its a nice notion and for some may even be true, I would prefer to widen it out and think that there are a whole group of individuals who are pre disposed to connecting with my DNA...its just a question of finding them

one cannot make an omelette without breaking a few eggs ;-)

Yer I think so ..not to sure its just one . I think its more the case 2 like minded people get together at the right time and they grow with each and understand how each ticks, some will be quick than other…
I think the thing is you got to let your self go. I be been living the signal life for a while and loving it but early this summer met an amazing girl who made me smile .. I like to thing we are growing together. The thing was there was some thing else about her . so I let my self go to see were it could go im glad I did….

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say (on the behalf of everyone on this site):
Bleeeeuuuuuuuuuughhhhhh.

Haha, you poor saps. I'm single now and I can't express how sorry I feel for everyone in relationships at the moment. They are massively overrated. Maybe because I'm overcompensating... but then again maybe not! Heh heh.

I don't even think soulmates would have to be sexual partners...

There's a great quote on Wikipedia about soulmates:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulmate

According to Aristophanes, man (species) originally had four arms and four legs and

"could walk upright as men now do, backwards or forwards as he pleased, and he could also roll over and over at a great pace, turning on his four hands and four feet, eight in all, like tumblers going over and over with their legs in the air"

Except Zeus was afraid of the power they had so he decided

"I will cut them in two and then they will be diminished in strength. They shall walk upright on two legs, and if they continue insolent and will not be quiet, I will split them again and they shall hop about on a single leg."

So think yourself lucky you only have to find a single soulmate, and not three in order to do all that "tumbling over and over with your legs in the air" stuff. Although three could be fun too... :-)

Big hug for you Sgt.sexual

+1 for Garth. Actually, +2. It's *that* good. The knife is also a lovely touch.

On a more serious note, I think if you want to believe there's "another half of you walking around out there" then you have to also believe in some sort of supernatural force that put them there.

On the other hand, if you just look at "soulmate" as being a really, really, really good friend then there are probably a lot of people out of the 6+ billion who you'd connect with enough to call them soulmates, but the chances are you'll never meet more than a few in a normal lifetime. So when you do find one, hold on for dear life...

I'm not sure about the 'God' part, as I don't think religious folk would put much stock in the idea of a soulmate because the 'soul' part of the term isn't really anything to do with the more general use of the word, but soulmates are, of course, a total myth, invented by mothers to appease their daughters and make everybody, especially really ugly people, think if they just keep looking, then the right person is out there for them.

The reality, of course, is that at any given time in your life (if you're of a certain age) you've probably thought you're with 'the one', only for him/her/it to then go and cheat on you with another her/him/goat half an hour later.

On a base level it is all just chemical. The purpose of life is to create more life. That's not very romantic, though, so people feel a need to invent nonsense like soulmates, love at first sight, perfect relationships ("We never argue!" Yes, that's because you're very, very boring) and other whimsical pish.

The reality is - if you can still stand the sight of each other in 10 years time, you're probably doing okay. If you're still regularly having sex, you're on to a winner.

Sex always gets in the way.

My personal opinion is that as you get older you actually move further away from the idea of a 'soulmate', and what actually happens is all of your friends become, collectively, a 'composite best friend', meaning that together they satisfy all of your emotional, spirtual and in some cases physical needs, as opposed to that somewhat (IMO) childish mentality that you need to have 'the best friend'.

You'll have one friend who's very funny and cheers you up, one that you play sports with, one that is an intellectual challenge, one that is always there for you, etc. It seems entirely unlikely that any one friend can satisfy all of these requirements, but we all need them from time to time.

Equally, this is why people who need to get everything from their significant other are always doomed to failure. No one person can possibly provide everything. Sex and good times should be enough. I think, again, that approach is something that we adopt in our youth (women certainly) and as we age we realise, the cynics that we all are, it's a bit unrealistic.