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davechaos
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Yes I believe in love at first sight...what happens though if it is not reciprocated...where does that leave you?
Sometimes I wonder about my life.
I lead a small life, well valuable but small. And sometimes I wonder. Do I do it because I like it or because I haven't been brave?
So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book when shouldn't it be the other way around?
I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void.
So, goodnight dear void. |
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| 07-02-2008 07:00 AM | |
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I believe in lust at first sight.
lol
Yes I believe in love at first sight...what happens though if it is not reciprocated...where does that leave you?
Well, I would pretty much of said scrod lol, Yep there you have it, My great worldly advice.
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| 07-02-2008 05:08 PM | |
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Even though I am hopeless romantic I don't believe in love at first sight. You can be attracted to a person when you first see them, but calling it love is little too far fetched for me. It of course depends on what people define as love, but to me true love cannot exist when you don't really know the person. To me love is more than a feeling of likeing someone alot. It is a sacrifice.
But I have experienced something that some would consider "love at first sight". I would word it more like "crush at first sight". I have met girls that I have found highly attractive, but I have never really knew who they were. I have had idea what they might be like and I have more felt "love" towards that idea of the girl rather than the person itself. I suppouse that feeling is very similiar to love and perhaps it is love, but only on lower level. However I still rather call this phenomenon a crush rather than love. Crushes are something you can have without making an effort, but love is something that builds over time when you can take both good and the bad from the person.
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” - Siddhārtha Gautama
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"My days are past, my plans are torn apart, even the wishes of my heart." - Job 17:11
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| 07-03-2008 07:54 PM | |
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According to sternberg's theory of love, love has three components:
- Intimacy
- Commitment
- Passion
Intimacy is something that, by definition, evolves over time - it involves mutual emotional support, closeness and understanding and a warm feeling in each other's presence - this cannot be, by definition, 'at first sight'. Commitment involves a conscious decision to be with the beloved through the good times and bad. Since the good times and bad don't take place within the split second that you look at the beloved, this cannot be 'at first sight'. Passion is the sense of physiological arousal you get when looking or thinking about the beloved, thus it can be 'at first sight'. Different types of love can be derived from these three components:  Therefore Passion without Intimacy or Commitment = Infatuation, therefore I believe in Infatuation at first sight, but not love at first sight. 
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| 07-03-2008 08:12 PM | |
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I left my partner because I thought I was in love with another person now I know it was only infatuation. Luckily I woke up before I made anymore mistakes. |
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| 07-03-2008 08:47 PM | |
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Even though I am hopeless romantic I don't believe in love at first sight. You can be attracted to a person when you first see them, but calling it love is little too far fetched for me. It of course depends on what people define as love, but to me true love cannot exist when you don't really know the person. To me love is more than a feeling of likeing someone alot. It is a sacrifice.
But I have experienced something that some would consider "love at first sight". I would word it more like "crush at first sight". I have met girls that I have found highly attractive, but I have never really knew who they were. I have had idea what they might be like and I have more felt "love" towards that idea of the girl rather than the person itself. I suppouse that feeling is very similiar to love and perhaps it is love, but only on lower level. However I still rather call this phenomenon a crush rather than love. Crushes are something you can have without making an effort, but love is something that builds over time when you can take both good and the bad from the person.
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| 07-04-2008 12:42 AM | |
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The Strenberg's theory of love seems rather accurate atleast in my mind. I view things rather similiary atleast.
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Huh? What do you mean by that?
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| 07-04-2008 12:58 AM | |
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Huh? What do you mean by that?
He means you're right on.
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