Soulmates Aren’t Real

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by it.</p><p id="b05a">My parents are not a perfect couple.</p><p id="cc40">They occasionally argue, get mad, and frustrate each other. But at the end of the day, they are partners.</p><p id="9075"><b><i>They are in love. They are soulmates.</i></b></p><p id="cd17">Not because they were “destined” to find each other, but because they fight for each other and their relationship.</p><p id="0d9b">Every day they make each other feel heard, loved, and understood.</p><p id="0fe9">Neither of them will ever feel alone in their relationship.</p><p id="f1fe">They taught their children every day how important those things were. They constantly allowed us to see their issues and how they fixed them.</p><p id="a8f9">Because of them, I grew up knowing what a healthy relationship looks like. What good communication sounds like.</p><p id="7693"><b>Do I believe soulmates exist? No.</b></p><p id="933d"><b>But I belie

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But I do believe that my parents are soulmates.

Author’s parents at a campsite outside Seattle, WA — Photo by Kathryn Lee

I’ve heard the term “soulmate” my entire life. It’s one of those concepts that’s a nice idea but that I’ve never believed.

Sure, some people work better together than others, but surely it wasn’t because they were destined for each other. It was luck.

Right? Wrong.

I still do not believe in soulmates. But I can’t count the number of times I’ve said that my parents are soulmates.

Possibly hypocritical. But I stand by it.

My parents are not a perfect couple.

They occasionally argue, get mad, and frustrate each other. But at the end of the day, they are partners.

They are in love. They are soulmates.

Not because they were “destined” to find each other, but because they fight for each other and their relationship.

Every day they make each other feel heard, loved, and understood.

Neither of them will ever feel alone in their relationship.

They taught their children every day how important those things were. They constantly allowed us to see their issues and how they fixed them.

Because of them, I grew up knowing what a healthy relationship looks like. What good communication sounds like.

Do I believe soulmates exist? No.

But I believe that my parents are soulmates.

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