Do you believe in soul mates?

-- Anonymous, April 17, 2002

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When I was younger, I did. I was an idealistic little youth who dreamed of finding the yin to my yang. Then I had some experience with relationships and how difficult they sometimes can be, and thought that maybe the whole soulmates thing was just a pile of poo, and people just marry or get together out of comfort, or "just because". I gave up on the idea of soulmates, and figured that if you see someone enough all the time, you'll eventually grow to love them passionately. It's kind of depressing, now that I think about it.

At this point in time, I think I believe in soul mates again. It's a bright new world out there for me, so I'm giving everything a shot. I know that there are some people out there that, for whatever reason, make such an impression on you that you can't stop thinking about them, even if you're seperated by distance and/or lengthy periods of time. I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, because that seems a little cheesier than soul mates, but I do believe that there are certain people out there who just click, and the connection is bigger than anything either one of them understands.

This post is long and makes me feel cheesy, so I'll stop. I hate feeling cheesy.

-- Anonymous, April 17, 2002

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These latest topics are all kinda aimed in the same direction desho? Does anybody else notice this? Not that I've got any beef with it.....just sayin'....

Who knows the movie with John Cusack in it entitled 'Serendipity'? I must say that that was one good flick but I'm not convinced on its thinking-or maybe I'm simply too cheap to up and fly across the country to play on a hunch aout my destined "soul mate"... Anyhoo, In high school days, upon completing a certain cheesy "Data Match" survey and discovering my "compatibility" with a certain girl I know TWO YEARS IN A ROW, I was pretty convinced that there was something meant to be. But...unfortunately, I was wrong, she ended up with other people and I continued on to complete that cheesy survey the next year as well.....though, I forget the results of THAT one. Probably similar though....

Your answers are pretty cool. I can't argue with them. O-shimai.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2002

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Hey! I know what girl you're talking about. She happened to get YOU on the top of her lists two years in a row as well. You ended up in second place her senior year only because Jeff Witte filled his out in front of her, and made a point to copy her answers down. This girl thought there was something to that Data Match madness too, but nothing ever happened because perhaps the two parties involved felt the other had cooties or something. She ended up with the other fellows after she thought her #1 match was never going to make a move, and you know the rest of the story.

I still need to watch "Serendipity". I've been listening to the Cure in the car, and "Just Like Heaven" and "Friday I'm In Love" remind me of John Cusack, for some reason.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2002

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Um.. well actually I filled out that data match an ended up getting engaged with my top choice, plus I was cleaning out all my boxes and found a fortune card (Stick in a quarter and it gives you lucky number, fortune and lucky day) and my lucky day was the 21st, when we started going out. And my fortune was that I get happiness and a happy reunion will bring a old friend back (We knew each other in jr high and my ex who brought us back together.) So um.. I guess I do.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2002

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RE: Tony's response

I didn't know you and Kim were each others' #1 Data Match choices. That's pretty freaky. Does this mean I'm destined to marry Jeff Witte, since he was my last Data Match person? (I hope not!)

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2002

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I believe in soul mates.

But maybe I'm defining them differently than you guys, because I certainly don't believe in love at first sight, nor do I especially support the whole Serendipity thing. Love is in the details. It's funny, because I never had long term relationships, because I thought familiarity would be boring. But it's not. It's the best part. It's what makes it love instead of just chemistry or interest. There's something really, really nice about memorizing someone's facial expressions, knowing all their little habits, and being able to predict what they'll say next. You don't have any of that stuff when you just meet someone, so I just can't believe that's love, although I do believe that you can meet someone and know immediately that they're someone you're going to grow to love.

But as far as soul mates, I believe completely. I don't necessarily have faith that everyone finds their soul mate, but I do think there's a perfect someone out there for everyone. Everyone needs something a little bit different, you know? Maybe finding a soul mate is as simple as finding the person whose idiosyncrasies match up with your own. It's like in Singles, when Debbie knows she's met the man of her dreams because he likes the earrings that no one but her likes.

I also believe in signs. Maybe those Data Match things were signs.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2002

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That #1 guy sure was an idiot....

-- Anonymous, April 19, 2002

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The good thing about the whole Data Match situation is that the #1 people still know each other, and haven't forgotten about those Data Match results. That must mean something, right?

I just finished watching Serendipity, so I'm all caught up with everyone else. Make all the references you want, and I'll understand them.

-- Anonymous, April 19, 2002

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Actually I think Kim's #1 was something like Jeff Fairbanks or Spencer. But I did come in a happy #2.... damn #2.

-- Anonymous, April 19, 2002