I have an imperious tortie called Atia, a tiny but bossy tabby called Darla and a big placid but lazy boofhead named Jimmy.

Beautifully said, thank you. Although I’m not asexual, I have never had an intimate relationship (a few dates and flings, plus a few months as the unwitting “bit on the side” with someone who in hindsight was quite abusive, but that’s it). Right from teenage years, I always had a sense that reciprocal romantic love…