Originally Posted By: whatisis

"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"


HAHAHA!

Director of the National Marriage Project- seriously? They must have been desperate to hand out titles there.

Just because they have a PhD doesn't make them the authority, in fact, people with PhDs are usually a little out there anyway grin

As for falling in love again yeah you know what they say? If at first you don't succeed, give up!


Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6
Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks
Aug 2006, left again
Apr 2007, filed for divorce
Dec 2007, reunited
Mar 2010, moved out, filed again