While this troper may well have standard hormone-induced urges which prevent him from qualifying as asexual, he has determined through rational analysis that neither sex nor romance is actually worth it to him. So to all his coworkers, ''no'', he is ''not'' going clubbing with you, and ''no'', you do ''not'' need to be his wingman.

Detail is good. Care to explain ''why'' you don't think sex or romance is worth it?

This troper is a similar case. He likes girls, but isn't much interested in a relationship - on the bright side, because being single never affected him; on the nerdy side, to focus on his studies; and on the negative side, because he has some social innaptitude and self-esteem problems (due to bullying, meeting worthless girls that made him subvert WouldntHitAGirl, among other traumas), and while he never dated, he had some bad romantic experiences. The closest he got to falling in love were with a classmate (currently studying far from him), and a freshie (even though he couldn't even speak to her, when she started a relationship with another, he suddenly got interested in using Davy Jones as his IM avatar... but instead settled for something similar).

This troper decided to become celibate due to the demonization of sex in American society, and lack of encouragement to have sex outside of Anti-Role Models.

This troper is not asexual as he does find women attractive and has even fallen in love once, but he doesn't care about having sex. He would like to share an intimate connection with another person, but the physical side doesn't really factor into his plans.

You do sound asexual, just not aromantic. The two don't always go together.

No, don't assume. I am too attracted A LOT to women, yet don't care about actual sex one bit. It sounds crazy to the general public so I know how you can want to assume so much that it's something else like asexuality mixed with wanted romance.

This female troper has decided to stay chaste. Why? Sex bring too much problems and i'm to lazy to put effoert in a relationship. Even tho when asked out by men and some women,much to my befuddlement,i give the default reply that i'm chaste.their reaction? To stare blankly and ask again if i'm seeing anybody? Wall banger.I don't care for sex or masturbation.I like to read fantasy books,fanfiction,write,play videogames, and the occasional physical fight.

Celibacy is more common than people realize, but people practicing it generally don't want the hassle of being teased, so they just don't go around telling people.

This editor has a ridiculously high number of female friends and nursed his fair share of crushes but that's about as far as it goes and he's content with his situation.

This Troper has decided that, one way or another, he is going to remain single and avoid romantic relationships altogether. Aside from the cost being too high (both cash-wise and emotionally speaking), he just plain finds the situation nowadays disgusting.

To which this troper says: hear hear to that!

This 30-something troper decided to go the celibate-route, and has now not gotten any in two years. This seems to shock the women he dates.

This Troper is currently distracted by the usual hormonal urges, but he's working at becoming a CelibateHero. If God suddenly struck me with {{Asexuality}}, I would sing his praises for hours. Mind you, I don't want to be aromantic. Courtly Love, true love, and chivalry are a part of my ideals. "''The Impossible Dream''" is one of my theme songs. I just don't want to want to date. It doesn't help that I'm so clueless about how a boyfriend/girlfriend works that I can't give any character I write about a real romance.

This Troper is the same as above. I don't want to care for sex, and would rather focus on other things (writing, video games and friends) than dating. But at the same I don't want to cease being a romantic.

Same with this troper.

This troper is not asexual, as he still gets the basic urges, but loathes the thought of being in any sort of romantic relationship. The prospect of sex terrifies me, not only because of my own body issues (I'm very thin and bony, which isn't exactly attractive for a guy) but I also find most women physically unattractive and am disgusted by the thought of being intimate. Right now I occasionally feel pangs of desire for women, but I am completely lacking in the motivation to seek a relationship.

This Troper, due to a mix of "Love is beneath me and Love is a distraction". He has more important priorities now than just a relationship: Unlocking the mysteries of the human body or allowing for the infinite potential of the human race to be unleashed seems to be a far more important task. Love however is only for a fleeting moment. What matters most in one's life is leaving behind something for future humans to use. People who left only children behind with nothing to their name, those children were known as Proletarians, and they were not looked upon positively in ancient times.

