Love at First Sight

[Fumo]

Hello everyone, it's me again. Has any of you experienced love at first sight?

[salamander]

no, i personally do not believe in this. love, true love, requires knowing someone for more than just their physical appearance.

i think there can be lust at first sight obviously, and perhaps even thoughts of "affections" deeper than this, but not love.

[BunniBealla]

well not first sight but first conversation uwu

[Nomad]

Yes, attraction is a type of love.

[Brma]

No. And since we are on the topic, soulmates don't exist either

[Nomad]

Originally posted by Brma:

No. And since we are on the topic, soulmates don't exist either

Except for those who have them.

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

In terms of soul-mates :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAzodf69rfk
...also, the concept generally isn't considered healthy in-part because it can be used as a basis to support someone with a delusional obsession.

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Originally posted by Nom-Nom:

Love at First Sight
Hello everyone, it's me again. Has any of you experienced love at first sight?

Everything ranging from infatuation to limerence still isn't love.
And the saying you're referring to is usually reserved for requited love, so you'd kind of have to be either married or in a long-term relationships to speak to that subject - however, we can talk about other forms of love and powerful positive feelings at first sight...

If we take it as one-sided, like, "I care about her well-being and would do things for her if she asked, even though she hasn't expressed feeling the same about me", then yeah, I've felt that before.
...But then, there's a certain love and tenderness that I used to keep in my heart for even people who I'm not attracted to, because I used to want to just share love with everyone indiscriminately. After meeting enough psychos who see it as weakness then harm me, I can't afford to do that anymore.

Only reason I don't think "Oh she looks dangerous" every time I see an attractive woman now, is because there's plenty of ugly girls who think that they're 11 out of 10s and will absolutely try to fire shots to sink your boat for "looking her way without permission".

But anyways, it's also extremely rare for me to be able to see a picture of a woman and have my jaw drop and my tongue fall out of my mouth - and when it happens, it's not memorable enough to recall. I suppose it's less rare for it to be about the actual woman and not the action that I see being taken. Generally speaking, actions and smells hook me a lot better than appearances (but that works in reverse too).
If actions were smells, I could tell you now that most women stink really bad!

[the vampire of time and memory]

physical attraction isn't love, it's just one part

[Pierce Dalton]

You can't really love someone without knowing them first, and that takes some time.

[Zogtar]

What is love?
Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me
No more

[Nomad]

You can always love someone just for the sake of loving them or try to love as many people as you can. You can love people even without knowing they exist.

[Goldias]

Nope.
Also never understand someone who experience it. More like lust at first sight.

[Pandora]

Yes, I met my girlfriend when I was a teen, I think during teen years it's much easier to fall in love at first sight

[c Z p]

Yep, but I don't stare at people, so that would make it love at second sight.

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

You can't really love someone without knowing them first, and that takes some time.

I don't need to know you to help you pick up any belongings that you've dropped, help you to your feet and see if you're okay or in need of medical attention after you trip and have a hard-fall on the pavement.
...and not doing any of that is also an option.
Showing that kind of care to a stranger is a form of love.