QotD is a feature dedicated to answering questions from Piccadilly’s 5 Year Question a Day Memory Journal. The journal states its purpose is to help reflect back on daily routine and to act as a “time capsule” of experiences. As someone who laments their awful memory, I thought this was a wonderful tool and opportunity.

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Do you believe in soulmates?

I didn’t until I found mine. It took me a long time to discover that I am demisexual/asexual. I genuinely thought I was broken because of the way my mind works in that capacity.

I didn’t realize much about myself until Slade and I reunited. I have known them since preschool, which is essentially my whole life. Once we started dating, it felt like the most natural thing in the world, like they are literally my other half.

There is a story in mythology that states that gods feared the power of humans and split them in half. They then spend their lives searching for their other half to become whole again.

This is how I feel about Slade. Everything seems so easy with them and that we truly are two halves of a whole. Not to say we have never had issues or things have always been perfect. But I don’t have a perfect relationship with even myself.

With all that being said, I also firmly believe there may not necessarily be only one person for everyone. I believe people are capable of loving more one person in their lifetime or even at one time. Despite all the negative things you can think about people, I do feel we have a great capacity for love.