M is for Misfit

Today's topic: "Do you believe in love at first sight?"

Part of me wants to believe in love at first sight because the thought of a lonely person suddenly seeing "the one" is horribly romantic/exciting: It's just another day in your ordinary life. You're walking down the street, minding your own business when suddenly some unexpected event happens and you find yourself face-to-face with this wondrous human being that wasn't in your life two seconds ago. You feel your heartbeat quicken, the music (in your head) swells, you're having trouble breathing, and for some reason you can't put two words together to save your life. Two worlds have collided to form one, brighter, more hopeful existence of two individuals who have finally found each other.

.....buuuut I'm a realist and so that whole scenario just seems ridiculous to me in all honesty. However, I will say this: I'm an ex-cynic so I do believe that something similar to "love at first sight" can happen. I've been told by friends that it happened to them. So I guess it is possible. On the other hand, I personally think what they experienced was physical attraction at first sight.

I will admit that I may be over-thinking this topic waaaaay too much, but I firmly believe that you can't truly fall in love with someone just by looking at them. You can find them beautiful/handsome/gorgeous/sexy/etc, but even then you don't know anything about them besides the fact that they are good looking.

However, I do think that it is very possible to see someone that you are attracted to and they say or do something that amplifies your attraction for them. I've seen that happen a lot. That is the closest thing I've seen to actual "love at first sight" in action.

So I guess I'm kinda on the fence but leaning towards no on this topic. It hasn't happened to me personally, but it is possible I suppose. Unfortunately, I'm far too suspicious for it to happen to me I think lol.

Misfit