Soul Mates - Fact or Fiction?

First, for those who do not recognize the acronym MNO, let me explain - it stands for Mom's Night Out. It's when a group of moms get together once a month for dinner, drinks, and a chance to blow off steam. On one particular MNO, some time after appetizers, but before dinner arrived, one women asked the question, "Is everyone here married to her soul mate?" Wow! What a loaded question. What's next, another round of drinks and let's all swap bra sizes? I mean really, who is going to answer that question truthfully? The one about soul mates anyway, okay, maybe the bra size too. I'm betting over 50% of the women there were thinking, "No way, not me" but they are not going to say it, not out loud anyway.

So it brings me to the real heart of the matter...is there really such a thing as a soul mate? Does everyone have one? I looked across the table and presented the question, "What if yours is married to someone else?" "Well," one mom points out, "then that person is not your TRUE soul mate!" Huh? Are there different levels of soul mates? This is getting a bit convoluted, but for the sake of argument, okay...so what if your TRUE soul mate lives in a different country, or worse yet is dead? Do we get just one? Is there a quota on soul mates? Did someone in the cosmic order of things get in line twice and take more than his/her fair share, thus leaving someone else with none? This would actually explain a lot! It would explain why there are some incredible people out there without a partner or stuck in an unhappy relationship.

I could sense from how quiet the group got, and the cautious sideways glances some of the moms were giving others over the top of their wine glasses, that they were speculating on just who may have taken more than her fair share. At this point, I'm thinking that maybe swapping bra sizes wasn't such a bad idea after all.