Like most typical
girls, I grew up watching Disney movies, which consisted primarily of
princesses finding their true loves and living happily ever after. I watched
these movies and played “house” while thinking to myself that one day I would
find my own prince charming, and live happily ever after just like the
princesses I grew up admiring. In addition to the Disney movies that initiated
my thoughts of finding true love, learning about the concept of “soul mates”
added to my belief that I was destined to be with someone. Plato presents a
theory of soul mates in his philosophical dialogue, Symposium. He describes humans as originally having four arms and