Is it normal to be attracted to a person in this way?

For simplicity, look at attraction as consisting of two halves - personality (which relates to the romantic, aesthetic, and emotional part) & sexual desire.

Without attraction to a person's personality, any relationship is purely based on lust, therefore you can derive that this is what makes any relationship longstanding. Personality is said to "click," if you've ever heard the term. I guess there's really no control over the attraction to a person's personality, they're either just your type of person or not.

Sexual desire is the selective part of attraction. I don't mean that as you choose whether you like the appearance, I mean you choose whether the appearance is within the range of Godly to good enough or falls short.

I think what you experience is a person who has the personality you look for, yet you saying you minimise or eliminate sexual attraction tells me that you are prohibited, or in fact inhibited, from that side of attraction.

My personal opinion is it's normal to be attracted this way.

Yes. Otherwise everyone would be making a play for me.

I dont think that romance without sexual attraction is normal..

to be honest, I feel like most of the time when I am attracted to someone in this way, it is more of attraction to the extension of yourself. to put it simply: you're attracted to those who are like you. there is this guy I like (and i am a guy myself) but i would NEVER do anything with him sexually, however i do find his personality, and eventually even his looks, very attractive. i figured this is because i just see myself in him, that is all, and that is what i want to embrace when i see this in another human being apart from yourself. sounds a little narcissistic.. and it probably is considering that i'm a natural loner, never been in a "relationship" who keeps to himself.

this is my personal experience, it might just be me.

I have had that happen. It's hard to describe.

i heard from a ted talk that there is actually 3 different ways you can love someone which explains how some people struggle with loving more than 1 person at a time, so yes this is normal

So you do this regarding one person specifically or are you asexual?

Sounds like a lot of girls I know actually. Well to an extent; I know girls who like being around people emotionally and like them for their looks, but I don't think I know anyone whose view of romance doesn't include sexual attraction. As far as I know though these women are very apprehensive about sex. I feel this way about a female friend of mine, except I don't think of her romantically.