Reply #11: There actually is an asexual "lifestyle"

[Elidor]

Oh, that word. Makes it sound sordid or something. There are a fair number of people who don't have any sex at all for whatever reason. I've been one of them for periods of time that would astonish most people. I think asexuals have "issues," to use another hated term. "Lifestyle Issues." Ugh. That's a brutal assessment.

Getting back to your situation, though, cuddling is highly underrated. You sound pretty healthy to me. Scientists have proven that it is impossible to be unhappy when one is cuddled. And if they haven't proven it, they should. It's a shame that so many men and women buy into the media's bullshit machismo sexual storyline that paints real men as rutting goats and women as willing but passive receptacles. It's bullshit.