My husband and I have known each other literally all our lives, as our parents were best friends before we were born.  We spent a lot of time together as children and into our mid-teens, but we were never romantically inclined--we were weekend friends.  Then he went his way and I mine, with neither of us seeing each other again for 7-8 years. 

I married another when I was 20, believing he was my soulmate.  We divorced after fifteen months; our son was 6 weeks old. 

Two years later my son and I, along with my childhood friend, unexpectedly found ourselves at a mutual friend's house.  The three of us were instantly attracted to one another.  My little boy, who was very standoffish with the men I had dated after divorcing, immediately climbed into his lap and called him daddy.  A year and a half later we were married; two weeks after the wedding, my husband adopted my son. 

Forty years have passed and we're still attracted, still happily married.

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Group Soulmates

Around 12 years ago there was an internet experiment to bring diverse people together, to see if they could get along in a civil manner over a contentious subject.  Five of us, from various parts of the world, formed a nearly instant bond. 

When the experiment ended several months later, we five didn't want to part, so we exchanged email addresses.  We had become 'invisible' friends--definitely soulmates--connected through our keyboards, sharing our love of many of the same things, a common sense of humor, spiritual beliefs (consisting of "do unto others" and an attitude of "live and let live"), and a desire to have left the world a better place when it's our time to move on. 

When the eldest of the group died early last year, we were all as devastated as we would have been for a close family member.  We held each other up during a period of mourning, each afraid the group might now shatter.  But we had nothing to worry about, as we still share everything on a daily basis.  In spite of differences of opinion on many subjects, our feelings for each other have deepened over the years. 

Gayle