If you are ace or aro — What emotions do you experience when perceiving a person who is “beautiful”?

I’m neither but I fall on the ace spectrum more than once and maybe my answer will be somewhat close to someone who’s aroace or one or the other:

When I think someone is beautiful, I only experience aesthetic attraction. I don’t feel romantic or sexual attraction for them (for this let’s exclude ppl I’ve already established sexual attraction for in this situation). I appreciate their beauty kinda like a painting if that makes sense

Theres different type of attractions. Platonic attraction, aehestic attraction, sensual attraction, etc.

Ever heard of art?

that's the funny part...

There’s something called aesthetic attraction. It means you see a person as beautiful, but you don’t want to do ‘stuff’ with them.