"The One? Or "Your Soul Mate?

[KSig RC]

Looking back on this thread like 6 years later (WOW), I still feel about the same way, but want to add one thing:

Many people use the concept of "THE ONE" (or, rather, the feelings they believe they should 'have' or 'feel' when they meet "THE ONE") as a reason to find fault in otherwise fine relationships, or as an excuse when they get scared that a relationship has progressed to a point of uncomfortable decisions.

That's really the genesis of my feeling that the concept is a cop out a lot of the time.

It's also a convenient reason to exclude people from the dating pool, which is often a sign of social discomfort or fear - after all, we all have this concept of who "THE ONE" is in our mind's eye, however silly that may be.