Why do people always toss around the word "soulmate"?

Question

Either referring to a spouse or a boyfriend/girlfriend of a couple months, they always say he/she is my SOULMATE....does anyone KNOW what a true soulmate is?

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Answer 1

People toss around the word "soulmate" because the idea of a soulmate is more appealing than a real relationship where people sometimes disagree, argue, stink, fart, have bad hair days, want to watch different things on TV, forget to mow the lawn, burn dinner, disagree about how to raise the kids, and don't get along.

No two people will always get along perfectly. Tossing real people aside to search for a "soulmate" is a cop-out in my opinion.

However, to answer the last part of your question, there is a school of thought that says that we were all created as spirits and each spirit has two halves, one half male, one half female, and these two halves are "twin souls" or "soulmates" ... each completes the other for in actuality they are two halves of one whole. These spirits are then born into human bodies and live human lives on earth.

Now, (we're back to my personal opinion here) that's a beautiful theory and it sounds lovely. But if it WERE true, then what are the chances that, out of all the billions of people on earth, and out of the vast amount of time that humans have existed here on earth, that you or I would find our soulmate living here on earth at the same time we were?

Answer 2

People toss around the term soulmate because very few people understand its meaning. If you are in love with someone and you marry them for better or for worse.... then theoretically, your husband/wife is your soulmate. You love them enough to pledge your undying love to them. Ask anyone on their wedding day and they will all say the person they married is their soulmate.

Its too bad that people grow bored of their current soulmate and declare that they were mistaken...the person they married wasn't their soulmate after all! This exciting and more interesting individual that is new to you is more fun... so this person is now their new soulmate. My father used it in the way most people use it...as an excuse. He left my mother years ago because he found his soulmate. What a load, really!

I agree, there is such a thing as a soulmate, but the term is grossly overused and misused by people trying to justify infidelity and boredom.

Answer 3

A true soulmate is someone who finishes your sentances, loves all the things you do, and vice versa. A soulmate is supportive of who you are and what you do, no matter what.

Not everyone finds a soulmate, which is why its almost a myth that they exist, but they do. I have mine, went on first date...2 weeks after that date, I got engaged, and I am now happily married for almost 9 years, with 2 beautiful children.

Don't stop loking for your soulmate, he/she might be right under your nose and you just don't know it...

Hope this helps...;)

Answer 4

It usually means someone with whom you communicate very well and get along really well. You respect and enjoy spending time with your soulmate, with no stress or hassle. I don't mean these things as you may already have with your friends. I mean that you meet one person who fits this bill better than you've ever known. That's a soulmate. It can be either platonic or romantic.

Answer 5

I don't think there is such a thing as a soulmate. Not that I'm trying to be negative, but I don't believe that there is only one person out there for you. Even if he/she exists, then there are still going to be problems. I think many people depend on that term too much because it means "Nothing bad will ever happen to us." But love isn't like that--every relationship takes a lot of hard work. Some take more work than others, but for the most part, they all require patience.

Answer 6

According to Wikipedia, "soulmate (or soul mate) is a term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, and/or compatibility."

Which is I think kinda what people mean when they refer to someone as their "soulmate".

I personally don't like this word, as it implies some sort of a unique, even pre-determined, connection - whereas I feel that any one person is compatible with a whole range of people, and whether or not you meet or recognize those you might be compatible with depends largely on chance and circumstances.

Answer 7

Yes I do know what a soulmate is. He is the one who can finish my sentences, say the same words at the same time as I do, reads with me, watches the same programs and movies as I like (sci-fi geeks-r-us) spends just as much time on the computer as I do for the same reasons I do. Oh and knows exactly what I need sexually and emotionally, because I can tell him and he listens!

And if I ever lose Him, I can only hope that we can be joined again in the next lives we are given.

Answer 8

Soulmates as in lovers? NOT!! My true soulmates are the two people I carried for nine months.

Answer 9

I work at a cemetery and there are a lot of souls here. (Joking)

I believe that there is a soulmate out there for everyone. He/she is the one person that you can share everything with. You will know when it happens.

Answer 10

Yes and you won't find that person on this planet. A soulmate is the exact replica of yourself (the soul). You may meet people you feel attraction to and are kindred souls, but you won't meet that soulmate unless you are the form of your own soul.