A soft spot can mean literal physical soft area or figurative emotional fondness. Literal examples include the soft spot on a baby's head called fontanelle, which is the gap between skull bones that is soft and pulsating, allowing brain growth, and a soft spot in a fruit like a bruise on an apple where it is mushy. Figurative examples of having a soft spot, meaning affection or weakness for someone or something, include a man who has a soft spot for stray dogs and always feeds them, a teacher who has a soft spot for struggling students and gives extra help, or someone who has a soft spot for chocolate and cannot resist it. Another example is he has a soft spot for his niece and spoils her. In relationships, soft spot means fondness, as in she has a soft spot for old romantic movies. In real estate or engineering, soft spot means weak area in structure, as in the floor has a soft spot where wood is rotted. In anatomy, soft spot could be sensitive area. So examples vary, but most common figurative use is having affection, as in I have a soft spot for rescue animals and always donate, meaning I especially love them and am vulnerable to them.
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