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by steelhamster@aol.com on March 12th, 2007

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If as some people have it, there is someone in the world for everyone? Why do 90% of people marry the person who lives within 20 miles of their birthplace? Who is to say that the special person you were meant for doesnt live on the otherside of the world?

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  • by Vesper on March 12th, 2007

    Vesper

    I dont believe there could be just one special person. Out of the bajillions of people on this planet, theres probably tons one can be compatible with enough to make a happy life with them.. That makes them the one they choose......

    It just so happens to be more convienient to settle down with someone within a 20 mile radius than to travel to the ends of the earth to find someone else. Good question.

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  • by Zibbys Mind Is In the Gutter Today on May 18th, 2007

    Zibbys Mind Is In the Gutter Today

    I don't believe that there is only one person out there for me, but I'm only wiling to travle 20 miles away from my house. Hell, with gas as high as it is, love would be too costly to find!

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  • by scubaduba on May 16th, 2007

    scubaduba

    Statistically speaking you have a greater chance of meeting someone in a close proximity to you.

    Additionally, I think that relationships that last a long time are based upon shared values, and there is a greater chance that you will share the same values as someone that is from the same area, than someone who is from somewhere else.

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  • by Bluerose on March 14th, 2007

    Bluerose

    Proof that there is no such thing as a soul mate. You may love someone and decide to call them your soul mate but that is as far as it goes. You cannot be soul mates with someone you have never met.

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  • by Simply msFortunate on March 12th, 2007

    Simply msFortunate

    I think about the same thing myself. If that is truly how romance works, I am inclined to say that, yes, it's entirely possible that the one person who is meant for me is halfway across the world. Of course, there is no way to test this. And, I heartily believe that there is more than one person out there for everyone on earth. Whether you ever meet any of them is really up to you and fate.

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  • by Penny The Wise on March 12th, 2007

    Penny The Wise

    I actaully just had a good friend of my bf's and I move to Japan to be with his girlfriend (They got married once he moved over there.) Not everyone goes for the girl next door. But to answer some of your question, its easy to meet people who live near you. Its less effort to visit someone who you can just drive 5 minutes to see.

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  • by This Daley has a new bundle of joy on March 12th, 2007

    This Daley has a new bundle of joy

    Well, I think there is more than one person out there for most of us, some of us are just luckier than others at finding them.

    I think what you stated in your question was probably true throughout time but will likely continue to change as we become a more global society and more and more people met via the Internet.

    Or, maybe it is more simple than that. Maybe what makes a person right for us is as simple as having a shared viewpoint and common background. In that case, I can understand why so many people would marry someone who grew up within their same community. The commonalities can be comforting.

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  • by Venice Vella on May 18th, 2007

    Venice Vella

    I was born in London and my husband was born in Kalgoorlie, Australia. I lived all over the country and he didn't leave his hometown until after we married. There is always someone isn't there!!!

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  • by singwell-is off researching a lot on May 18th, 2007

    singwell-is off researching a lot

    I don't believe in "one" person for each person on earth. Some people are never going to marry, for any of a million reasons, and some people marry more than once( not just because of divorce, but because of widowhood). I believe there are probably quite a few possibles, but when you meet one of them, you know. I did with my husband. We had so much in common, world view (Christian),field of study (we met at Uni studying languages) and culturally (I came from a large extended Anglo-Aussie family, he from an Italian-German Aussie family) plus I liked the way he looked, spoke, thought etc right from the word go.

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  • by Izzie on March 18th, 2008

    Izzie

    Many people find their SO in other countries! I have a friend who found her husband in Spain! :)

    But maybe we're born where we're born to make it easier to find that one person. you think? Idk.

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