A description of selected experiences, not an identity
Read the specific statements, their context and missing information. Five separate readings remain open without assigning an orientation or type.
Three numeric ratings required; raw sum / 3. Agreement with the statements, not an attraction count, probability or population rank.
The order described in the statements
This part concerns experiences in which an emotional bond was already present before romantic attraction began, closeness grew before the attraction, or someone previously known without romantic attraction became attractive after a close bond developed. A higher mean records agreement with that reported order. It does not establish that the bond caused attraction, that a bond is always required or that closeness will eventually produce attraction. The questions describe your experience rather than a rule another person can use to obtain a romantic response.
A familiar connection taking on another feeling
Imagine knowing someone without romantic attraction and later experiencing it after emotional closeness has grown. That sequence is one possible example, without implying that the relationship should change or that either person owes a response. Other experiences might involve romantic attraction before a bond or no attraction despite a close bond. The form asks about the sequence you actually experienced. It does not rank these possibilities or assume that friendship is incomplete until romance appears.
No relevant experience means unscored
If you experienced no romantic attraction in the selected year, there is no attraction onset here to place before or after a bond. Choose unscored for these statements rather than automatically choosing the lowest number. If attraction did arise before closeness, disagreement may be a meaningful answer. These situations differ. Every subscale needs all three numeric ratings, so an unsuitable item can leave this part without a mean while all five full guides remain open and the attempt can still be completed.
An association is not an identity test
Community descriptions include people whose romantic attraction is associated with an established emotional bond. These three original statements do not administer a community identity test or decide whether a particular label fits you. They also do not test every necessary condition, exception or earlier life experience. A high mean cannot turn a pattern in one year into a permanent identity, and a low mean cannot rule an identity out. You are free to use your own language without seeking the questionnaire’s permission.
Closeness, care and attraction are not exchanged
This part does not measure the quality of a bond, how much care someone gave or whether a person waited long enough. Emotional closeness does not create a claim to attraction, dating, intimacy or a relationship. The romantic-presence mean remains separate, as do the sexual-attraction readings. A pattern of bond-first experiences does not determine sexual attraction or a preferred relationship arrangement. Do not use either person’s generosity, patience or friendship as a substitute for the experience asked about in these statements.
Reflect on a sequence without making a plan
If there is a suitable memory, you could privately distinguish when closeness and romantic attraction first appeared. It is fine if the order is uncertain or no clear beginning exists. You do not need to recreate the sequence, deepen a connection in hopes of attraction or ask someone else to account for their feelings. No action follows from the mean. You may end here, read another part or leave the entire comparison unscored without supplying a personal story.
Three agreement ratings, with missing information retained
Use 1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neutral, 4 Agree or 5 Strongly Agree. Three is a numeric neutral answer, not uncertainty or missing experience. Each part needs all three numeric ratings; its raw sum divided by three is displayed to one decimal. Ratings of one, two and four give seven divided by three, displayed as 2.3. Any unscored response withholds that part’s mean without zero, midpoint substitution or inference. All fifteen prompts need a response choice to finish, including unscored choices. No total, rank or dominant part is calculated.
An original reflection, not a standard orientation scale
These fifteen bilingual statements and five guides are original FermatMind content, without psychometric validation or population norms. AUREA and AVEN community resources inform the background distinction between romantic attraction, sexual attraction, identity, behaviour and arousal; their pages do not supply this bank or a scoring key. This is not an administration of Kinsey, Klein or another published instrument. Identity language remains your choice. Answers stay in current page memory, without saved drafts, quiz-flow statistics or personal-result sharing. Public guides remain available even when every part is unscored.