Soulmates?

[snow_girl]

I texted 'kiss' to 80899 and they replied saying I am 98% soul mates with my SO, how can I not believe now?!

I just saw a commercial for that. But seriously, I don't believe in them, I believe that certain people are more compatible then others.

[squirrelz15]

I don't necessarily believe in soulmates per se. I believe that there are probably quite a few people who you could be with and be perfectly content. Sometimes I think someone settles, and I also think that once you find the right person, you'll likely feel like they're your soulmate, even if you don't necessarily believe in them. Not sure that made any sense. lol

[Malaga]

I think this sums it up for me, more or less:

https://osorhan.com/bigo/

[Xanahtas]

This is gonna sound sooo cheesy, but i never used to believe it until i met Sud. Then i found him and we literally are a perfect match

[lucybelle]

I believe in the right one for right now. In this space and time my SO and I are perfect for each other. But humans are dynamic, we both will change. Perhaps 10 or 20 years from now we won't be right for each other. In which case we will then need to find the new right one for right now.

[LeilaniJoi]

I feel that he is my soul mate, not in the sense that he is the only one, but in the sense that our souls are linked together by some intergalactic force that enables us to feel each other no matter where in the world we are.

Do I believe in soulmates? most definitely. Do I believe they are the only person on earth you can have a happy, fulfilling, loving and long term successful relationship with? no. However, saying that... having met my soulmate a year ago I most definitely believe within my heart that we were fated for each other. The whole relationship, on every level, is so much different, deeper, richer and more soul touching than anything either of us have experienced before and we knew from the very first there was something there pulling us together... there was simply no fighting it (and we did try). It's not the physical part of the relationship, it's not the day to day.... its the depth at which we are able to communicate many times without having to really say anything. Do we get aggravated with each other? lol of course do we have grumbly moments where we might not see eye to eye on something? most definitely... but that's part of the ebb and flow of the relationship. In the end there is still this indefinable force holding us and pulling us together and letting us see past the day to day little things to the much MUCH bigger picture. The whole relationship, on every level, just flows without a lot of effort or worry... things just click together with us like pieces of a puzzle and it's so much better than having to fight and push your way through a relationship that is a daily struggle.

I am definitely a believer in soulmates, and feel very fortunate to have been allowed to find mine.

[Bethypoo]

I dont believe in the whole soulmate thing really. I mean, it is nice to think that it is true, but with 7billion people on the planet.... really?

But! I also dont think that soulmate is limited to the person that you are intimately in a relationship with. I do believe that my best friend is my other half and this soul mate. I mean dont get me wrong, I love my SO, and if something happened to him i would be devastated. but i would eventually move on. My best friend on the other hand (and we have a different kind of friendship which alot of people dont get but that is beside the point.), if something happened to her, I wouldn't be the same person. It would really be like part of me died.

So i really think that soul mates mean something different for different people. But yea.

[efish1042]

No... I think it's a little ridiculous. It's a cool idea and I love reading and learning about it, but I think it's more than a little impractical. There are way too many people and I personally believe that love is a decision as much as it is an uncontrollable feeling. There is also evidence that you're likely to end up with someone you grew up with or reminds you of something you grew up with. Humans crave familiarity. The idea of soul mates implies that someone in, say, Sri Lanka could be my soul mate. I never plan on going there and the chances of me meeting someone from Sri Lanka are slim to none, plus if I did, it would most likely not be familiar. Also, from what I've read, there are soul mates and true flames. You can have several soul mates, but only one true flame.
I believe in it about as much as I do my horoscope in the mornings. It's really cool to think about and imagine, but it isn't practical.

[Dziubka]

But seriously, I don't believe in them, I believe that certain people are more compatible then others.

That's essentially what I believe.
I don't think there's such a thing as soulmates or even worse, that there's one soulmate for us. That's a terribly depressing concept for me. What if I missed my soulmate, because I didn't feel like going out last Saturday? Then I'd never find my soulmate and have unsatisfying relationships my whole life?! No-oh.
I believe that people are very adaptable and personally I can see myself being happy with different kinds of people. If I hadn't met my boyfriend, I'd probably be dating someone else now and chances are I would be equally happy with that other person.

