Male and Female Imponderables Part Deux

POSTED BY: Tristan
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TRISTAN

Friday, May 5, 2006 2:34 PM

Alright, here we go again!
Best thing to do is ignore the stupid remarks and thread-jackers. If confronted with one, ignore it, and post happily.

To carry from the last:

DAYVE asked:
"does anyone believe in the existence of a "soul mate" ? or is that an old fashinoned notion that exists only in the fantasy world..."

And the board says...?

Holding until you get back, Captain.

DEEPGIRL187

Friday, May 5, 2006 2:48 PM

One of my favorite authors is Laurell K. Hamilton. In her book Obsidian Butterfly, the character Edward has this to say about soul mates:

"The Greeks believed that once there were no male and female, that all souls were one. Then the souls were torn apart, male and female. The Greeks thought that when you found the other half of your soul, your soul mate, that it would be your perfect lover. But I think if you find your other half, you would be too much alike to be lovers, but you would still be soul mates."

Certainly food for thought.

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.

TRISTAN

Friday, May 5, 2006 2:58 PM

I like that. I think i have found my soul mate in my wife. I have felt close to other people in the past, almost like we were siblings separated at birth, but I never felt really "complete" until the day I met her.

Also, that Greek theory brings to mind "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"...I know, probably not the best comparison, but the music theme in that movie closely parallels the Greek.

Holding until you get back, Captain.

COPILOT

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:01 PM

Still trying to find my soul mate. Significant other is taking it pretty hard.

An I carried such a torch

TRISTAN

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:02 PM

Does the significant other believe they are your soul mate? That might make things a mite interestin'

Holding until you get back, Captain.

NUCLEARDAY

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:17 PM

Man, I hope there's no such thing...

I've got enough trouble meeting new people as is... :P

(Plus I've got enough troubles with commitment-phobia and the like. Don't need to be regretting any current relationships 'cause they might not be "the one." :)

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. (Or if Kaylee asks me nicely...)

SAMEERTIA

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:22 PM

I believe in soul-mates.
But I also believe that we are not always destined to be together in any particular lifetime, that as souls working our way up the enlightenment ladder we often have to be apart to learn the lessons presented to us.
I try not to spend my life wondering when I will find the person to complete me, and focus instead on being complete as I am. Does that make any sense?

COPILOT

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:28 PM

I love life and I Love significant other. He's not so nieve to think he's my one and only! At least I hope he doesn't.

An I carried such a torch

DAYVE

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:43 PM

Can there be two? No of couse not, but i did believe that i had found my mate for life at an early age. We dated, fell in love and married young - me 23, she 24.... and we are still in love and married and best friends..... but about 3 years into the marriage, i met a woman who seemed so compatable, who just seemed to complete my every thought and was so in tune with my feelings (and i with hers), that i did have that moment of doubt.
It was a star crossed love affair alright.... and we sinned right up there with the best of them... certainly not some of my best days ever - but at the time i thought they were.... It didn't and couldn't last - we parted ways, both of us heartbroken and terribly confused, and i tried to pick up the pieces of my broken marriage - i was still very much in love with my wife.... and to my great surprise, she was so understanding and forgiving that i knew that i had made the right choice all along...
Needless to say, i have never strayed since that day...and i think i can safely say that i never will....
It was a hard lesson to learn, but i did learn.

hate to get so maudlin here, but i've only told that story a couple of times - and it is sorta theraputic...and cost a lot less than seeing a shrink....

AZHEA

Friday, May 5, 2006 3:51 PM

Its more like circles of influence. There are a number of people I have known and will know that have had or will have essential bits that I lack. Are they all meant to be with me and I with them?

Its more an issue of being lucky enough to find those that compliment what I have. My husband is not the ONE, but he's darn wonderful to know and partner with.

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