Yep, I totally believe this.
I had a similar encounter with an old lady many years ago.
i was sitting in a little park which adjoined the churchyard, eating my lunch and mulling over a huge problem I was struggling with. This lady appeared and sat beside me and started chatting. I was a little bit annoyed as this was supposed to be my ‘thinking time’
Anyhow, she told me she had just visited her sons grave. It was a very hot day and I wondered why she was wearing a big tweed overcoat and a head scarf. Well she told me that her family shunned her because she she ‘knew things’ before they happened.
so, now I’m feeling a little bit uncomfortable.
She told me that a family friend had a small child and she ‘’knew” he was going to get very sick, and it was quite possible he would die. Well as it happens, the child did get sick and he never recovered and did in fact pass away.
So, after that, the family refused to have anything to do with her.
Well by this time I’m thinking she’s a nutter and I should probably leave.
Then she said, ‘it will be ok you know, everything will turn out fine’ I started to ask what she meant but she stopped me. She told me my name (almost) think Pauline instead of Paula, it was that close. She told me my birth sign and gave me the initials of people close to me, including the person involved in my current struggle.
Well, now I was sitting up and paying attention. She asked if I had anything to drink. I had a small bottle of orange juice in my bag and I thought Oh God, she knows I have. So I gave her my drink. Then she told me she could see lots of water in my future. I asked her if she meant like a swimming pool and she said no, not like that, she saw big oceans, miles of water.
Well that didn’t fit anything as I lived nowhere near water so I thought this bit must be wrong.
She told me a few more things which made no sense at the time and reassured me that whatever decision I made would be the correct one.
I thanked her and left, feeling a little bit shaken.
Fast forward many years and I can tell you that the decision I made was indeed the right decision and the person whose initials she gave me became my husband 2 years later. Although that marriage ended (after 20 yrs) I then met my current partner and we moved to another country where we now live, near the ocean.
Ok, I know this sounds like a load of made up rubbish, but I swear this happened. I can’t explain it, I have never been tempted to visit a fortune teller, not then and not now. However, whenever I have a difficult choice to make in my life I recall her telling me it will be ok and that I will make the right choice, this has carried me through a few tricky events.
Regarding OP’s soulmate. Yep, I firmly believe that there are people in our life who are supposed to be there, no matter what. It doesn’t mean OP will jump into bed with him, but they have been brought together for a reason. The reason may not be revealed for a few more years yet, but one day there will be an ahh hah moment and it will become clear.