The ever after, after:

[tigerlily78]

It makes me want to stab someone in the genitals with a rusty ice pick. (Romantic? No I suppose it's not)

I guess I never really believe in "soul mates" anyways. I believed in two highly compatible people who met and fell in love and shared their lives and whose traits complimented each other and who were committed to making it work. The sad part is most of us are woefully ill informed about what it ACTUALLY takes to make a relationship work.

That "soul mate" was part of my BD speech just makes it seem sour and trite. You do not know someone is your soul mate after one evening out with them, you just don't... you can't possibly even know if you have longterm compatibility, just infatuation and limerence. If you want to tell me someone is your soul mate, please wait until you have been happily married for 40 years.