Aromantic (often shortened to aro) means someone who does not experience romantic attraction. Romantic attraction is defined as the desire to be in a romantic relationship and/or do romantic acts with someone. Aromantic people do not have an innate desire to be in a romantic relationship. They might also feel disconnected from the idea of romance.
Being aromantic does not mean that one is unable to experience sexual attraction. An aromantic person can have any sexual orientation. Many aromantics use the split attraction model to express this difference in sexual and romantic orientation. For example, a heterosexual aromantic person is sexually attracted to people of another gender but is not romantically attracted to them.
A common misconception is can aromantics lack emotions, social connection and are "loveless". In reality, many aromantics are capable of feeling love- platonic love such as that between a mother and child or best friends is still love. Some aromantics get platonic crushes or "squishes".
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