Hi,

Since no one replied to your post and you placed it in the Christian forum, let me try to say something not completely useless.

A few years ago, I met a woman who had been badly hurt and remember telling her that the Devil is never happier than when you are miserable. He has done his job.

Love, beyond feelings, emotions, attraction, is essentially to will the good. And perfect love exists in the Trinity. The Father's love for the Son, and the Son's love for the Father give rise to the Holy Ghost. What we live in this world is a finite reflexion of this perfect love. And because it is finite, it is not perfect.

Even if tomorrow, you meet the "charming prince" and you think you have found your soul mate, the One, eventually you'll find that he's not perfect as you are not perfect. But your love is supposed to bear fruits. Traditionally, this was the role of the family, but today, the family, as an institution, is in bad shape. I will stop here.