Soul Mates..A perfect partner in a perfect relationship???

Who is our soul mate? What makes one person our soul mate and not the other person??This word means a whole lot different things to different people..For some, its smeone they've met or maybe seen across the proverbial crowd and its about the instant connection they feel with this person, or how it seems that they know the person already...CONVINCED THESE ARE A SIGN OF A PERFECT SOUL MATE RELATIONSHIP..For others, its a long, rewarding, lasting, healthy relationship of a few years after which they r happy to declare their partner as their 'soul mate'...And for the ones like me, the quest for a soul mate seems never ending...

Whatever the context maybe, the phrase soul mate to most of us implies 'living happily ever after till death do us part'..It has come to represent an illusive fairy tale idea of the 'perfect' partner in a 'perfect' relationship...

As for me, a few of my friends and a lot others, we've met people we instantly clicked with,a whole new world of exciting love, romance, all the good warm vibes and the idea of having a someone special...every thing has been hunky dory as if its the perfect little sunshine in our garden we've been waiting for since forever..And its not long enough before we realize okay, probably hes d one i can call my 'SOULMATE'....

But hello, love doesnt always come in such convenient packages na!! And things start to shake up a bit, then a lot, finally ending in the two of us parting ways...But oiii wait!!! U were the one I declared my Soul Mate rite?? werent u suppose to last like forever forever?? I mean thats what I was told..thats exactly what I felt when we were together...We did soo much to be together...U said I was d one u always wanted..blah blah blah!!

Look around...maybe u are not the only one who is shattered today...there are many others cupid played games with...u feel cheated, disheartened, as if the Mr or Miss perfect for u just changed course and u'll never find him/her again...But look again, there are people who are happy and probably will be happy for a long long time...somehow things are just perfect for them..they have all that they asked for!!

So Whats the Bet??Why is it that for d 'US' lot, even though there is just one true soul mate, but still there are potentially multiple people who can come pretty close. That theres not just one Mr. Right out there but a potential horde of Almost Mr. Rights you can fall almost in love wid, and then fall out of love wid!! In any decent sized city full of lovely singletons, there are probably dozens of people who could make d cut for any person. Every night of the week – instead of 4 times a year. Then why is it that fewer and fewer people feel d drive to make, or live up to d “Aint No Mountain High Enough” kind of promises???

The question still remains unanswered for me..And i guess I will never be able to figure out d concept of 'Once soul mate and today NOBODY'!!