For people whose attraction won’t sit still, language can feel like a locked door. You try on “gay,” “straight,” “bi,” “pan,” only to feel each one slip off weeks or months later. That instability can be terrifying—especially when loved ones ask you to “pick a lane,” as if your changing feelings are a problem to solve instead of a reality to understand. Abrosexuality offers a word for that reality: an orientation defined not by who you’re drawn to, but by the way that attraction itself can rise, fall, and redirect over time.

Naming it doesn’t magically make life easier—but it can make it kinder. Abrosexual people aren’t confused, flaky, or chasing trends; they’re navigating a form of fluidity that many experience yet few talk about. As stories, research, and online communities grow, so does the possibility of living without apology—of saying, “My attraction changes, and I am still real, still honest, still enough.”