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[quote=Anonymous]Absolutely.

My soulmate is ... horses.

I've been in love a few times. Madly in love, once. I'm married. I like who I'm married to. Do I feel like our souls connect and we complete one another? No.  in fact, I'm currently working very hard not to fall into an emotional affair with someone I'm working with on a big project and whom I've always found attractive and compelling. I'll manage not to cross the line because I'm not an idiot. I know that gorgeous feeling of a new emotional connection isn't what lasts for 20 or 50 years.  My work friend is a better match than my husband if it were day one,  but it's not. We're both married.  And a better match doesn't mean I'd still be breathlessly besotted in a decade. Relationships are hard and I'm not the easiest person in the world to understand (I agree with the poster who said soulmates are complementarily broken; it's certainly true with my current longing).

However, I have a soul mate. My soul is at peace around horses.  Always. There's no day around even a man I love that's as good as a day at the barn. Not even  our  wedding. It's been like this for me since I was eight years old.  I've gone through phases in my life when I'm not riding and I become dissatisfied, pessimistic, and lost.  When I'm riding regularly my life just works. My soul works. I become funnier, kinder, better at my job, a better spouse and parent.

Today the weather was so mild and the footing outdoors was decent, so I got in a lovely light workout with a hawk watching us from the fenceline. I had this moment where everything fell into place so beautifully and I found myself thinking I'm so lucky. Not everyone  gets to have something they'll love for a lifetime.

But I do. And any man who wants me is going to deal with saddle pads in the washer dryer.  
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