LOVE at first sight.

False. The idea that someone's appearance which is all you see at first sight is enough to cause you to fall in love actually demeans the concept of love. I think love takes time to develop and that is what makes it special.

 

I think sometimes people can fall in love very fast, in a matter of days or weeks or whatever, but no I don't think love at first sight exists. Lust at first sight I think would probably be more accurate

 

I believe in lust at first sight, but I think love is a more complex emotion that cannot be an immediate emotion you have towards someone.

 

I think its true ^^

 

Why?

 

Some kind of both.
You can get this feeling when you first see the person but to love her/him I think you have to get to know this person.

 

Infatuation can be replaced by love almost seamlessly, but love requires far more than an initial glimpse into someone.

 

I don't know about "first sight" but I think when it is right it can click remarkably quickly. I remember when I met my partner thinking within the first day that this might be the one--don't recall ever having thought that before, and I dated rather extensively.

 

I actually believe in it to an extent, and I will try and explain why

How do you determine if it exists? You have to consider the experiences of the population as a whole. People who dont believe in it have never experienced it, therefore they can be assumed ignorant of its existence. This is like asking someone who never studied science if they believe in black holes. They are ignorant so most likely not the best people to ask. I believe those who say they fell in love at first sight truley believe they have. Now in reality they more than likely felt EXTREMELY strong feelings for the person, whether lust, or infatuation, or whatever. Then once talking to them discovered very quickly that they were very compatible. However if they interpret it as love at first sight, it must be because of how strongly they felt at the beginning.

It is not like someone will see someone they are attracted to, talk to them and discover they are a complete asshole, and then say that was love at first sight. Love implies compatibility. Once compatibility is determined, they discover they are in love. Now obviously that is playing fast and loose with the meaning of "first sight" but the bottom line is, because they found them to be compatible, they associated those first strong feelings with love, and hence feel they have experienced love at first sight.

IDK if that makes sense to you guys, and I am about 1/3 in to a bottle of Jack Daniels at this point, but that is what came to my mind when I saw this thread.

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OGS posted while I was typing, and that sounds like what I mean. It happens so fast with such strong feelings, that they feel they experienced love at first sight.

 

False, obviously.

 

Obviously :bang:

 

False. Infatuation or lust, sure, but not love.

 

False - Physical attraction at first and then love when you get to them more.

 

I believe in attraction at first sight. Love is something that develops over time.

 

I would say, it depends on how like near they are.

Like if it's someone who is in your class at school then it could happen since it'd be right there in the moment knowing who the person is

But if it's like the 3rd class above you or whatever and you only see them in the hallways you'd probably have to learn about them from what you hear and then fall in love with them

I have experience on both accounts

 

I say that it's like this: you become somewhat attracted to the person by their looks (lust). What initial attracts you in for the kill is their personality, which you discover by spending time with them. So no, I don't necessarily believe in love at first sight.

 

Meh, no such thing.

How can you fall in love with someone you just met? You can sure think to yourself "Oooh, gurrl, you hot" or "I'd tap that", but love... honey, please!

 

Re: LOVE at first sight.
I believe in attraction at first sight. Love is something that develops over time.

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