Soulmates

[azsnowman]

Yes, soulmates exist. And like streetsoldier, I believe that they can be both friends and lovers.

Agreed 110%....they CAN be friends and lovers, I know, Michelle IS my BEST friend and well, ya know

Dennis

[streetsoldier]

A college lover became a staunch friend and confidante until her death 20 years later...she took "the" pictures at our wedding, took Debi and my stepdaughter out to lunches, WomensFair in STL, and helped us move down here (in her own car; last to leave with me, Debi and Coppertop inside) back in 1990.

She is missed...

[azskyman]

One of the interesting facets of the internet is that people can discover other people "from the inside out." In other words, instead of a conversation starting only after the "flash" in a physical sense, it starts from the mind and the heart.

I consider some friends here at Storm2k as soulmates in the sense that they share not only the common bond of weather, but also come to trust certain behaviors and elements of the soul and heart. In that sense, it is a comfortable place for sure.

I can surely say that when another attack comes within this country, in addition to securing the connection and communication with my real life family, I will genuinely turn to some on these boards for some soul-searching and soul-soothing that will be needed.

Soulmates are those who share a sincere interest and a real connection...never really expecting or reaching for anything more...and, as in many cases, knowing that doing so would jeapordize something very good and very real....and very important.

[dvdweatherwizard]

Soulmates are those who share a sincere interest and a real connection...never really expecting or reaching for anything more...and, as in many cases, knowing that doing so would jeapordize something very good and very real....and very important.

I like this definition a lot. I have been blessed to have two soulmates come along in my life. One I met while I was an undergraduate, and the other one is developing right now here in graduate school. Both are in meteorology. I knew within a couple of weeks of meeting these people that they would be very special people to me.

I think soulmates are fairly rare. In that sense, they remind me of F5 tornadoes or Category 5 hurricanes.

I believe in different kinds of love. For instance, I would classify both of my soulmates into the love category, but not in the typical sense that most people think of right away. There is no romantic or physical connection in that sense involved, which separates it from part of the kind of love that most people would feel towards their spouse. However, that being said, I also think that spouses can be soulmates with each other (and hopefully so), but there is absolutely no requirement for soulmates to be spouses, nor should there be, because they are "never really expecting or reaching for anything more...and, as in many cases, knowing that doing so would jeapordize something very good and very real....and very important." like azskyman put it so well.

[dvdweatherwizard]

How do you think you would be able to tell if someone is your soulmate?

In a sense, that's a tough question for me to answer because I cannot derive a formula to write down that would always give me the correct answer. However, at least for me, I clearly know that both of my people are soulmates. Just precisely how I know that, I can't be sure, but I do know. I have a very different feeling about them than I do about my ordinary friends. And that's certainly not to put down my other friends in any way. I have a lot of respect for them as well, or they wouldn't be my friends! However, with these other two people, I just have an enormous amount of respect for who they are as people and what they have accomplished to get to where they are now. They're people that I look up to and wish I could be more like at times. They're people that I feel comfortable talking to about ANYTHING, because they make me feel comfortable. They're also people who I think would trust me to come through for them if needed, and I certainly would. Anyway, if you feel like that about another person, then I would say that there's at least a chance that he or she is a soulmate.

[Stormsfury]

n a sense, that's a tough question for me to answer because I cannot derive a formula to write down that would always give me the correct answer. However, at least for me, I clearly know that both of my people are soulmates. Just precisely how I know that, I can't be sure, but I do know. I have a very different feeling about them than I do about my ordinary friends. And that's certainly not to put down my other friends in any way. I have a lot of respect for them as well, or they wouldn't be my friends! However, with these other two people, I just have an enormous amount of respect for who they are as people and what they have accomplished to get to where they are now. They're people that I look up to and wish I could be more like at times. They're people that I feel comfortable talking to about ANYTHING, because they make me feel comfortable. They're also people who I think would trust me to come through for them if needed, and I certainly would. Anyway, if you feel like that about another person, then I would say that there's at least a chance that he or she is a soulmate.

Very well stated ... very well stated...

SF

[Guest]

n a sense, that's a tough question for me to answer because I cannot derive a formula to write down that would always give me the correct answer. However, at least for me, I clearly know that both of my people are soulmates. Just precisely how I know that, I can't be sure, but I do know. I have a very different feeling about them than I do about my ordinary friends. And that's certainly not to put down my other friends in any way. I have a lot of respect for them as well, or they wouldn't be my friends! However, with these other two people, I just have an enormous amount of respect for who they are as people and what they have accomplished to get to where they are now. They're people that I look up to and wish I could be more like at times. They're people that I feel comfortable talking to about ANYTHING, because they make me feel comfortable. They're also people who I think would trust me to come through for them if needed, and I certainly would. Anyway, if you feel like that about another person, then I would say that there's at least a chance that he or she is a soulmate.

Very well stated ... very well stated...

SF

I agree. Well said. And remember that most times they do know it as well. Soulmates imo = Two people who just about share the same thoughts and everything else and they know when they have met. More or less soulmates is two people very connected. And as well most times this is something both people know when they first meet. No questions asked. The only down side to this is that there is some people for whatever reason who are frightened by this when they have met that person because it seems to good to be true and they run off.