Love at first sight, who believes and why?

[Abyssinian]

Just after general opinions on this.

I've fallen for people that I've known beforehand, that's easy. But how many of us have met someone and instantly felt something?

I've never believed in love at first sight. I think you have to really know someone in order to love them. But I now know an instant connection is possible. I just started seeing someone, and whilst I'm still getting to know this person, I knew there was something there the moment I met him. I don't like not knowing what's going on so this whole situation really threw me.

What do you all think about this subject?

[Erasmus]

I don't. Nuff said.

[ImCoolBeans]

I don't know about love, but meeting somebody and feeling attraction/feelings for them is certainly possible. I know I've had it happen to me before.

[Efflorescence]

Love is something very complex that you can only develop after you've known the person well. It's more than just mere infatuation. So I think that love develops over time. That's why I don't believe in love at first sight.

[kenoloor]

It's foolish in my eyes. The idea that you can look at someone for a split second and be in love with them is ridiculous. "Love" is something that is built over time.

Also, chemically speaking, it's perfectly plausible to be attracted to someone after looking at them once, but not "in love" with them. That's not how your brain's chemicals work.

[Genghis Khan]

It's foolish in my eyes. The idea that you can look at someone for a split second and be in love with them is ridiculous. "Love" is something that is built over time.

Also, chemically speaking, it's perfectly plausible to be attracted to someone after looking at them once, but not "in love" with them. That's not how your brain's chemicals work.

Yeah I think the famous flaw in the saying is that it confuses love with intimacy or infatuation, when they aren't the same thing.

Fuck love man, fuck bitches and smoke pot all day. Who needs to be caring, intimate and sensitive to feelings.

[User Deleted]

That depends. There are two definitions of love.

If you mean the feeling, yes. I believe love as a feeling is a stupid concept as it mirrors infatuation. Refer to Genghis Khan/Yazdegard

Love as how you treat someone, love as in you treat one with respect, courtesy, how people should typically treat others. Yes, but not as plausible.

Love as treating someone as stated above because you know them, you believe they deserve that treatment, you care for who they are and how they act, no. You can't instantly know someone. Typically this is mistranslated to love being just feelings. Often if you care about someone that much there will be feelings though different than infatuation feelings.

Personally I find love to be a bit of a sketchy thing to play with. I'm yet to find someone define it excellently. Even if you know it well there are so many interpretations. It's such a hard needy thing to maintain. On top of that the benefits seem minimal. Forcing yourself to over-associate because you think you are in love makes you sick of people.

Maybe it's just me and love isn't so hard. Or maybe it isn't just me and people divorce, break up, drama every day every where.

[Heatbomb21]

I don't . The closest I do is if you get a miniscule incline that something good will come when you see a person, or instantly seeing that they are not a bad person. Besides that, I say it takes a while.

[Aksed]

Don't tell me there isn't a person in your life that you felt different/special/etc. about after seeing him the first time. If you get to know that person better, you'll eventually find out the different/special feeling is love. If that never happened to you, I really hope that it does, it's an amazing feeling.
Bottom line : I believe in love at first sight!

[Golden Terror]

i do with all my heart <3

[Jmihas]

I do believe in it although I don't so it's confusing, "being attracted to sexy person" is common.

[Wicked_Syn]

I don't believe in love as in marriage / relationship love, but I do believe in love as in "damn I wanna get with you in bed baby!" lol

[Abyssinian]

Good contrast of answers. I personally dislike the concept, knowing you can have those initial feelings that are so strong and still you obviously can't know whether it'll work out. I can imagine if it does though, you definitely win!

[Abyssinian]

Don't tell me there isn't a person in your life that you felt different/special/etc. about after seeing him the first time. If you get to know that person better, you'll eventually find out the different/special feeling is love. If that never happened to you, I really hope that it does, it's an amazing feeling.
Bottom line : I believe in love at first sight!

The part of me that believes that I've seen it all is rolling it's eyes. My idealistic site I'd hoping that that is exactly what happens x)

Keep believing!

[audiophile5]

I belive in it.. It kinda happened to me. We had a project with another class in my school, and when i saw a girl from the other class, i instantly knew i would fall for her.

[christianteen]

I think it's impossible to 'love' some one just by seeing them with your eyes. I reckon that's just a physical attraction.

Love is about many more things. Personality, care, if they hold you to comfort you, perking up when you hear the sound of their voice. Things like that.

[Fiction]

I'm weird in that I don't even really find people attractive until I know them. I mean, I can tell whose attractive but I can't develop a "crush" from just looks. So I don't agree with love, or even a connection at first site. I'd seen my boyfriend around college for months, even having him pointed out my friends because he's attractive, before I felt myself attracted to him. :P

Although saying that I guess attraction happens with me before I even know i'm attracted. It tends to start with me feeling intimdated by someone :P