Uhhh...

At this very moment, we are discussing Love at first sight because we're reading Romeo and Juliet, moreover, just FINISHED R&J.

So, we're having a debate on whether love at first sight really does exist. Personally, I think it varies from person to person.

Discuss NAO.

Romeo and Juliet, huh...there's also Marius and Cosette from Les Misérables. Anyways...

I think it does; in some cases, that is. If you're talking about Lust at First Sight, then it's very common. But when we say Love at First Sight, cases like these are really rare nowadays.

As far as I can think of right now, some people are pretty cautious with these kinds of stuff (like me, heh) most likely because there're so many people all over that a person might go :slowpoke: when he/she suddenly feels those strange feelings upon meeting someone and supposedly "falling in love" with that person. Thoughts like, "Is he/she really the one?" pop up, interfering with the process of LAFS *laughs and is shot*

Just my two cents on this. I might add something if I get the chance.

Ichigo thinks Saito is right. Tho, something like that has never happened to me... Unless maybe my weird neighbor did <.<.

I have HAD love at first sight. It doesn't mean it's always good because it can turn good or bad. It depends on the person and how each of them deal with it. There's no reason why it couldn't exist.

Love at first sight means you're judging the person only on their appearance. Therefore, I don't think you can truly fall in love with someone just from seeing them.

I also never experienced such a thing. Most likely when you say love at first sight, it's based on the physical appearance. However, in some really rare cases they do fall in love...at least I think they do (is referring some random older people whom I've known for years).

Cases like this are very rare, but that doesn't mean it's the best kind of love there is. I actually prefer the fall-in-love-at-a-slow-and-steady-pace thingy, rather than just go "OMGIMINLOVE!!!" as soon as you set your eyes on someone who catches your fancy or something.

I don't think love at first sight always implies the moment you see her, especially seeing as the girl I considered to be my love at first sight wasn't hot or anything. She was cute but that's besides the point. Usually it's something they do, something that happened between the two. It does however still mean that they don't know each other prior to it.

I agree with PZ. What causes the "Love at First Sight" would be an action, not literally the first sighting of someone. Though, like mentioned earlier, it can also be taken as seeing someone for the first time. I say it is possible to love someone the first time you see them but the thing is, we I assume are generally a lustful race. Each one of us is to an extent lustful. Therefore, is highly unlikely that our first sighting of someone would be love and not lust.

Er.. I hope I explained properly... Or something... I dunno. ^-^; :slowpoke:

::Shadowman's Rare Appearance::

"Would you believe in a love at first sight
Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time"

-Beetles, "With a Little Help from My Friends"

That song happened to pop into my head while i was viewing

Agreeing with Zero, if we take the saying to literal terms. If it's based only on appearance, I wouldn't exactly call it "love," but rather a "crush"..... But then again, I'm a demon from hell (as my friend says), so what do I know. >.>; I think it takes time for love to develop; getting to know the person, enjoying times with them...... yup.

OOC: Have fun reading R&J. *Sarcasm* Actually, it wasn't that bad, but.....

hmmm as people have said its different for all, me right now i've been going through that for maybe 2 years now... like love at first sight, but one sided, might be two sided but who knows, its all a perspective i guess

Love at first sight? Nah. Let’s take a look at the definition of love first of all shall we?

Hmm; a profoundly passionate affection for a person? Now then, right off the bat, we see love is a strong word. It’s not one to be used loosely, thus it irks me when my friends often tell me that they’re in “love” with their girlfriend. Uh, no you’re not. You might like them a whole lot, but you’re most definitely not in love with them.

Unless somehow you were twins separated at birth, there is slim to none chance that you will experience the emotion of “love” at first sight. Now, you may feel a deep attraction to that person through indirect circumstances (ie: Seeing how the people around that person are acting, having forwarded information and discovering that your likes/dislikes are replicates) but the instant you see someone, experiencing “a profoundly tender, passionate affection?”

Now, I’m not here saying that you can’t start liking someone the instant you see them, that’s perfectly plausible as an argument. But love? That word is just one too strong to be thrown around like that.

Now, you can argue, “oh, I’d do anything for my lover,” but in reality, would you? If you imply that you love someone, or had love at first sight with a person; if I asked you to take a bullet for that person, with the foreboding knowledge that if you take it you would die with no chance of survival, would you do it?

How can you do that for a person you’ve just only seen, not to mention that you’ve never even had an actual conversation with them beforehand?

Now, you may argue, “hey, profound tender and passionate affection has nothing to do with throwing your life on the line!”

But then there’s yet again another argument that can brought up against me: “How can you express something as deep as love in mere words and definitions?” Well, that’s the thing; you can’t. Contradict yourself more why don’t you? If love is indeed this, deep, profound thing; how do you contract that emotion unto yourself at first sight?

Now, as PZ already mentioned, love at first sight may not always reference itself to the immediate action of seeing a person and falling in love. A valid argument; however, the phrase “at first sight” is the one in discussion here, and any connotation you take it as, “at first sight” means the moment you see a person. But I digress, I’m not here to pick at other people’s comments yet. This is just a statement of opinion first.

Now, it all boils down to one thing. “At first sight?” If I could give you the odds of the intense, deep, passionate, profound emotion called love being garnered in an instant; I’d probably bet it’d be one in a trillion. You can’t just find “love” in a second; that’s the stuff of movies. You need time to squeeze everything out of a relationship, form strong and lasting bonds with a person/significant other to gain love. Worldwide, it’s recognized as such a strong word/emotion that the idiom “Love at first sight” just doesn’t work out. I will however, agree that perhaps intense attraction/liking at first sight is a plausible argument.


If this was tl;dr, my point is; love is too strong of an emotion to occur at “first sight.”

Ehe. I post this third Period, and this happens.

This is interesting information. I'll be sure to record it for future reference.

There is no such thing as true love at first sight, only infatuation.

It doesn't exist.

My Survey Literature teacher said this:

There's only Infatuation at first sight, lust at first sight, and attraction at first sight. Nothing else.

Which is what the general population of the posters in this topic have been telling you.

I agree with what PR said.

true so i guess this lasted a day lol
you could always make love at first sight

Yeah, looks like it. So, topic ends now?

I think PhantomRiku won this topic. E-Cookie for you. (>^_^)>(::)

Love at first sight's just become such a broadly used phrase in the current society that it's pretty much been demeaned. . . . . . Just like the words hell, damn, etc. It's just become so common that it's lost meaning. Blee. That's my last statements for this topic.

Survey Says: PR is right and TK is even more right.

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