[jakerobins]

Soul Mates forever....

[Nosterrex]

The term, soul mate, is absurd. There is no such thing as a soul mate, and people are not like a pair of shoes. Either a woman or a homosexual had to fabricate the term. It sounds like something from one of those inane romance books that women read.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The best snark about soul mates:

“I believe in soul mates. I also believe in karma. And I believe my soul mate is really ticked off at me and trying to hunt me down to smite me. So I’m going to hide out for a few lives, until they cool off.”

[yldstrk]

I want one

[Eye of Unk]

In the supposed Islamic future of America this would be a null and void discussion as according to Sharia laws the term soul mate won’t apply to women as they are nothing but cattle.

Be fortunate to have the liberty now to post something like this and if we don’t defy Islam forums like this will forever disappear under a Sharia society.

Now a Muslim soul/goatmate may be a big hit...

[TalBlack]

Happens all the time. Probably had a better chance of happening back in the day.

Today people treat their eventual immortal-beloved-lifelong-mate as something that will just magically be there when they are “ready” to settle down, usually at some age when prior generations were well settled in to marrige. Good luck with that.

[mylife]

"Just a moment... did you say Soul Train?"

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[Mygirlsmom]

MGD and I work with pre-marital couples through our church. One of the things they do is take an "inventory" which is designed to find out where they stand as individuals and as a couple on various topics before they marry - i.e. faith, finances, children and parenting, etc.

A portion of the questions deal with the "idealistic distortion" factor - in other words- does the person have an idealistic view of marriage and romance or are they more grounded in reality? Some of the questions in this section include "There are probably many people with whom I could have a happy marriage." and "I expect our romantic love to fade somewhat over time." I call them the "Damned if you do, damned if you don't questions.

Most everyone disagrees with these statements, and I would fully expect them to. They are presumably in the bloom of their romance and about to make a commitment to one special person. And yet these answers always generates a "special focus" flag, which means we need to point out that the couple should guard against too idealistic a view of marriage and romance.

[Intolerant in NJ]

"Soul mate" couples are often happy at first, because they have intense emotional and personal connections...Geez, Tony the bus driver on the old Drew Carey show knew this years ago - Carey, who was always trying the make it with the ladies without much luck, had a girlfriend who wanted to marry him but he was hesitating -"I don't see fireworks when I'm with her" complained Carey to the driver - "Fireworks!? fireworks are for teenagers!" snapped Tony "Do you like being with her? Does she like being with you? That's love dumbass - go tell her" - great bit......