... the soulmate myth is really good at taking all the bad first dates, the breakups, the dashed hopes, and disappointments and putting them into a story that says ‘someday all of this will fall into place’…the soulmate myth promises that amidst the dizzying and often confusing landscape of dating apps there is one match out there that will make sense of it all. It promises an anchor to modern life that many find appealing.