I do 110% ♥

No, i believe in having many and it extends to much more then your significant other.

I think lightening can strike more than once when you open yourself up to love and be loved.

I knew my first was never my soul mate. We just wanted it to work out so much. I saw my hubby and it was like love at first site. I knew I had to have him. I got him... He's all mine.. We may even be getting married.....sometime real soon... We're ment for eachother... It's just there.

I think you only have one true soul mate, but you can love multiple times and have multiple special relationships.

The funny thing about Romeo and Juliet and the Titanic, is that they courted for like 2 days then they died or were separated, right? I mean, I'd like an example of soulmates that have loved each other and been with each other their whole lives. That would be way more meaningful to me than two contrived movie plots.

BTW, I haven't seen the Notebook. Do they live happily ever after, or is it another death?

I personally believe that there isn't just one person out there for me. If mean, if my BF died, I wouldn't kill myself out of grief of having lost the one person who I could be with. I'd be devastated, but I'm sure with time I'd find love and happiness again.

I believe you can have more then one soul mate. and you can love multiple times and like rocknrepublic said... it may not just be your significant other... my best friend i find my soul mate just as much as my bf

erh... NO! BUT there is a major difference between believing that there's JUST one soulmate out there that you have to find to be happy or belieing that one of partners in your various relationships during life is THE soulmate of your life... I'm leaning towards the latter

popgoestheworld
they do live happily ever after
its really a sweet story!

Hm.. I used to think so, but as i grow older i see that you can match up with alot of different people, but there is always a 'best one'.

Thanks SummerBaby! I stand corrected. Not everyone dies in movies about soulmates

I also agree w/ RockAndRepublic and bettybotique that it can extend outside your significant other.

I don't believe in soul mates.

It's such a ridiculous notion!

yea i dont know how much i beleive in them.. but i do think there will be one person outta all the relationships that you will have that will be the best.. meaning you got along with them the best you were able to talk with them about this etc etc... but i dont know that there is one perfect person out there for everyone and if they dont meet them they will never truely be happy.. but thats my rant!

Even though it sounds more romantic to believe you have only one soulmate...I just don't buy it! I think you can fall in love with different people over a lifetime (preferably not all at the same time! haha).

There is more than one out there and no need to limit yourself to the thought you missed or lost *the* one; like RockAndRepublic noted, be open to it.

Romantically, I have been blessed with two, also Mom and BFF (since 2nd grade, after like 1 min. sizing each other up) are def. my forever, never going anywhere soul mates.

The idea just doesn't work for me. I hate the thought that if something happened to my husband that I'd never find love again.

I think the term "soulmate" takes all of the work out of it, and relationships can be really hard. I'm madly in love with my hubby, but I know there are other people that I could probably live a pretty happy existence with -- but I still wouldn't trade what we have for anything. We've actually talked about this, and we don't consider each other to be soulmates...we're just people who fell in love and work our as*es off to make sure we have a happy marriage!

popgoestheworld, i agree with how in Romeo & Juliet and Titanic being about a romance that lasted for two days, but in the movie The Notebook, allie and noah also dated for a while, got separated, go back together, got married, had children and lived happily ever after. lol.

eventually i would like something like The Notebook where you grow old with someone, so i'm not really sure if i but into having only ONE soul mate or not.

yea in the notebook Alli almost marries someone else! lol

I think the whole soul mate thing is something Hallmark made up.

I think it's seriously depressing to think that there is only one true love for you out of roughly 6,643,428,203 people in the world. The odds of finding one person is slim. I like to think there are several people on this earth that one is compatible with in such a way that resembles true love. I feel love is more or less being at the right place at the right time. I think that timing is everything when it comes to finding someone that makes you happy. Hopefully I'll run into someone who is good for me.....

I truly believe that my boyfriend is my soul mate. No one could ever, ever compare to him and we complete each other in a way that can't be explained. We both say we have a connection and bond that is so profound and complex... but I also do believe that you can have multiple romantic loves throughout your life.

I haven't decided yet. =)

I do, but its rarely ever the person you have a long term sexual/romantic relationship with

I do believe in soulmates, but I also believe that you don't have to find yours to have a wonderful, fulfilling, exciting love life/marriage.

Sometimes you can see a couple and just know they were meant to be together, but that doesn't mean its always a walk in the park.

Who the heck are the people that voted for a soulmate????

Um... If anything, you have more than one... But I truly DO NOT BELIEVE IN SOULMATES! SO DANGEROUS!

Hope you guys also believe in "disappointment"!

Fools!