What I'm going to say now might sound weird or strangely sick but it isn't and I just don't know how to explain it better, so be gentle people:
The thing I have with my boyfriend is that sometimes, especially when we laugh together at something silly we did or saw, I get flashbacks of me and my brother when we were kids. We're pretty close in age and even though we fought like cat and dog and hardly talk anymore nowadays because we don't have much (or anything) in common, we have a very deep connection. It's very hard to explain but it's a feeling of complete and utter trust and feeling very deeply emotionally connected to that person. Sort of like you were a part of the same organism or something. I haven't been able to establish this sort of connection with anyone else but my brother and now my boyfriend.
I don't see him as a brother and I don't see my brother as my boyfriend and apart from that connection the relationships I have with them are obviously completely different, but bringing up my brother is the only way I can explain this.
Apart from the love and desire that I used to feel in my past relationships, too I also feel a very deep emotional connection with him. He's my best friend, my lover, my boyfriend and everything in one person.

So while I don't believe in soulmates, my boyfriend is by far the one person in my life, that's not immediate family, that I've felt most connected to.

[Hololz]

Nope! I mean the idea is nice and all but I when I really think about it, it seems a little cruel. I mean for example, a child dies at say 5 years old, too young to really have a meaningful loving relationship. So what happens to his/her soulmate? She/he will never know them, and this person is left to have relationships that fail because their partner was not their soul mate? If we're talking about the idea of fate here, did this child never have a soulmate, which maybe one reason why they were "chosen" to leave life so early? (a totally hypothetical analogy - dont mean to upset or offend anyone but I struggled to come up with an analogy that got my point across).

I would like to say I believe that all things happen for a reason, but, at the end of the day, I know I just tell myself that when something bad happens to help me get through.

Do I believe my SO is my "soulmate"? No. I think that out of the 260 people in my year group, we found an affinity for each other which has turned into a 3 year realtionship. Had we not dated I'm sure I would've found someone at university whom I shared a similar affinity with (but obviously I didnt/do not have the desire to test this theory whilst still with my SO).

Its kind of like friends, you are normally friends with people around you, simply because, you cant have any kind of relationship with someone you dont know exists!!

Although, if you do believe in soulmates, I feel that you would also have to believe in fate to bring you together.

[Lovely]

I belive that there are souls that are meant to cross path with ours whether it be in a romantic or simply platonic sense. I don't know that there is only one for each person but more that we learn so much from each one that enters our life. I have a couple friends who are completely "soul mates" that I cannot fathom life without. My husband was the first man that I felt that I could build a life with and although I was with a few other women prior to Lyric... The moment she turned around in the airport? I knew I was going to love her forever.

[FadedSunrise]

I don't believe in soulmates. I used to be more spiritual and believe things happen for a reason, but as I grow older I just get more cynical.

[kiara_silver]

mhmm i asked my SO if he believed in soul mates, and he replied yes, im with mine
Makes me feel so loved. I think that there's that special someone who will make you happier then anyone else. I do believe in soul mates, that doesn't mean a perfect person who you have a perfect relationship with. Every relationship takes work and there are always going to be struggles. But i think your soul mate is the only one who will never leave and work through it with you. I've found mine. After every hard day or struggle we go through, after it it makes me appreciate him all the more.

[marbear31]

I've always been the girl that believed once I found my soulmate, life would just suddenly make sense and everything would pop into place, and I'd be forever happily ever after with my one true love. I still believe that. But, since I met Stephen, I have an added dimension to it--I believe you have to work to get that way, and it's never going to be one certain way. It's never going to be perfect, because that would just be boring. It's gritty and soul-wrenching and free-falling, and what can you do but keep trying, keep loving? I believe that a force greater than yourself pulls you together, circumstantially, but it's up to you to make it happen. You can't sit around waiting for your soulmate to pop up. You have to keep pushing, keep working, always, and keep trying for happiness. Being with your soulmate is like unwrapping a present everyday. I think when you're with your soulmate, things are very simple, and very clear. Life becomes a series of single entities: you trust your soulmate, simply because. You don't need a million reasons why; you just do. You be with them.

Stephen has taught me to just be. I can't explain it, and I don't ever think I want to be able to, but the best way I can describe it, is that he makes me both content and passionate in my humanity. When I am with people, certain sides of me come out. When I am with him, all sides of me come out. It just...is.

I love him, very, very much.

[Josephine Falnor]

I don't think I ever used to believe in soulmates, but my girlfriend is, beyond all doubt, my soulmate. The connection we have is just...indescribable. I don't connect with people easily, but there's something with her that I did connect with on a level I never have with anyone else. I'm very lucky to have found someone who I consider my soulmate.