Do you belive in the "Soul Mate", thing in a relationship ???

100% yes.

Only if I'm trying to find my shoes.

Yes
I think you were meant to be mine

I believe. I don't think that there is only one person out there that is made just for you or anything, but when you find a soul mate you know it.

Really ???

Personally, I think it's a really bad concept that causes people to pass by or even leave people who otherwise would make great long-term partners. Luckily, I'm not speaking from experience, it just seems like something that would make people miss out on a lot of good time.

I think you lose part of your soul in any relationship (personal or professional). You can decide whether or not that's good or bad or worth it depending on the relationship.

To me, finding your soul mate is akin to hitting 6 out of 6 numbers on the lotto.

I don't know, alot of people I know seem to settle with people who don't really make them happy.

I was with this one guy for about 5 years. He was all about walking down the aisle and as much as my friends and fam were all for it I just wasn't feeling it. I know it sounds cliche, but in the end even though I loved him I wasn't IN love with him anymore.

When I broke up with him I caught alot of shit. I mean, yeah he loved me, never mistreated or cheated on me, we hardly ever fought, but there's just more to it than that.

Alot of my friends, especially my girl friends, couldn't believe I chose to walk away. "Oh my god! He's so perfect! He wanted to marry you! What are you, nuts?!?" They just couldn't get it.

Even though I took alot of shit for it I honestly think it was one of the best moves I ever could have made. Now I'm with someone who for me is the total package. He's not perfect, but neither am I, and who is? There's just this synergy that's there that has always been missing in my other relationships. We kick ass for the lord.

I think society puts too much pressure on people to marry and live happily ever after. If anything I kinda feel it's the opposite, people don't walk away from good potential long term relationships as much as they seem to settle with bad ones because they're afraid of being alone. Maybe my perception is skewed by my own personal experience, but that's the way I see it.

It's odd. People find ways to push themselves out of the toughest equations. Mysteries of life? Only God knows. Rescue a loved one? Thank God. Someone makes you feel good and doesnt tick you off too bad? It was Fate.

Geez, give yourselves some credit! Y'all do pretty damn good! Give yourself a pat on the back! (unless god and fate made you too fat to reach, those jerks)

I never said anything about SETTLING for someone who doesn't make you happy. I was talking about passing up people who COULD make you happy, because you're on the search for that ONE perfect person who instinctively understands everything about you and feels the same about everything etc., who, in reality, doesn't exist, and if they did, it would be the most boring relationship you could ever imagine.

I agree 100% on your last paragraph, though. Too many people aren't independent enough to go it alone and see what comes along. I know plenty of people who are happier with people they met serendipitously than those who met people they were desperately on the hunt for.

I guess so

Great JFK! There goes my happily-ever-after romance;)

Cute article Relationships require both parties to work together for one common goal. If not, no matter how hard you try, it just won't work.