Can a relationship last long term if you are not soul mates?

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Vigil, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.

Madam, if you were my wife, I would take it.

I remember an old saying .. goes "choose your love ... love your choice" ... or in the vernacular of Dr. Phil ... sometimes you just gotta make your choice right .... soulmates is great ... can't imagine anything better, but a friend of mine once told me that any one of us could probably be reasonably happy with about 20% of those of the sex we are attracted to .... "if we are willing to make and keep the commitment" that's my theory anyway.... only you gotta know that I'm not..nor have I ever been married, so it's just theory for me.

Certainly

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Of course....but I do think you need to be friends, or at least good communicators.

Mr Osuche comes from a culture of arranged marriages, and I've seen many of them turn out just fine.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Soul mates is just a term.

If you are happy, comfortable and loved, it's survivable.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

When I first saw this thread, I wondered, "How do one define 'soulmate'"...OF is 100% correct (as usual)...I've just cleared the 31st wedding anniversary (& coming up on 33 years of together) with the woman who I've called many things but never a soulmate...

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Isn't everything?

I know couples who are and couples who aren't. The former always seem to have the stronger relationship.

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Vigil, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.

Madam, if you were my wife, I would take it.