why does love seem to happen when you least expect it? Is there such  a thing as love at first sight?
438102
Well my lady and i are into our 10 month and we met when i saw her across the mall.I have never walked up and introduced myself like that before,but i had this urge that couldn't stop.\nWe are soul mates,and are happier with every day that passes.I am glad that you have found love,and as you can tell from your own experience that it is possible.
158672
Sure, it can happen. Love can start from almost anything. Sometimes it can even start from friendhip, a la "When Harry Met Sally." Sometimes the love comes first and the lust comes second.
495273
Sorry but there is no set time it is just something that happens. I found mine  true love happened when i least expected it just kind of 'popped' up on me. When the time is right it will find you. :)
493364
Love is something that usually grows.  Love at first sight doesn't happen very often.  It's hard to just be in love.  The only way you can discover if you are in love is to give it time to grow and be patient.  If you can see yourself going through life and growing old with the other person then you may very well be in love.  As for the other person, just wait.
406374
Definitely not, we all have a first love, and more times than not this is not the person you end up with for the rest of your life.  Love like many other things in this world comes in many forms, from puppy love to the all time passionate love we see in romantic movies, but somewhere in between those two is real love.\n(Infatuation--Love--Obsession)
65251
Yep, I do believe in love at first sight. Because it happened to me.
737370
It's not love.... it's LUST at first sight.\n\nLove is a lot more mature than that and develops over time.\nIt doesn't just appear in the sudden presence of someone.\n\nMy boyfriend has told me he loved me since he first saw me (which was in a picture). This was 2 years ago. I thought it was sweet... but it was lust... which turned into love over time.
644352
I really don't think that it's ever to soon to fall in Love.\nI mean seriously love is a B-z like you never know when it will happen or leave you, I'm happy for you, because some people never get to experience the little thing called love. And girl if you think that you've found it.... don't let it go!!!! Good Luck!
232385
I do believe in attraction at first sight that may lead to love.  But "real" love means something more than just attraction.  It means that something happens and if something happes, it means that two people are willing to take some risks and ultimately live some experiences together.  Love may be there from the start, but you only realize it is love when you have some road behind you.
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It doesn't matter when you fall in love it's how you fall in love. Yes, alot of people fall in love before you have fallen in love, and some people do so at a younger age but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you. \n\nWhen it happens to you it will happen. If you are worried about it alot, ask yourself, are you scared to fall in love? Are you opening yourself up to the possibility of falling in love? Are you putting yourself in any situations that will aid in meeting someone that you could eventually fall in love with? \nIf you think that you are doing all of these things and opening yourself to the possibility, then you have just not yet met the person you will fall in love with, and that's fine. But if you're yearning to fall in love without actually opening yourself up to love then you should honestly ask yourself are you scared? Are you open to the possibility? And then try and work from the answer you find. If you're scared of falling in love then try and figure out why and work through it. If you arn't putting yourself in the situation to meet new people, then put yourself in it.
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i think it might be very rare to actually fall in love at first sight but it can happen. now, if you see someone and all you think about is "wow, they must be great in bed" that would definitly be lust. but if you feel like you really want to get to know them then yes, i would say it was love. only because that has happened to me. when i first saw my boyfriend (we both met at church) i totally knew that i cared for him. but caring is not the same as love. but it did turn into that. so it is a long process, sure there was attraction but also a deep mutal respect and care for that person as well. sorry if this is confusing but love is sometimes a confusing thing.
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I don't know.  Of-course you have to get to know somebody, but a lot is unconsciously inferred from someone's physicality and the way he or she interacts with another.  You might not think you know many details about someone after having or watching a conversation, but you know more than you know you do!  There was a recent study that showed that people could predit with a great degree of accuracy what their future relationships would be like within the first 30 seconds of interaction.  \n\nOf-course I'm a firm believer in getting to know someone.  Love- true love- often grows and surprises you!  And whatever you feel at first sight often fails you, as you discover things about your parter that are painful deal breakers.  However, something can definitely be exchanged between two strangers, and when it happens- it's very exciting!!!\n\nAnd no- I am NOT talking about lust.  Lust happens all the time.  It's not love, it's not infatuation, it's not anything but physical attraction.\n\nWith all my exes, it started with that special, hard to describe, mutual feeling- I am an atheist, but it felt like our souls were magnetized towards each other.  Amazing how with knowing so little about someone else, each time I had that feeling it resulted in years of real love.
60842
love is the thing that creeps up on you unexpectedly it's the person sitting in thier car next to you at a red light, the cashier at the local Walmart,or even the gas attendant where you get 5 dollars of gas at everyday. that's where love caught me after everyday of fueling up and grabbing a cappaciano before work i realized the clerk staring at me one day and actually stopped to talk to him and now i'm engaged and living in a different state just to be with him. Trust me you will know when you find it or when it comes to you!
334249
same here...love comes when u least expect it!!!
492785
let see now true love ....it a smile you cant wipe away its your mind stuck in one gear it your heart hurting from being apart its that i cant wait to get home just so i can see them eyes now for love a first sight that can happen alot but outside is outside the real love comes from within and if you are lucky to have both then and only then is it love at first sight
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Love has no unrealistic expectations.  If you've seen both the best and worst of someone, then you can decide whether or not you love them.  Infatuation is blind to the flaws of the person who is its object, chooses to ignore those flaws even if they're deal-breakers, which can result in rude awakenings when the infatuation phase fades out.
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Please do not listen to these other people. Although they mean well, I know personally that there can be real, true, lasting love (not LUST or INFATUATION! Boy am I sick of those dumb words! People just use them to sound grownup and wierd and fancy shmancy! {not to "dis" you other folks, but that's what it seems like to me :)} ) at first meeting- and yes, even at first sight. As to what it feels like... everyone is totally different. If you think you are in love, and you love someone very much, more than any one else, than you ARE in love- for the time being. You may, who knows, some day, find someone else who you will be able to love even more. Not because you didn't love the first one- you did, as much as you could at the time. But each new person you fall in love with you seem to be able to love more. Who can say whether we are all in love a dozen times in our life, or if we only "really" love one of those people, or if we never "truly" loved any of them? Love is different for every person, at every different time. Sometimes it makes you sad, sometime it makes you happy, sometime insecure, sometimes confident. No one knows. But if you think you're in love, then tell yourself you are and go with your emotions, whether you become mournfully melancholy or exuberantly happy. There is nothing sweeter than feeling something deeply and telling yourself you're in love, whether it's for an hour or a lifetime- or eternity.