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As an aromantic, I find that when it comes to my stance on romance, I’m ok with what would be considered “romantic” gestures, in fact I love them. However when the gestures start being taken in a romantic context, I start feeling uncomfortable. Also for the most part I’m fine with romance and am usually my friends’ biggest supporter when it comes to their relationships, it’s not until, again the attraction and/or(?) romance is directed at me that I start to feel uncomfortable.
The thought of someone having a crush on me is wonderful! I adore the thought of being the object of someone's idolization and affection. It's very validating and I enjoy it :)
And yet I, ironically, absolutely despise finding out people hold such feelings for me. It's akward, and I've never even came close to reciprocating such feeling. Every time I've actually felt anything similar to a "crush", it completely dissipated after: 1) I knew them better, 2) I found out they reciprocated it, or 3) it just disappeared into thin air, for whatever reason.