I’m gay, autistic & demisexual. Will I ever find love?
which I’ve written about before), I’m also demiromantic. It’s taken me 10 years to realize that.Being demiromantic (or demisexual) means that you can only feel romantically attracted to someone after there is a strong emotional connection.
In other words, I don’t fall in love easily. I can be physically attracted to someone, but in order to feel drawn to them in a more meaningful way, I also need to love what’s in their mind and heart.Even though I just recently realized this about myself, when I look back on my childhood, the signs were always there.
The only truly strong connection I ever had was with another boy in middle school. I’ll call him Tyler. Every year, our history teacher would take the entire eighth grade class on a week-long trip to the East coast.
We were assigned roommates who we would share a hotel room with. Low and behold, Tyler was my roommate. I was excited! I didn’t know why at the time, but I felt drawn to him.
