Soulmates? I dunno. I did have an interesting experience with what seemed like fate at one point in my life. Many years ago I was at the happy hour at a club that had a runway fashion show a couple of times a month. As I watched with mild interest this one amazingly gorgeous red head with pale skin and green eyes strolled down the runway. I was crazy smitten. From that day on I made sure to be at the club when they had the fashion shows. I started to feel like she was seeing me too. My friend told me she probably couldn't see past the stage lights and it was my wishful thinking but I could swear we were locking eyes. Anyhoo, time passed and I didn't see her for a while then one night in this same club she ran up, gave me a big kiss smackaroo right on the lips then ran off and dissapeared before I could grab her, talk to her, or really react in any way but utter shock. The next day I moved out of state. I was gone for three years and would often have dreams about her. Not the crazy sex dreams you pervs! Romantic sort of "love and roses" type of dreams. I was always dissapointed to wake up. A little over three years later I moved back to the city. A couple of weeks in a friend of mine asked if I would go on a blind double date with him. I knew he and his girlfriend and they thought I'd be a good match for this "mystery" girl. We met the girls at a nightclub (not the aforementioned place). It was her! My amazing redhead, surprise kiss, runway model, dreamgirl! I absolutely could not believe it! It wasn't a set-up, my friend knew nothing about my past experience with the woman. It was strictly chance or dare I say it...fate. We ended up hitting it off really well and were together for about a year before we went our separate ways. Had we been in different places in our lives we might have gotten married but that's not how things turned out. Could she have been my soul-mate? Sure, it just wasn't our time. I got lucky a second time and met another soul-mate. My beautiful wife Julie. There were about twelve years in between meeting each of these woman and none of the girls in between really add up to much. So sure, soul mates can happen, even more than once, but I think its rare.
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Thousands of Monkeys, all screaming at once. Pulling God's finger.
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