Frayromantic (also known as ignotaromantic) is a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum. It is defined as when someone only experiences romantic attraction towards those that they are not deeply connected with, and lose that attraction as they get to know the individuals.
Frayromantic is often described as being "the opposite of demiromantic," where romantic attraction only appears once a bond is formed. For an individual who experiences frayromantic attraction leading into demiromantic attraction, the term vallisromantic may be appropriate.
Frayromantic can be a romantic orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. For example, one could be frayromantic and homoromantic, meaning that when one does experience romantic attraction it's only towards individuals of the same gender.
Frayromantic individuals still after losing their romantic attraction can have queerplatonic attraction or other form of attraction at a individualspe, like alterous attraction.
The sexual counterpart to frayromantic is fraysexual.
History
Frayromantic was coined alongside fraysexual by Edensmachine (now deactivated) via tumblr blog MOGAI-Archive (also deactivated) sometime around July 19, 2014.[1]
Ignotromantic on the other hand was coined by Aroacesafespace sometime around or before December 14, 2014. [2]
Flag Meaning
Blue and cyan are meant to represent strangers or acquaintances, with blue as the complementary color to red and yellow, which symbolize romantic and platonic love. The white stripe represents a lack of attraction, and the grey stripe represents confusion about romantic attraction.
The five stripe redesign was created on October 18, 2020 by an anonymous wiki user. The flag was created since beforehand, the fraysexual and frayromantic flags were the same. The flag was flipped upside down, given an additional grey stripe, and the shades of blue were tinted slightly green to represent the aromantic spectrum.
The symbol was created 26th October 2021 by wiki user WiiFyneLM by removing the sector present in the demiromantic symbol and adding a line through to match the fraysexual symbol.
Etymology
The prefix fray- comes from the Olde English word for stranger.
Recourses
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/92219892157/fraysexualromantic The coining of Fraysexual/romantic, Reblog of Epochryphal ]
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/https://demigray.tumblr.com/post/105177324344/ignotaromantic-ignotasexual The coining of Ignotasexual/romantic, Reblog of DemiGray ]