A soulmate is someone who you have a contract to meet up with in this lifetime at a certain piont in order to learn or be reminded of something, or someone. Basically you have a contract to learn something from this person about yourself. A Life Partner is someone who wants to see you grow and supports you in this growth process. I like to describe it as two trees growing seperatlyand their leaves are touching at the top. Both are strong as seperate trees and together they compliment each other. If one of the two trees leans on the other proper growth wil not take place.