Do you believe in soulmates?

I don't know if I do.

Everytime I see a friend get married or have a baby, they're happy for a good little while, but then they're blue.

But why?

Is it that the dramatic nature of life's ups and downs caught them by surprise?

Or did they surmise

that all relationships ebb and flow and this is just their time?

Who knows.

But it'd be nice if someone could definitively resolve

whether there's a 1 to 1 ratio.