Hm. I kind of like your take on the matter. I personally don't know how I feel about the concept of a "soulmate"...I used to believe in it, but now I'm not so sure. Although I do believe that it's possible, given how many people there are in the world, the chances of a person actually meeting their soulmate out of all those people seem slim.
I've never felt that Marcus is my "soulmate". Not even in the throes of passion when we first started dating (lol). At one point, I thought that the guy who was my first true love (I believe in that too) was my soulmate, but looking back, I don't think we would have been very good for each other had we ever had the chance at a relationship.
So I guess it all depends on how you define "soulmate". Is it someone who you feel an incredibly deep and strong connection with, feeling that your souls are somehow intertwined? Or is it just someone with whom you share enough similar views on life to enable you to build a good life together? I don't know. It's interesting to think about.
Heh, no "one that got away" for me, generally. All of my relationships that ended ended for a reason, relatively trauma free though thank goodness. Maybe there was a boy I had a giant crush on in my first HighSchool, but then in college when I visited I heard he turned into a girl and then I ran into her at a movie theater in Bethesda. She's still really pretty but we haven't talked in maybe 7 years so I didn't feel any kind of instant connection, bells-of-destiny stuff. I'm kinda ludicrously hopeful about the one I'm with right now.
I do believe in true love. As for soulmate, I would understand this as the result of the action of God preparing and intending two people to be with one another. I think I do believe in this sort of soulmate, but I do not believe that everyone has one. Before you go and say that it's not fair for only some to have a soulmate, keep in mind that all still have the opportunity for true love. Some just have a particular person with whom they are to find it.
I strongly disagree, however, that if you had entered into a relationship with your soulmate then you would necessarily still be with him and her. This suggests that no relationship can end, or even be very rocky, if it is meant to be. What if, for example, two people date for a year, break up, and come back to each other years later, living for decades of happy marriage thereafter? Are they not soulmates because of the early lapse? If they are not, then why is their marriage so happy? No, I definitely believe that even soulmates' relationships can end.
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I've never felt that Marcus is my "soulmate". Not even in the throes of passion when we first started dating (lol). At one point, I thought that the guy who was my first true love (I believe in that too) was my soulmate, but looking back, I don't think we would have been very good for each other had we ever had the chance at a relationship.
So I guess it all depends on how you define "soulmate". Is it someone who you feel an incredibly deep and strong connection with, feeling that your souls are somehow intertwined? Or is it just someone with whom you share enough similar views on life to enable you to build a good life together? I don't know. It's interesting to think about.
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Maybe there was a boy I had a giant crush on in my first HighSchool, but then in college when I visited I heard he turned into a girl and then I ran into her at a movie theater in Bethesda. She's still really pretty but we haven't talked in maybe 7 years so I didn't feel any kind of instant connection, bells-of-destiny stuff. I'm kinda ludicrously hopeful about the one I'm with right now.
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I strongly disagree, however, that if you had entered into a relationship with your soulmate then you would necessarily still be with him and her. This suggests that no relationship can end, or even be very rocky, if it is meant to be. What if, for example, two people date for a year, break up, and come back to each other years later, living for decades of happy marriage thereafter? Are they not soulmates because of the early lapse? If they are not, then why is their marriage so happy? No, I definitely believe that even soulmates' relationships can end.
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