Very true. Although unlocking infinite potential of the human race is pretty much impossible since we already know everything science can tell about how a human body works. It's not much, but genetics have reached a dead end years ago. Even though more recources were wasted on in th the past few years than in the last 40 years put together. That said, I sense a potential MadScientist. Let me know if you're looking for an Evil Overlord to work for.

While this troper does get aroused (and is therefore not asexual), mentally, he gets no enjoyment from it whatsoever. He also has never felt a romantic attraction to a female in his life, but expects it to happen eventually.

This troper has basically made this choice throughout much of his high school career, largely due to life circumstances such as attending three different high schools in as many years(some in places where due to the culture, relationships would just not work, at best). I would actually like to get into a real relationship at some point, but for right now, I am a CelibateHero.

This troper is sexually anorexic. Just goes to show you that not liking sex sometimes sucks.

SunnyV is of the "Love is a distraction" type. She's in tenth grade, and she thinks school is very important (something that some of the idiots around me don't seem to get.) Also, she has various familial duties and a {{nakama}}. Further, she rarely gets interested in anyone. Last time, she went {{Tsundere}} on the object of her affection.

This troper is a non-asexual schizoid. Relationships and sex would be all right if they didn't involve actually getting intimately close with other people.

This troper doesn't identify as asexual, it's just that I really can't be bothered actively searching for sex. If the right pieces fall together neatly (does he seem like a decent guy, am I attracted to him, so on so forth,) I wouldn't say no, but until then, I'm kind of easy-going about it all.

This troper, after nigh-on 20 years of not getting any, is resighned to never getting any.

Between either not considering relationships a priority, a persistent lack of any self-esteem, and consistent labeling as a brother/teddy bear/friend by female friends, I guess I technically qualify.

I'm not asexual, but I never had any kind of romantic or sexual relationship in my life, and I'm 21. I'm not sure if I want to. I think I'm probably too neurotic for it, though my therapist disagrees.

I am a regular case, showing signs from almost all of the other tropers' cases. Not asexual, although I wish I was; don't care for human relationships all that much, but still feels a need for them on a smaller scale; and though I experience the dreaded urges, well... I have two functioning hands... and afterwards, the urges are gone, with nothing romantic-ish left that I could offer to anyone. Not that I'd ever let anyone close, due to my {{Wangst}}y, self deprecating nature and APD (which I ''think'' I have).

This Troper isn't asexual, as he has plenty of urges and an active imagination. However... whenever he imagines what it would be like if he were in an actual relationship, he's filled with an unshakable sense of fear and revulsion. As a result, he simply thinks of sex as the latest in a series of common vices that he's avoided falling prey to.

This troper became a CelibateHero following a full-blown DespairEventHorizon. This troper has yet to fully recover, but it helped more than he expected it would.

Sex isn't on my to-do list. If I meet the right guy and I want marriage and/or kids, that will change, but it has to be the right guy and I'm one of the rare modern teenagers who is waiting for marriage. I wouldn't want it with someone who I didn't already have a deep emotional bond and lifelong commitment with.

This troper is a twenty-something college chick and has been approached by more than enough guys to have had at least one long-lasting relationship out of all of them. But she's only had one boyfriend who really was more a friend with benefits although they never had sex and was just a case of high school limerence. She's had crushes from time to time after that, but she has never gone out of her way to get a boyfriend or to have sex, since she personally does not live by the EthicalSlut code of conduct and doesn't put out at all - EVER. She's not asexual since she does believe that she will find someone right for her at some point. It's just that love and sexuality are not primary objectives in her life right now, adding the fact that she's much of an introverted loner who HatesBeingTouched and feels that most guys that approach her are touchy idiots. Maybe she's really a man-hater or something or she just has high standards, but this troper feels that there are other things to be dealt with before these feelings called "love" - like eradicating the Emerald Ash Borer from North America. But she still wouldn't call herself a CelibateHero: more of a Celibate ByronicHero, if that makes sense.