To think that the concept of “soulmates” is just a nice way to say “I don’t want to put in any effort?”

[ThisHeartyAzureGuide]

If it’s “meant to be,” why are you still crying about him three years later?

I'll preface this by saying I don't believe in soulmates.

But no, I don't think it's about not wanting to put in effort, I think it's how the individual makes emotional attachments and the personal meaning of those attachments. Many people believe in fate, karma, spiritualism etc, and the emotional attachments they make will inevitably tied up in those beliefs and how they make sense of the world.