Fate?

Fate is an interesting idea. If you believe in fate it conflicts with free will. If you believe in free will it's hard to believe in fate. Of course then that brings in soul mates and love at first sight which are hard to deal with. Cause can you have soul mates without having fate? I'm not sure. I like free will but I like the idea of seeing the future. And seeing the future creates nice conflicts as well. First is it destined to happen and nothing you can do will change it. Or is it changeable and then it's not really fate. By knowing the future will we cause it to happen. Food for thought.