I was reading on the Pampered thread that some folks think their soulmate is an electronic device. Sad state.

The notion that other cultures have found the secret (and in some sort of ipso facto we haven't) is a mistaken one, I think. I have encountered a few so-called soulmates in this life, both men and women. Interesting that so much of the talk addresses the opposite sex when what's being discussed is an intangible aspect of the human condition, one we posit is there yet we can't touch or see: the soul.

The above paragraph is not meant to argue with anyone's POV; rather, it is to clarify a statement I made a few days back on this thread. I am a lateral/scattered thinker who interprets things literally yet personifies/metaphorizes in order to explain. SO, I guess it is just the terminology that gets me as opposed to the idea.