tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post6069320531217551434..comments2024-02-27T09:33:20.185-08:00Comments on The Duchy of Burgundy Carrots: A Cynic Gets MarriedQueen of Carrotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-30675208951535225322007-09-11T13:00:00.000-07:002007-09-11T13:00:00.000-07:00I wasn't really looking for a soul-mate, although ...I wasn't really looking for a soul-mate, although I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my husband can indeed be my best friend. (He makes a rotten girl friend, though.) The people who seek after the Soul Mate concept are the same ones who enshrine the memories of their First Time: the best is always behind or before, but never what you've got right now.<BR/><BR/>-- SJthe Joneseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854341910963353734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-22820872722952020552007-09-11T07:32:00.000-07:002007-09-11T07:32:00.000-07:00I put a link to your blog on mine yesterday. You ...I put a link to your blog on mine yesterday. You can read what I said at:<BR/>http://widemargins.blogspot.com/2007/09/eat-your-carrots.htmlMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840406011488086522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-63600923340976563872007-09-11T06:10:00.000-07:002007-09-11T06:10:00.000-07:00Humph. Have all those people on the survey who agr...Humph. Have all those people on the survey who agree that living together is a good way to test-drive for marriage, and even those who insist they would not marry someone who wouldn't agree to live together first, NOT read all the statistics documenting that cohabitation only INcreases the likelihood that the marriage will end in divorce??<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with your post. Who can define that mystical soul connection, anyway? I would say NOW that Michael and I are definitely soul-mates, one-and-onlies, intended for each other, but there are so many ways of defining that, so many sparks of compatibility. If I had felt God leading me to another person, I'm sure I could have built up as watertight a case for that as well. ('Aha! He plays the piano, something I have always dreamed of - must be destiny.') Michael's not playing the piano doesn't mean that I am unsatisfied in our relationship, nor that I am always second-guessing my decision and wondering whether I missed out on The One - it just means that I have grown enough as a person to get over any trivial fancies, and to learn which concerns are more trivial than others.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517116551921874843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-12097525061838681582007-09-11T04:36:00.000-07:002007-09-11T04:36:00.000-07:00you can have it all - a wonderful friend, a great ...you can have it all - a wonderful friend, a great lover, and someone who stays by your side even during those days you feel like walking to the moon rather than dealing with your kids.<BR/>Soul-mate IS the one you count on.<BR/>I have mine.<BR/>AMrubbernink.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639077405954862745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831804.post-79341655386474845532007-09-10T11:27:00.000-07:002007-09-10T11:27:00.000-07:00Good post. Someday . . . perhaps I won't be as cyn...Good post. <BR/>Someday . . . perhaps I won't be as cynical about this subject.<BR/>Happy Anniversary, btw!Zippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137455816360406498noreply@blogger.com