Do you believe in soul mates?

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it’s just a mystic sounding term for love.

To answer your question, hale_bopp:

I think romantic love is a myth as is "the soul". It's not a matter of whether these things exist or not, but where they exist ~ (in the mind).

It’s a naive idea. So no not anymore. I don’t believe love exists either

If you believe in reincarnation, it does seem like there are certain souls who we are destined to be with, time and time again. It's not even about love or marriage, it's just about being connected with these people, whatever the relationship may be.

I was reading threads on Reddit where people were discussing memories of past lives, and there were so many stories where people remember having their family/friends around, but their roles were all switched around. One life, they might have their genders reversed, another life they might be mother/daughter, next one they might be daughter/grandfather, husband/wife, brother/sister, a kitty cat, etc. Really fascinating stuff. A really sad story was from a girl who lamented that her soulmate had killed himself, and she felt that it was karma, because she was usually the one who killed herself in past lives.


I'm pretty sure I met "the one", but I screwed up that relationship and lost her. So every girl after that has been, to borrow your words, "settling for who is good enough". I would always tell myself "not every girl is perfect, you can't keep comparing them to her, you have to overlook the flaws", but I honestly can't do it anymore. I can't commit to another girl when my heart lies elsewhere, it isn't fair to anyone.

No don't believe in soul mates because I don't believe in such thing as a "soul." I think we have people we can be very compatible with, some very much so, but that would come from having a similar background, similar tastes in things like entertainment, and similar life values. It's the feeling that we have known each other before from somewhere when in reality it's because we're very much alike.

My partner and I are like that, even though he was born in New Zealand and I was born in the US, we're very similar, have a similar background, and laugh at the same things. (Although he likes that Vegemite stuff which to me tastes like horrible thick yeasty soy sauce but hey, we can't all be perfect.)

'Soulmate' is also an excuse for people to be unfaithful to their spouses -- after marrying their 'soulmate', they start having an affair with their 'real soulmate', divorce their first 'soulmate', marry their second 'soulmate', and start cheating on their second 'soulmate' with their 'really real soulmate' ... and the cycle continues.

What's a soul bond?

not anymore