Do you believe in love at first sight?

Singapore
January 28, 2010 2:19pm CST
Is it possible to fall in love with someone the moment your eyes lay on him/her? What really is the possibility of developing unbelievable chemistry between two strangers who just met? Is it a scenario that is only possible in movies and romance novels or does it really exist?
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@brymel25 (285)
• Philippines
29 Jan 10
Hi luckymichelle! I don't think "love at first sight" is true. If it was "crush at first sight" or "like" at first sight, then it would be much more realistic. I believe that love takes time and one cannot fall in love easily by just catching a glimpse of someone.
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@lymevat (47)
• United States
28 Jan 10
i believe love at first sight might happen for someone. one of my best friends said when he met his wife first time in a lift, his heart beating fast, he said to himself that girl should be his wife. however, I don't this will emerge to me. it is hard to fall in love when knowing less about someone.
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@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
28 Jan 10
No not really, I believe that love takes time. If you fall in love at first sight, then most likely its just a physical attraction.
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
29 Jan 10
I believe for some people it may be possible. But typically no. I believe love should grow over time. That way it has a better chance of lasting.
• China
29 Jan 10
i believe love takes time,but i think there might be some people who fall in love when they meet each other for the first time. love can be complex,and it can also be simple.need no resons for it. ther can be different kinds of love,why cannot there be the love at the first sight?
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
29 Jan 10
When you meet someone for the first time and at that instant attracted to this person, it is called infatuation or fatal attraction, which apparently some would mistakenly would call "love at first sight". The feeling is so intense that you feel like being with this person or just the thought of him/her puts a smile on our face. It is great if both have the same feeling of attraction for each other and probably that is where unbelievable chemistry would creep in, appreciating each other more without any restraints... thus leading to a fairytale romance or whatever romance novel would call it. For me to fall in love happens by chance and not because it is a choice... so i guess to fall in love at first sight only proves true...
• United States
30 Jan 10
One thing I would like to point out is that in a love at first situation you will always have the feeling that you have known that exact person forever. I suppose it has something to do with intuition guiding you towards him or her. But yes, it is a bit different from the infatuation we get into when we see a cute face.
• Singapore
30 Jan 10
Well I think perhaps when 2 people meet for the very first time and to have such intense chemistry may be really just like a fairytale but I believe such incidents do happen in reality =)
• United States
29 Jan 10
Yes, I believe in love at first sight because this is what brought me and my boyfriend close to each other. However, logically, love at first sight is actually a deep infatuation that later has the tendecy to grow into a real love. Now this infatuation is actually linked to physical attraction. You know nothing about the person, but you know that you like them physically. That said, things can go either way once you get a chance to know them. If their personality becomes a turn off the flame in you about them might just go away. But if personality seems favorable you might just take your friendship to the next level. Actually this personality is what builds up the chemistry. What I have seen is that my love story was exactly like a romantic movie. We had love at first sight, but then again for 3 months we kept quiet about it thinking we disliked each other. But then we suddenly start talking. Then we get into the sleepless night modes where we find ourselves intoxicated with love. At one point, we confess our love and come to know that it was mutual from the very beginning. In the end, we live happily ever after. Doesn't that sound like a plot from the movie? But for me it is the reality and I have not quite digested that it happened with me and that he is mine.
• Singapore
30 Jan 10
Wow it does sound like a plot from a movie. Well sometimes I suppose it is also important you are frank with your feelings. In your case if you both hadn't come clean with your feelings towards each other you might not even have found out the real feelings you have for each other. Am I right to say that?
• United States
30 Jan 10
You are absolutely right. We would have definitely missed out on each other if we didn't clarify the truth. When the quarter is still on I thought a few times that he had someone and he felt the same way about me and it is because we came up as closed off. But later we found out that both of us were extremely shy and that is why we were quiet in the beginning. But again, this relationship helped me learn something. And that is, such love story takes place only if you are not looking for anyone. Its like a splash of dream that suddenly becomes real.
• Philippines
29 Jan 10
i think it happens to others, there are some successful marriages from love at first sight but for me, i don't think it will happen. love must come from knowing and accepting a person for his imperfections, which you can't see in the first meeting.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
29 Jan 10
yaa.. i believe in love at first sight.. because if a person saw a beautiful girl.. then he think .. she is really good.. and his heartbeat's fasts.. but mostly people are attracted by physical attraction.... nit by heartly attraction..
• Philippines
29 Jan 10
hi anurag.. I think being attractive with a persons physical appearance is not love.. it's just an infatuation.. but sometimes people mistaken infatuation as love.. that's my opinion anyway
@EARLZHAN (934)
• Philippines
1 Feb 10
Well, I think Love at first sight is really possible it happens because of attraction. We are being attract with someone because of the physical appearance, common interest and good personality.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
29 Jan 10
As far as I am concenred, though I have not met the thing on myself. I do believe in love at the first sight. I think there will be true love happened at the first sight when you see the person who you has a deep feeling in your heart. I think the true will be bigger and bigger .You just need to persuade yourself that is true love . I think in the end you will come to a marriage.
• Philippines
29 Jan 10
hi michelle... as for me.. I don't believe in Love at First sight because how come you can say that you already love the person the first time you saw him/her if you don't know him/her yet.. because you will only know that you love the person if you already know him/her well... what they call Love at First sight is just simply and admiration for me.. or maybe just an infatuation... take care and happy mylotting
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
31 Jan 10
It exist. Mine has last about 5-6 years, it was in secondary school and we was very young, about 12-13 years old, but we never go out together because i did something wrong toward him and let him go... I was so stupid.
• China
29 Jan 10
hi, I believe in love at first sight. One of my friends said she fell in love his boyfriend at first sight. They had loved each other for a long time, although they broke up finally because of the distance.
@enyniya (299)
• Bulgaria
29 Jan 10
I would love to experience such love but I know that the possibility for this is less than 0! Why? Because people have changed and we are not that reliable or trustworthy or even worthy of someone's love at first sight! The chemistry is a possible but temporary reaction of our minds and bodies, for permanent affection we need communication.
• Singapore
30 Jan 10
Hi enyniya I do think sometimes love at first sight is possible though it seems more likely in movies and fairy tales. Of course after the initial phase of intense chemistry the next step is for both to know each other even more through interaction and communication.
29 Jan 10
i think it happens only in films and novels it is not the reality. and actually it is not the love at first site it is a kind of attraction we feel when we see our opposites. in todays world we change the meanings of true love, it genarally not begins immediately by someone's beauty. it is the feeling that started by staying close to the someone and by his/her nature.