet an asexual guy/girl who is heteromantic/homoromantic (Depending on your gender/sexual orientation). The two of you get along great and develop feelings for each other, do you think you could engage in a long term relationship with someone even if the two of you will probably never have sex?

I suppose we could be friends. But if we aren't going to have sex, no I won't be dating them. It is pointless to do that for me. I need sex is a relationship for it to work.

 

[LightspeedJack]

Hahahahaha is this even a question?

COURSE I FUCKING WOULDN'T! I'm sorry if that sounds harsh but we all have the need for sex, it's a human need just like hunger and to downright deny those urges when it's with someone you love and are confortable with is just fucking creepy.

And all of you people saying your Asexual: being asexual and being AFRAID of having sex are two very different things. You may not be ready for sex just yet but like I said before, everyone has lust...even Jesus.

 

[dementis]

To me sex is the only reason for a relationship, I can get meaningful conversations and close friendships from y'know my close friends, just need sex when you get bored of giving yourself the low five every once in a while.

Or, that statement could be reversed. Theoretically, you could have sexual relations with anyone you were attracted to (could, as in physically possible), whereas you could only have an actual romantic relationship with someone you felt emotionally drawn to. If you feel no different towards your romantic partners than to your friends, you might want to consider thinking about your relationships. Of course if you only care about having BFWB (that'd be best friends with benefits) relationships, or even just the last bit, that's your business.

Personally, I'd be fine with a nonsexual relationship. As long as it's the right person, I don't see why not. Sex is great, but basing a relationship on it seems a bad idea to me (don't know 'cause I've never tried), unless of course nobody expects anything from it. Bottom line being that I could have a relationship without sex, I don't really see why people have such an aversion (sometimes I wish I were asexual myself, though then I realize I don't).

I flirt with basically all my friends, and the majority of my sexual encouters have been friends with benefits, I think people are to hung up on serious commitment and love etc. I'd rather just enjoy myself and someone else, the idea of being with one person for longer than a month is terrifying to me so I think why bother when I have friends who think the same way I do.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Nope. Pure heterosexual here and I do inevitably want children.

You can have children anyway though. You can still have sex with an asexual person, and there are ways besides sex to have kids. Just saying

I'm aware of it, I'd just rather do it all manually... XD

 

[Aijou]

Not sure quite what "asexual" means in the question's context

I could definately go for a romantic relationship that doesn't involve intercourse per se, I prefer to get off manually anyway and sex is generally hard work, but if it also means no intimate kissy-touchy stuff than no.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

I AM an asexual person.

Can you elaborate? To my knowledge it isn't technically possible to be text-book asexual, meaning reproduces without a partner and the child only inherits the single parent's genes.

 

[binvjoh]

No, I wouldn't.

Sexual feelings are a vital aspect of a healthy relationship.