While the sparkly-eyed romantic in me kind of believes in them, the more logical side of me has to call bullshit on the concept of "soulmates". Yes, there are people that are extraordinarily well-suited for another and people....not so well suited...but the idea of a soulmate just reminds me of really bad fanfiction written by 14-year-old girls.
In my head, people are all really strangely-shaped puzzle pieces. We roll on through life, being changed by our experiences and our relationships to others, which alters our puzzley-shapes (e.g. personalities, traits). We're looking for other pieces that match our own, some more successful than others. We can try to force pieces which obviously do NOT go together I see this happen quite frequently, especially working at Cracker Barrel. (Work drama, anyone?) Extended exposure to another can kind of chip away at the parts don't jive well, like how longtime married partners become more similar over the decades.
I feel like this was way more eloquent in my head at 2 am ;)
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