I definitely believe in a "soulmate" but back to the original root of the word -- someone just like you, in another body. My best friend in the entire world, is my soulmate. I'm getting married in May.... to another man. I don't see soulmate as a romantic idea -- why would I want to marry myself? Variety is the spice of life, opposites attract, etc. While my fiance and I are similar, we have different tastes, push each other to try new things, enjoy different activities, and it makes us both better people. My best friend and I have the same tastes in so much -- our favorite movies are the same, favorite sports are the same, love the same activities, studied the same things in undergrad... he is me, with a penis! We live several hundred miles apart now, and no joke, the same things happen to us at the same time -- we have good/bad days at the same time, and strange though it is, we both fractured our left wrists ONE THE SAME DAY (and we are both left handed). I absolutely love him to death, but I would never want to wind up with him, and I'm very fortunate that my fiance completely understands and respects our friendship with no tinge of jealousy or worry that anything will ever happen.

I have no idea if I believe in a "soulmate", I have yet to meet the man that I think I will be with for two minutes yet alone forever.

I believe loves comes in varies ways at various stages of life based upon your needs. You may need different types of love at different times to help you grow as a person. Your first love is a great love, it's the one you can't forget and it helps you to see what you really want in the future. That person was your soul mate for that cycle in your life.

Oh yes, and I've found him.

I do believe that there is one person out there for everyone. I believe that a lot of people are happy with the person they are with but they aren't necessarily with the one they were meant to be with. There are plenty of people out there that you could be happy with but only one is the perfect fit. I found mine.

I used to think it was kind of a ridiculous thing. a soul mate- as if there were a person you could be completely yourself around all the time and they wouldnt think you were crazy. my boyfriend an i have been together for 2 yrs and it was just a completely different feeling from the beginning. were opposites in a lot of ways which works because we balance each other out. i would definitely say he's my soulmate, we just understand each other without even needing to explain. i cant really explain it, but i think it's hard to believe before you experience it.

I don't think there is such a thing as soulmates. life isn't that easy, and that crap is saved for movies, and fairytales. real relationships that stand the test of time take work, and its the ups and downs that really give you durability and a sense of love.

No, I don't believe in soul mates. I don't even believe in (romantic) love. I think love, like religion, is something people believe in to make them feel better about life. When people "fall in love" it's just because they are at a point in their life when they don't want to be alone or they want or need something else from another person (sex, companionship, babies, social acceptance, money...).

That said, I do believe in the unconditional love I have for my kids.

I personally don't believe in Soul Mates, but I don't think there is anything wrong in believing in it.

she's kicking him in the butt!

I think it's possible to have more than one, I think...but not too many because you can't give your heart to so many people that deeply that often.

So yes, it may be possible to have 1 or 2.

Maybe we all have more than one and run into a few over the course of a lifetime.

I don't believe in soul mates. I love my husband more than anything or anyone, and he "gets" me in a way no one else ever has (and vice versa). But if I died, it would horrify me to know he'd be doomed to never find someone to have that connection with again. It's ridiculous. I think there are multiple people out there for everyone. You just have to be willing to make it work with who you choose.
i agree with kia in that you have to be open to love, and with PerfectScore in that it's all about timing.
love is what you make it.

Not anymore.

For the longest time I thought my first love was my one & only soul mate. We had the same values, the same religion, similar personalities. We were crazy about each other. We could talk about nothing for hours on end. We just clicked. Even after we broke up, I continued to believe that he was my soul mate -- I was certain that we would eventually get back together -- whether it be a year later or 10 years later. It took time & a few slaps in the face (figuratively speaking) to learn that true love can be found elsewhere.

Now that I've done some growing up & my ex & I have grown apart, I realize that the idea of "one soul mate" is idealistic. How can there possibly be only one person in the world that's "perfect" for you? It doesn't seem rational to me -- or maybe that is just my cynicism taking over. Either way, I believe that real love takes work. It takes time & the chance to really know someone. I agree with what thewriter said, your first love is your soul mate for that stage in your life. Your life goes through many stages... so I think it's possible to find others who you love & care about just as much.

Wow, sorry for rambling!

I think you can grow to love anyone, but that there is that one person you're meant for.

I believe there is one person that you are destined to be with, one that God made to share your life with. Sure you can love people multiple times in your life, but I believe there is one person that is just
"it".

I think in order to believe in soulmates one would need to believe in souls.. and I don't.

Nevertheless, it's a really intensely sweet idea and I really wish I could believe in it...

I don't really believe in the 'soulmate' thing, but I do believe there are a few people out there who can be right for us. If anything happened to my fiance, I think that eventually I'd meet someone else who I could be happy with. It wouldn't be the same relationship, but I wouldn't want the same thing with someone else.

ii truly beliieve so

I don't believe in soulmates. I feel like this might make me a cynic or maybe a bit heartless, but there it is.

The idea of one soul mate is such a beautiful and romanitc concept. But i think that becasue everyone changes that who and what we need chanes and we can find a number of people who can fit that at anytime in our life. Just different people that can nurture and touch parts of our soul, and who can change with us in a spectacular way if you choose to grow together.

I don't believe in soulmates, but I do believe in being able to find one person who is near perfect for you.

I say near perfect because nobody is 100% perfect!

I didn't believe in soulmates . . . until I met mine. It's undeniable. It's divine.