Soul mates : reality or torture device ? Soul

Soul mates : reality or torture device ?

Soul mate. Two little words, one big concept. A belief that someone, somewhere, is holding the key to your heart, and your dream house. All you have to do is find them. So where is this person ? And, if you love someone and it didn't work out, does that mean they weren't your soul mate ? Were they just a runner-up in the game show called "happily ever after" ? And, as you move from age box to age box, and the contestants get fewer and fewer, are your chances of finding your soul mate less and less ? ...

                                                       (Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the city, Season four, episode one)