I'm quite glad I didn't find out until this late in life, or I might have let it become an identity. It's good to know it describes me without allowing it to define me.

That's an excellent summation. Sometimes I do regret not having had access to the asexual category earlier in life, because it would have solved some rather painful mysteries, and might have opened some doors. But it simply wasn't available. I hadn't thought about the problematic side of self-labeling early in life. Heaven knows other, less-useful labels were the bane of my early existence.

Thank you for the perspective! And for being open on this subject. It helps us all.