Relationships.....someone enlighten me please!!!

Wow. The arrogance of youth, eh? 25 years old and you think you have all the experience you'll ever need in a relationship? Good luck!

Wow. Dude, you have sooooooooo much to learn! People are extremely complex, and 'being yourself' is seldom enough. It's not about a set of 'learnt relationship skills' - it's about life experience. Subtle things like patience, tolerance, empathy.... all the things you think you have in spades until they're tested in the heat of a relationship. Communication is, as you rightly say, essential. But communication often breaks down, and is frequently not as simple in practice as it seems in theory.

I agree with 90% of that statement, but often the person who is 'right' for us is not the person who we're ideally suited to for the rest of our lives..... or you wouldn't be single, would you?

In one sense you're correct, but just because that spirit and that connection is their, it may not be sufficient to sustain a lifelong relationship if you lack the experience to make it work. It's certainly a great help, but it's not all that's important.

If that floats your boat, then good luck to you.

And you talk like someone who has no idea what the fuck he's talking about. I'm profoundly in love, thank you very much, and have been for six and a half years. I have a relationship with a partner with who I never argue, with whom I communicate openly and honestly, who is the best friend I've ever had. We still have amazing sex, we still never run out of things to talk about, we still never tire of each other's company, we still want to do everything together...... we are, without a doubt, soul mates. Clearly though, I don't know what I'm missing out on, and have never experienced true love. Here's me with my soul mate, and there's you single. I'm amazed by the breadth of your patronising attitude - that you're able to sit there and tell me that I've never experienced 'true love'.