I get the motivations. Life is really hard for folks like us, especially in unsympathetic areas. I just mean, how do they manage it? Like, if I told my parents that I’m aroace, and they reacted badly, would I just say, “uhh, nevermind, I was just confused”? Would anyone really believe that? At that point, plausible deniability would just disappear for me. I suppose that if someone’s parents really want a straight kid, their minds would probably do some mental gymnastics.