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re: Serious question for the OT: Is the concept of a soul mate a real thing?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:19 am to TigerinKorea
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:19 am to TigerinKorea
I found my soul mate for sure.
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Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:20 am to TigerinKorea
Hell no, it is about finding someone that will put up with your shite.
Also, not haviny kids. Kids frick up marriages.
Also, not haviny kids. Kids frick up marriages.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:25 am to TigerinKorea
I'm not married to my soulmate because I don't feel that a "soulmate" is someone you have to be intimate with. Aside from that my marriage is just fine. We have two wonderful kids, two dogs, a steady income, food on the table and a roof over our heads.
Sure there are things I wish were different like more opportunities to go out and spend time as a family doing fun things but it's hard to do that when the youngest isn't a year old yet. I know more fun times will be had so I can't wait.
Sure there are things I wish were different like more opportunities to go out and spend time as a family doing fun things but it's hard to do that when the youngest isn't a year old yet. I know more fun times will be had so I can't wait.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:38 am to TigerinKorea
No. Love is just chemicals in the brain.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:40 am to TigerinKorea
Soulmate? No. Right person? Yes. Look at it this way, if your "soul mate" happens to die and you eventually remarry to someone who is just as good, etc., then what does that say?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:42 am to lsunurse
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Eventually my husband will realize this as a fact of life and not fight it.
One of the reasons marriages fail is women get married thinking they can get their husband to change.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:47 am to TigerinKorea
Nope.
I think there are people that are a good match for you for life, and people that aren't.
Tons of people in both categories.
I think there are people that are a good match for you for life, and people that aren't.
Tons of people in both categories.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:48 am to TigerinKorea
Mope.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:50 am to TigerinKorea
No, it is not a real thing. It is a cultural construct perpetuated by religion and Disney.
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 8:53 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:52 am to TigerinKorea
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Is the concept of a soul mate a real thing?
no
there are like 7B people on earth. even if you're a true social butterfly and an online social magnate, you won't meet more than 10k people...plus most people are hard-wired to not really "know" more than 100-150 people at a time
after considering how few people we can meet/know, think about how limited we are geographically. our lives are short and establishing a life takes time. we can only settle in a handful of places to even meet new people of new cultures/experiences. to even know what we mesh with (in the absolute) is impossible
and then we have to ignore how we change over time
statistically, it is simply not possible
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:54 am to TigerinKorea
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Is the concept of a soul mate a real thing?
No. Tons of reasons why...time, distance, etc. there are simply far too many people in the world to ever actually find the person who may be the BEST suited for you.
The best you can hope for is to find the best match you can given your ability to search within the area you can actually look and within the age range that fits you.
Given all that, I was lucky enough to find someone that matched incredibly well and we've been happily married for nearly 19 years.
But...is it likely that THE BEST match for either of us happened to live in South Louisiana and happened to find each other while attending school at the same university? I doubt it...
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:55 am to SlowFlowPro
My boo is the only one for me. Soulmates for sure, couldn't even imagine anyone else. Such a perfect girl.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:55 am to TxTiger82
I don't think any religion propagates the soul mate myth.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:55 am to TigerinKorea
With as many inhabitants as there are on this planet the odds of someone out there being a perfect match is pretty good.
The odds of finding that perfect match are pretty slim. Even those that are happily married probably have someone out there that they would be even happier with. It's a big world.
The odds of finding that perfect match are pretty slim. Even those that are happily married probably have someone out there that they would be even happier with. It's a big world.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:59 am to Tiger Ryno
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I don't think any religion propagates the soul mate myth.
I have no idea, but many religious people do believe in the concept of "God's plan," which can be tied into the soulmate stuff.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:59 am to Tiger Ryno
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I don't think any religion propagates the soul mate myth.
And yet, it is mostly religious people who believe in it. I think it goes along with the emphasis on traditional marriage and monogamy.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:01 am to GeauxTigerTM
I don't really believe in the concept of soulmates.
I think there are multiple soulmate-level partners out there for every person.
To claim that there's only one is limiting, and it creates unnecessary standards in a person's life when it comes to relations with others.
I honestly believe that for every 500 women out there, there is probably 1 soulmate-type for me.
Out of every 100 women, I also honestly believe I would get along well enough with about 5 of them where we could have a successful, lifelong marriage.
Sometimes (not every time), relationships are only as hard as you make them. If you're willing to be an accepting and understanding person, you have a larger marriage pool than most.
I think there are multiple soulmate-level partners out there for every person.
To claim that there's only one is limiting, and it creates unnecessary standards in a person's life when it comes to relations with others.
I honestly believe that for every 500 women out there, there is probably 1 soulmate-type for me.
Out of every 100 women, I also honestly believe I would get along well enough with about 5 of them where we could have a successful, lifelong marriage.
Sometimes (not every time), relationships are only as hard as you make them. If you're willing to be an accepting and understanding person, you have a larger marriage pool than most.
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 9:02 am
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:04 am to SpqrTiger
For sure.
Agree with you.
Now I will say: I don't think loving someone alone makes it a match. I am positive I could love someone very much, but not be a good match for them. Look how many people are together because they're "in love", but they bicker and never agree on other shite.
There's definitely more to it than just how much you care about someone.
Agree with you.
Now I will say: I don't think loving someone alone makes it a match. I am positive I could love someone very much, but not be a good match for them. Look how many people are together because they're "in love", but they bicker and never agree on other shite.
There's definitely more to it than just how much you care about someone.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:11 am to TigerinKorea
I think that after dating X number of crazy people, you sometimes get lucky and find one that is basically normal. then this normalcy gets labeled as a "soul mate". if there weren’t so many crazy woman in the world, soul mate concept would have never emerged.
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