State gender and if you believe in romantic love.

Female. I've been going back and forth about this. For awhile I actually identified as aromantic because I thought it was all a scam. But recently I met a guy who just really fucking loved his wife, and it made me suddenly want a husband. In all my past relationships, I felt like they were settling for me because they wanted the social clout of having a woman. They thought I was pretty and funny, and two of them even wanted to marry me, but it was like they stared right through me. They disrespected everything I took seriously. They thought my art was a silly game, when it was the foundation of my whole life. I felt like a toy to them. Idk.

But back to the wifeguy I met. He kept rambling about his wife's art. He was so knowledgeable about her process and everything. He was just so proud of her. In that instant I realized I wasn't aro, I just needed someone who understood and respected me. Those people are few and far between, male or female.

Anyways, I can't wait to hear y'all's obnoxiously long paragraphs too lmfao.