Soul mate ?

Actually, I'm not even sure what a soul mate is. Hopefully there is someone for everyone..that is if we don't give up first...lol. :)
 
I guess it just means someone who is a good "fit" for you to live with for the rest of your life. But I doubt that each of us only has one good fit, probably there are many.

If the term means that somehow you were pre-ordained to hook up with one particular person, and it's somehow miraculously arranged for you to meet, that's just romantic twaddle.
 
Sunny said:
If the term means that somehow you were pre-ordained to hook up with one particular person, and it's somehow miraculously arranged for you to meet, that's just romantic twaddle.
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I believe in miracles including miraculous soulmate connections. I don't rule anything out when it comes to intelligent design and the intelligent designer (who is God in my belief).
 
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Toomuchstuff said:
I believe there are soulmates for everyone - but finding them isn't always easy. I'm thankful I Have mine.
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Yes, it can definitely be hard. I was 100% "marriage minded" when we met and she was as well. I absolutely KNEW from the first time we met that I wanted us to be together for the rest of our lives. Been together 18 years this coming Saturday.

Sort of funny, but the ladies on the other Senior Forum were very happy about how I talked about my wife as well.
 
My first marriage was a disaster. We were "trying" to make things fit when it was blatantly obvious it wasn't going to work. Divorced after 7 years of living hell for the two of us. I was in it "for better or worse", thank goodness she wasn't.

A couple of weeks after we separated I met my soul mate. We've been tried and tested in more ways than I/we ever thought possible but 23 years later we're still as strong as ever.
 
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Traveler said:
Do you believe that there is a soul-mate for everyone ? Or is that just a hopeful myth ? :D
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I don't know exactly what "soul mate" means (other than the dictionary definition). Seems like romantic drivel to me. However I did manage to marry my best friend who I adore, and can depend on unconditionally. It's comforting to have my own "safe haven" in life. So if that's a soul mate then I must have found mine. :D

Apparently there is not a soul-mate for everyone, considering the divorce rate and how many lonely people are out there.
 
My vote is for romantic drivel too.

More power to you if being with one person most of the years of your life makes you happy, but the idea of living with one person for 50 years creeps me out.
 
To be honest, I never heard the term used 'til fairly late in life. We were married back in 1956 and thought of ourselves as husband and wife, nothing more ,nothing less.

And our meeting was more a matter of luck than some deep design. My cousin's boy-friend (at the time) had his car break-down. It was Saturday afternoon and she called me and asked if we could go out together that evening (using my car) if she rustled up one of her girlfriends as my "date". I said OK, she called her girlfriend who later became my wife, and the rest is history, at least family history. :)

That cousin passed away last year but I never forgot that she "gave" me the wonderful life and family that I've had. Bless her.
 
I don't know, but sometimes it just takes effort. My mom and dad met on a double date in Vienna during the occupation and he was a soldier. My mom's friend wanted my mom there because she knew some English and neither she or her date could speak each other's language.

Anyway, for some reason the club they were in was raided by the local police and all the women were taken away in a paddy wagon. While the vehicle was driving away, my dad ran along side and asked my for another date.

Anyway, when that day of the date came, my mom took a street car but got off a while away from the place to meet so that she could still think it over. Anyway, she went ahead and met with him and the rest is history.

Like I said, sometimes it just takes effort and I suppose a whole lot of luck.
 
Olivia said:
I don't know, but sometimes it just takes effort. My mom and dad met on a double date in Vienna during the occupation and he was a soldier. My mom's friend wanted my mom there because she knew some English and neither she or her date could speak each other's language.

Anyway, for some reason the club they were in was raided by the local police and all the women were taken away in a paddy wagon. While the vehicle was driving away, my dad ran along side and asked my for another date.

Anyway, when that day of the date came, my mom took a street car but got off a while away from the place to meet so that she could still think it over. Anyway, she went ahead and met with him and the rest is history.

Like I said, sometimes it just takes effort and I suppose a whole lot of luck.
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Oops, forgot to mention that my mom's friend's date brought his friend, who is my dad. No, she did not steal her girlfriends's date away from her. :D
 
Well, it makes it extremely nice when interests match........like wife and mine did and definitely still do. We love Western attire, rodeo, boating/fishing and going shooting at a gun/rifle range.

It darn near shocks us at how much we have in common.
 
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Toomuchstuff said:
What a great story ! My hubby and I are very much opposites . I don't know why , but it's worked for 45 years.
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You MUST have something in common. I mean, there had to be something that drew you two together and things that have kept you together.
 

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