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Benaishtart wrote: ↑January 12th, 2019, 1:38 pm It’s just my natural assumption that the further along your soul has progressed then the more likely it is that you’ll have foreordained family members. I guarantee you Lehi’s Family and Joseph Smith’s Family was not an accident, that was planned. There’s a quote from BY I think where he said that God looked over the smith clan for hundreds if not thousands of years. High level souls certainly don’t come to this earth without a plan. Families are the most important work we do here in this life so if anything is foreordained it would be our family. I’ve heard from to many people saying their patriarchal blessing made it clear there was a particular life mission which included a particular spouse, I’m not saying there’s no plan B or C, it’s just that there’s so much evidence leading to this.

Benaishtart wrote: ↑January 11th, 2019, 8:22 pm I’m quite familiar with statements since the 70’s the flat out say that soulmates are fiction. However, I am familiar with statements from John Taylor, Mosiah Hancock, Orson Pratt, Jos F Smith, multiple patriarchs, and others that say otherwise. For example, we know that we can for foreordained to have certain children, that means that there is often the partner involved in those promises. Does anyone on this forum claim to have a soulmate? Were we spiritually begotten in twin pairs of a male and a female? Or does everyone think this is just romantic wishful thinking? Anyone here experienced love at first sight? Do angels make this happen? Would love to hear anyone’s experiences.

Rwp wrote: ↑January 26th, 2019, 11:34 pm I agree with kirtland r.m. I won't discount anyone else's experience. I have never had the impression me and my husband knew each other before. However, I received very strong promptings that we would marry.

It was February 2009. It was my Senior year of high school and I was getting ready to go to the sweethearts dance with my boyfriend at the time. I was sitting on my best friends bedroom floor in front of a mirror putting on my makeup while she got ready in the bathroom.
I had this strong impression that wasn't mine. "This relationship you have with your boyfriend is nice but you're going to marry _____ (my husband's name)." I remember it so clearly because my husband is my best friends older brother who had returned from his mission almost a year earlier. And I was sitting in that best friends bedroom. I was looking in the mirror at the time and my face was crestfallen. I couldn't believe such an "immature" thought had come to my mind. I pushed it aside. I hadn't even talked to my now-husband more than saying "hi" a few times.

Well, my boyfriend and I broke up within a month. Some untimely high school drama took place. I spent more time with my best friend. I kept my eye on her brother and observed silently. He read his scriptures faithfully. He was actively asking girls on dates in pursuit of a wife. He loved his family. Heck, I loved his family.

Anyway, it's a really long story. There were a lot of promptings I received that let me know he was the one. It's just interesting the first one I received was that I would marry him.

I don't think that specifies we were soul mates. I do think we were likely friends though.