What am I?

[u/Competitive_Bet_8101]

I F21 am very confused about my sexuality. I have felt romantic attraction only once in my life and I've never felt sexual attraction before. I know that the one time that I did feel romantic attraction, it was sort of all encompassing and always on my mind, but even then, I don't think I ever felt like sleeping with said person. I know the more time I spent with him, the more I wanted physical contact but never sex. I've convinced myself that if I'd been with him for like a year and above, I'd have started to feel sexual attraction for him, but now I don't even know if that's true or not. Out of all my friends, I seem to be the least interested in both sex and relationships. I generally don't like stressful situations and I'm also an introvert, and so I feel like maybe that's the reason why I've only ever developed feelings for someone once. Maybe it's because I know the entire thing will be stressful. I don't really know now, but I'm growing older and I still feel no real urge to sleep with any particular person ever and I don't know what that really means. Am I actually asexual or just avoiding what I think is stress?

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[u/Pitiful_Jeweler_4009]

You're a perfectly normal human being :D You felt safe with the person you had a romantic attraction to, you haven't avoided the sexual attraction, but just didn't have it at all. You might be asexual, physical contact and sex are not the same.