Love at first sight

[oldbuddy]

  I recently watched a Christmas Movie on Hallmark Channel and today I took a survey that mentioned it and it got me wondering why some people refuse to believe it can happen, just because it has never happened to them? I do believe it is often spiritual, so you do need to be living your life in such a way it can influence you.

I met my wife at a Parents Without Partners dance and knew from across the room the score was extremely high.

While we were watching that movie, I couldn't help thinking that after 47 years that magnetism was still there. Just as a sidenote, she told me later that the month after we met she had friends ask here to go the the next dance, but she told them she wanted to go alone. It was the result of a feeling she had, nothing else.

I was sitting on the steps when she came in and asked what I was doing there, so I replied, "Waiting for you" and that set the tone for not only that night, but it is to this day a fond memory.

So you bet I believe in Love at First Sight and am I completely convinced it is NOT just Lust, as many people think. Then again, we did have four more boys to add to the two kids she already had, so now we have 13 grandkids to go with them.

 

[surveypro2016]

I've always believed in Love at first sight and I also feel we are meant to be with certain people.

[JaniceSW]

That is a wonderful love story.  I believe it happens for some but for many it is not like that description.  More often it is an  infatuation that does not last for what may be a variety of reasons.  I have been in 3 long-term relationships, 2 of which were marriages.  None have worked out more than 16 years.  Maybe it's me!  However, I do envy the kind of long lasting admiration, loyalty, and love you have described.  I hope it lasts much longer.  Congrats!

[Nancy5]

That somewhat happened to me.  I met my husband when we were both 16.  He and his friend were driving by and my girlfriend and I  were walking.  They stopped and since I knew the other boy (things were different then), we got in the car and went for a ride.  Since I knew the one boy and we were only friends I sat in the front and she went with my friend in the back.  After they dropped us off my husband turned to his friend and said I’m going to marry her one day.  We did date for a few years, but we both went to different colleges and soon broke up.  Long story short we both married and both divorced.  One day we seriously bumped into each other at a store, went out for coffee and started seeing one another again.  His ‘vision’ came true after a few months we got married and have been very happy.

[michele2042]

A wonderful love story.   I'd love to hear some more "love at first sight" stories.  Hoping others will follow suit.   I do believe in love at first sight, always have.   I was a very young teenager when I felt it.  Saw him walking down the hallway on the first day of school, it was as if he was the only one in a crowded hallway.   Many folks think you can't feel love at that young of an age but I do, because I felt it.  We dated on and off throughout high school.  Then it ended, I was devastated.  I moved away and went on with my life.   Married someone else and have been married for over 43 years, very happily.   However, I never forgot that first love of my life, never will.  It's like a personal secret tucked away in my heart.

[braggin]

Way to go, OldBuddy! My daughter swears to the same feeling upon meeting her husband for the first time so I know what you are saying it true. Congrats on the 13 grandkids too! Nothing in life is more enjoyable than grandkids as I know from personal experience too.

[gwilson31]

Lovely story .  I'd like to believe in love at first sight .....but I guess I'm just a pessimist.

[bigfoot951]

I think it is the same way on both sides.  You believe in it because it happened to you.  Others don't believe in it because it hasn't happened to them.  But what gets left out is how many people felt like it happened to them but then it didn't work out.  Those stories don't get told.

[natashaspy]

I loved this!  I am so happy that you are still in love with your wife.  You never see that anymore.  Just wish I could say the same.  Your post does give me hope though!

[cateyes1]

My Dad was in the service up here in Boston many years ago and I can remember him telling me the story on how He and Mom met. He went to a dance that the service men were having. He can remember my Mom walking in and he told his buddy, I'm going to marry that woman right there. That was the 1st time he ever laid eyes on her and he said he just knew that she was for him. They were married for 63 years until Mom passed. Dad cried every single day and he passed shortly after. Even after 60+ years they use to sit side by side in their chairs holding hands while watching tv...so YES I truly believe in love at first sight !!

[makeblessed]

Never happened for me, but i do believe if two people  are meant to be together then it is possible; you seemed to have done a great job with that; congrats to you!

[ricdsm]

I sort of believe in love at first sight.  I guess I would say that there are different types of love.  I fell in love with my wife the first time I saw her.  However, the love I have for her now, 38 years later, is a very different sort of love.

[aflyingmonkey]

Thanks you for your story, it was quite charming & sweet.... but a smile on my face. 

Not love at first sight for me but an attraction for sure, but I do believe it can happen. 

[ljrjess69]

i do believe love at first sight is possible,,,

[mrisha]

It's possible there is love a first sight for some, but for a lot of people it never happens.  I am happy when I hear that some people have been married for more than 40 years. It's great.