Has anyone ever heard of someone being "asexual" - "a sexual"?

It IS real.

There are people that have no sex drive. Prefer to not engage in sex with either male or female. (I suppose there could be many reasons why)

Having said that, it IS possible to prefer one sex or the other to be a companion with...i.e. someone can be female and look very lesbian (stereo typed) and not want to have sex with anyone, but prefer to surround them self with women only. Same can be said of men.

But, does that make them lesbian or gay?

When I asked a 55 year old female friend of mine (would have swore she was a lesbian) if she was a lesbian...she simply said no and went on to tell me she was still a virgin...WOW, was all I could say...

She said she prefers the company of women but has never lived with, touched sexually or wanted to be with a woman. She didn't want to be with a man either...yet she has both as close fiends...

One could say that it's strange...but, wouldn't that be a judgment?
I mean, is it any stranger than someone who's into collecting porn, BD, hairy men, muscle men, bull dykes, drag queens only or whatever?

I dunno...what's your thoughts?