I just read this on Yahoo, which should be re-titled "Yahoo! Here's one more thing that will destroy or endanger your life" site. They just love to pump out wonderful news items that say "you should be anxious in this world" Thanks Yahoo! Maybe I'll change my homepage, I'm getting tired of the sky is falling mentality there. Anyway, this goodie fits with what we're discussing, to some degree anyway (Just remember the news media loves "new studies" regardless of the legitimacy of a single study on a subject being studied):
"A new study found that soul mates may be a nice idea in theory and in chick flicks, but not so much in real life. In fact, chick flicks could be wrecking your relationship. "Couples who believe in soul mates have such high expectations of marriage, and when those aren't met they're more likely to enter into conflict or even end up getting divorced," explains Bradford Wilcox, PhD, Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. He added that these types of couples expect an intense positive emotional connection all the time, which sets them up for disappointment"
