burningcomputerpersona reblogged
you know. kinda cringe that we live in a society where the primary acceptable reason to be single is to sell your soul to capitalism. the easiest response to "why aren't you dating anyone?" is "oh, i'm focusing on my career at the moment." man i don't want to focus on my career. i want to live a life where i make enough money to not make work my life and then go home to focus on personal pursuits that aren't dating people or having kids
#for realll#and it's often seen as an excuse or a sacrifice that's ultimately temporary#like they're choosing to give up romantic relationships to focus on work for the time being#and the general assumption is that they're both on similar levels of importance (or romance being more important) for everyone#it's never even considered that romance might just. not really be an important or appealing thing for some ppl#like nooo you must be repressing your inner desires there is no way you don't think romance is one the most important things in the world#just. very odd and also annoying to encounter as an aro person#bc ppl will constantly assume being obsessed with romance is a universal experience#and straight up refuse to believe that there are ppl who just don't really care for it#amatonormativity#capitalism