RULED BY A THIN LINE

I was reading up on the red string of fate also referred to as the red thread or red thread of destiny. It's an ancient folklore about how a man and a woman are brought together by the red thread because it is their destiny.

One story featuring the red string of fate involves a young boy. Walking home one night, a young boy sees an old man(YXL) standing beneath the moonlight. The man explains to the boy that he is attached to his destined wife by a red thread. YXL shows the boy the young girl who is destined to be his wife. Being young and having no interest in having a wife, the young boy picks up a rock and throws it at the girl, running away. Many years later, when the boy has grown into a young man, his parents arrange a wedding for him. On the night of his wedding, his wife waits for him in their bedroom, with the traditional veil covering her face. Raising it, the man is delighted to find that his wife is one of the great beauties of his village. However, she wears an adornment on her eyebrow. He asks her why she wears it and she responds that when she was a young girl, a boy threw a rock at her that struck her, leaving a scar on her eyebrow. She self-consciously wears the adornment to cover it up. The woman is, in fact, the same young girl connected to the man by the red thread shown to him by YXL back in his childhood, showing that they were connected by the red string of fate.

"The first encounter is by chance. The second by fate."  

Two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break.

What a funny thought. I don't really believe in it though, if you have nothing in common with the person, how would you tolerate him/her? But then again, if it really is up to fate or destiny, the person you are paired with should be right up your caliber, am I wrong? Oh well.

It was nice having some thinking time. Well, back to studying.