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Is love at first sight possible?
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Not for Me

If "love at first sight" was real, I would've been in love thousands of times. I can fall into "like" very easily. I can see the beauty of a smile, a laugh and want to wrap myself around that beauty for awhile. But it never seems to withstand that test of time people talk about.

And I don't claim to know much.

I just know where I've been and how I got there and "Love" in all its many faces really showed me my own flawed humanity.

I have fallen for many pretty faces and I have come to realize it was never love. And those faces still remained beautiful even as they broke my heart.

I will admit I wanted to believe that "love at first sight" was real, because I have heard many a story about such a love. I think that if it is real, it is not real for me.

Now, I look to a person's hands and what they do with them. Do they build others up? Give as good as they get? Do they hold onto you when you need steadiness in your shaky world?

I do not look at just the sight of a person, I look at the action of that person as well. To me, that is more insightful then any first sight I "think" is love.

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Mariah 
I hadn't considered this perspective before. I think you're on to something though, as far as falling into “like”. If you have an eye for beauty, this is not hard to do, but it is compounded even more if you can catch a glimpse of a beautiful soul. I think you've helped me understand a different idea. Thank you, @AnnFan14 :)
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AnnFan14 
@Mariah thank you for your thoughtful response I appreciate it! And thanks for reading <3
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dctezcan 
Although rare and still requiring a lot of work if it is to survive the trials of life, I think one can fall in love at first sight, that is, upon first meeting, without one or the other being considered physically beautiful by anyone but the one falling in love. It is a connection beyond a pretty face but which makes the loved one beautiful to the other because of how they are, not how they look. :-)