Soulmates

[DoctorHurricane2003]

Are they real? What do you think? How do you think you would be able to tell if someone is your soulmate?

Its an interesting topic...

[Stephanie]

I think that they are real. They are two people that are so in tune with each other and compliment each other in a way that noone else could do for either of them.

[Stormsfury]

I have to believe this is also true ... unfortunately for myself, I think I may have found mine, but she got away ...

SF

[Terry]

I do believe they are real, Doc.

However, "new love" needs some dosing of time and reality to get to the clarity to show that the relationship is truly the soulful one.

[weathermom]

I think there are soulmates, but can you have more than one? I don't believe a soulmate has to be a love interest. I believe I met a soulmate in college. This girl was my roommate my freshman year and the day we met we could finish each others sentences. Same favorite poet and poem, knowing words to the same obsure, ridiculous songs. The day I got put on bedrest before my first preemie child was born, she called from out of state and wanted to know if everything was ok, she had a feeling something was wrong.

[depotoo]

i definately believe you can have a true soul mate - my hubby is that for sure. we both are able to read each other and know each other so well.
we will both try to call each other at the same time, think about doing the same thing at the same time, etc. it is really wonderful.

[yoda]

Are they real? What do you think? How do you think you would be able to tell if someone is your soulmate?

Its an interesting topic...

Yes they are real. I actually think I sort of have one right now with one of my very best friends. We share a lot of things that we like, we know when each other is upset or needs help, even if we are miles away.

[Guest]

In short all i will say is Yes.

[The Big Dog]

I have to believe this is also true ... unfortunately for myself, I think I may have found mine, but she got away ...

SF

Hmm... I hear ya. I'm kicking myself hard for letting one get away last year. (At least until I find the next one.)

[streetsoldier]

Eastern European Hassidic Jews have a word for this..."beshert" (male) or "besherte" (female). In the Kabbalah, it is stated that every person has such a one...the words mean "destiny" (or "intended one"), and a man or woman should wait upon him/her to be revealed to them.

I can say that I've had but five...male and female friends...who'd fit as "soulmates" in my 53 years. Not sexual, mind...just a very small cadre of people with whom I can share everything, and often don't need to.

[Stormsfury]

I have to believe this is also true ... unfortunately for myself, I think I may have found mine, but she got away ...

SF

Hmm... I hear ya. I'm kicking myself hard for letting one get away last year. (At least until I find the next one.)

Yeah, I feel your pain, man. Back in March 2003, I found someone (actually a bit before that, say Dec 2002) that was so MUCH like myself, and basically is/was that "perfect match" ... I don't know if I can say if it was my fault or not, but I regret that I didn't do more back then ...

Yes they are real. I actually think I sort of have one right now with one of my very best friends. We share a lot of things that we like, we know when each other is upset or needs help, even if we are miles away.

true ... and it's very possible that my best friend, Becky, just MIGHT be in the "soulmate" classification ... we both know our emotions, and such ...

[GalvestonDuck]

Aristotle said, "True friendship is a single soul dwelling within two bodies."

I believe in soulmates, whether romantic or not. I think it's best for a romantic relationship though when the two also have a strong friendship (trust, honesty, communication, and love as well as those happy, warm, heart-swelling feelings).

[sunny]

I'd like to believe they are real.

[azsnowman]

I think that they are real. They are two people that are so in tune with each other and compliment each other in a way that noone else could do for either of them.

VERY GOOD Stephanie and YES......I've FOUND mine, 7 years ago and I've NEVER been happier in my LIFE!

Dennis

[Stephanie]

I think that they are real. They are two people that are so in tune with each other and compliment each other in a way that noone else could do for either of them.

VERY GOOD Stephanie and YES......I've FOUND mine, 7 years ago and I've NEVER been happier in my LIFE!

Dennis

That's wonderful Dennis!!

[Stormsfury]

true ... and it's very possible that my best friend, Becky, just MIGHT be in the "soulmate" classification ... we both know our emotions, and such ...

TO quantify a bit, right now...it's strictly on a plutonic level, despite the fact it's happened last year that BOTH of us would get depressed if we don't see or hear each other for a few days (or when I was in ATL for 2 weeks) ...

SF

[sunny]

true ... and it's very possible that my best friend, Becky, just MIGHT be in the "soulmate" classification ... we both know our emotions, and such ...

TO quantify a bit, right now...it's strictly on a plutonic level, despite the fact it's happened last year that BOTH of us would get depressed if we don't see or hear each other for a few days (or when I was in ATL for 2 weeks) ...

SF

sounds like you guys might be on to something!!

[Stormsfury]

sounds like you guys might be on to something!!

LOL ... I've thought so, too ... but Becky's, well, commitment issues (unable to commit) definitely is a red-flag, one ... and two, she actually is trying to work out problems with an ex (now seeing each other again, slowly). I don't know how it's going to work, and I don't know him, but for Becky, it was first for the money (the dude is an investment agent for Edward Jones), and is loaded, but she developed more for him before she screwed that up (along with almost ruining her own life, partly due to an ex-b/f) ....

She actually sounded pathetic (sorry, lack of better terms) for begging for forgiveness from him on the phone, and crying (which I've NEVER seen that from her over any guy) ... Becky and I joke about it all the time now... but what may comes, comes, and to be honest, there isn't much that I can do except watch the soap opera unfold. At least, I've set her on the right track to beat her demons, and hopefully, she'll continue to help me beat mine...

As for my "romantic soulmate", that situation was a LOT easier. Becky and I are very different kinds of people. My "soulmate" is very much like me and shared my interests, likes almost "perfectly".

that still hurts to this day, but 'tis better to have loved and lost, and the memories I have will ALWAYS last the rest of my life, and I'll be forever grateful..

SF

[Guest]

I think there are soul mates, but not necessarily just one. I have two friends that are true soul mates. And I understand how truly blessed I am to have TWO!!!! The first I met when we were both 11 years old. It was an instantanious, absolutely "in sync", type camaraderie. We were inseperable all the way through high school, then both married, moved away, and then eventually returned to our hometown. While we were separated we stayed in contact by phone and letters, but sometimes as much as a year would pass without speaking. When we both returned it was as if no time had passed! While we do not always agree on everything, we have never had a real argument. We can finish each other's sentences and have often suddenly just "had a feeling" that the other "needed you" and called each other. (and I mean simultaneously - where you pick up the phone to call and there is the other person on the line!) .

Then about 5 years ago, I met the mother of one of my daughter's teammates. We chatted during the game and by the end of the afternoon we both knew we had "found" a true friend. We come from very different backgrounds and experiences, but there is a commonality, a shared outlook, - again a feeling of being "in sync" that you simply do not find all that often.

When you find a soulmate, you know it! Treasure them!!!

[kevin]

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