Along the same lines, I'm finding it amusing that we even feel the need to pair up people at all. Reading Paradigm of Uncertainty, I'm enjoying it greatly, but I think that's because they are older and more mature, but the whole speculation about pairings in the canon, well, it's really rather unnecessary, isn't it? Or is it just me? (Now let's see if I just opened a whole new can of worms. ) voicelady - who wasn't even looking and didn't find her soulmate until she was in her 30's. _____________________________________________________________ This email message was sent via MailStation(tm) - a trademark of CIDCO Incorporated.