Fate is a tricky thing. Most people have some conception of it. Some believe that it doesn't exist, while others believe that it affects everything and anything they do. That their whole lives are governed by it. Then there are those who believe it's a much more complicated thing. Perhaps there is such a thing as fate but people can still make their choices within the different elements of fate. Only the big events like who you fall in love with or how and when you die are determined by some force beyond our understanding. Whatever your conception of fate is, it's hard to find someone who doesn't have an opinion on its existence or lack thereof. The problem is that there's no way to really tell which is true and which isn't. In most cases, attributing something to fate usually happens in the aftermath. You meet the love of your life and live happily ever after, hopefully, and then you tell people who ask that it all came down to fate. Or you or someone you love dies and at the funeral, people talk about how there really wasn't anything that can be done. That it was fate and no one could've done anything to stop it.