Genuine question : if you fall in love with someone’s personality, why isn’t everyone able to fall in love with every gender?

I think I’m demi and I think I’m pan for this exact reason, lol. The only people I’ve ever been sexually attracted to are people that I don’t find super aesthetically attractive. The person I’ve experienced the most romantic attraction for, the most head-over-heels love for, is someone that I never sexually clicked with. So, I don’t know, life is messy. For me, at least, aesthetic attraction is not a key part of romantic or sexual attraction, and I do somewhat feel like I could fall in love with anyone. I’m not really sure if I could have sexual attraction for anyone, but I have the feeling that I could.

It’s hard for me to explain romantic attraction. I think there’s a spark to it, a feeling of magic and fate, and maybe a physical response from your body, like maybe they make your heart race faster, or maybe it’s the opposite and they make you feel super at ease, but something about them feels special and important.

I don’t know what determines who you fall in love with. So far, I’ve fallen in love with a number of people that I never expected.

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