Flamesplash's Journal: Survey: Product

So here's one of those silly which would you choose questions.

If you had to choose between

A: Being with your soulmate, but only for a short period (a couple years perhaps), and then never really seriously being with anyone again.

B: Being with someone who is not anywhere near your soulmate, but definetly better than your average friend, for as long as you wish.

The idea being the product of time and magnitude of each relationship being about the same.

Which would you choose? How does it fit into how you perceive life, and your religion/beliefs?

I personally hate these questions :P but I'll answer something later. This of course isn't meant to make anyone commit to anything specific, just a what at this exact moment would you choose, and perhaps why.

I'll probably delete this in a day or two after absolutely no one responds ;)

Soulmate?

[FortKnox]

Do you truely believe in soulmates (ie - only one person truely and completely compatable with you)?

I do not, so I can't really give an answer. My wife is someone I love that I can't imagine being without. I intend to be with her longer than the 8 years we've known each other (and 3 years we've been married).

Re:Soulmate?

[Flamesplash]

The short answer is yes. I'll go into the slightly longer one later when I don't have homework due in 24 hours :P

That said, even if the person exists sometimes you just aren't meant to find them in life/that life. We're here to learn, and sometimes being with that person would take away from what you are supposed to learn.

I'll explain the cones of compatibility later.

Cones of Compatibility

[Flamesplash]

So I had this thought a while ago. I'll explain it the way I originally thought of it then explain it much simpiler.

Take two cones and attach them together on their flat sides. Now orient it so the cone ends are pointing up and down. You now have a 3D are or sorts. Now imagine there are an infinite number of horizontal cross sections in this area. Now imagine everyone in the world is on some level in this area.

The people in the middle where the cones came together are completely neutral to you. You

I'd pick 'B'

[bellus quies]

I haven't really come to a conclusive opinion regarding the soulmate issue, if that person even exists. But consider that the person who compliments you in that might be non-romantic, and just a friend. What if it is a guy, in your case, a friend that you are in contact with your whole life, and that friendship evolves and makes you a better person for knowing that individual?

Romantic relationships are complex and involve more nuance than simple friendship. Personally I've got a lot to learn and experie

Neither

[SPautz]

Even thinking about this choice while single is a dangerous thing. Both options suck, not because of themselves, but because either way you spend WAY too much time thinking about girls, which only makes life suck. Once you've got someone it's a different matter, but if you're single then the surest way to stay single is to spend too much time thinking about girls.

Re:Neither

[Flamesplash]

That's true. How's the saying go? You don't find someone till you stop looking? And there is of course the fact that guys put out 'desperate' phermones when they are hunting for female.

Geek loophole

[bellus quies]

After reading Ksh's journal about it being her 0th anniversary, then scrolling down and seeing this poll...I found a loophole.

If I plan on being infinitely happy with a person, then the product of happiness X time would be infinite either way, so the better deal would be the lifetime allotment of infinite happiness, rather than a couple years :)

Re:Geek loophole

[Flamesplash]

Doh! Quick anyone, does infinity have an inverse??