Keep (orientation)

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Keepromantic
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Orientation: Any
Prefix: Keep-
Main Umbrella: Aspec

Keep is an orientation prefix describing the experience of losing all attraction and interest when one is rejected.[1]

One may gain feelings for another at any pace, but as soon as the feelings are rejected, all interest previously felt disappears. One may lose feelings once a small piece of unreciprocated feelings is shown or implied by the other individual(s). The attraction can also disappear if one feels that the other is not reciprocating, regardless of whether that is confirmed true or not by the source of attraction. The lack of reciprocated interest required to lose attraction can be any amount, including small hints or occasional occurrences of disinterest or rejection.[1]

The keep orientation is often caused by trauma, but does not have to be.

History

The term keepromantic was coined on the 6th of January, 2021 by FANDOM user Dxxnkichu.[1]

Related Terms

Label Relationship Description Difference
Litho Similar A term for when one experiences attraction, but does not want it to be reciprocated. Lithosexual individuals do not want their feelings to be reciprocated at all.
Recipro Similar A term for when one doesn't feel attraction unless they know the other individual is attracted to them first. Reciprocated individuals don't gain attraction until another individual feels attraction to them.

Orientations

Label Orientation Flag Creator(s)
Keepromantic[1] Romantic Keepromantic.png[2] Dxxnkichu, Starbarrow110

Flags and Symbols

The keepromantic flag was made by wiki user Starbarrow110 on the 9th of January, 2021. The green represents romantic attraction, grey and white represents a lack of romantic attraction, pink represents the change in romantic attraction, and purple represents the lack of reciprocation.[2]

Resources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dxxnkichu. "Keepromantic". LGBTQIA+ Wiki, 7 Jan, 2021, https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Keepromantic.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Strawbarrow110. "Keepromantic". LGBTQIA+ Wiki, 9 Jan, 2021, https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Keepromantic.