You sometimes hear of couples saying about when they first met that “It was love at first sight” and everything took off from there.
I am very sceptical of this claim as in my experience you have to get to know someone deep down on a personal level to fall in love with them.
“Love” is a word that has been abused and used repeatedly throughout time so much that it has different meanings now. For example a woman saying “I love these shoes.” Obviously they do not actually love the shoes, they like the shoes but are showing enthusiasm about liking them. It tends to be used in younger couples (12-18) I have noticed perhaps because of a trend to show affection, most actually arent in love when they say it.
“Love at first sight” should be changed to lust at first sight, the couple see each other, they are attracted to each other, they want to be intimate with each other, they get to know each other, then they get to love each other.
In conclusion, the word “love” has many meanings now and has strayed away from its original definition. In my opinion, love at first sight does not exist.
psychmatt 
whatastatement
September 23, 2011 at 8:34 pm
I definately agree that the word ‘love’ is overused. But I do believe that you can experience an intense deep affection for someone on the first meeting. It just takes a whole lot longer for a person to reflect on what it is that they love about them. 🙂
canadianexile
September 26, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Well psychmatt, how are you going to go about finding out if love at first sight exists or not? I am looking forward to what you will find out and the exploration that you undertake in order to find out some answers (or more questions perhaps?)
northcottgio
September 26, 2011 at 5:55 pm
I found it very interesting that a man has so much to write about love! I’m trying not to be stereotypical, and it’s great to see an emotional topic.
I believe in love at first sight, perhaps one day you will look back at this and change you mind?
psychmyths
September 26, 2011 at 10:25 pm
I agree, I don’t think love at first sight exsists (apart from when it comes to shoes!) The term is massively over-used and sets new couples up for failure in many cases. Most of the time the ‘lust at first sight’ comes to nothing more than a few dates when they find they have nothing incommon and aren’t even that attracted to the other person, especially when the love at first sight occured after a night in the pub!
Great blog 🙂
annemck1
September 28, 2011 at 10:33 am
I totally agree with your love at first sight does not excist statement. How could it possibly exist the moment you set eyes on someone! You only truly get to know another after time often a lot of time and I feel that it is only through that, that you can decide on if you love a person! On the other end of the scale I have experienced love at first sight for my children, but certinaly never an adult!
lmacsblog
September 29, 2011 at 11:00 am
I agree with your opinions here on the word ‘love’ being used to easily and often, however how does anyone ever actually know when they are in love. People can claim to be in love for years, but then thye all of a sudden fall out of it? Did this mean they were every actually in love or just used to the habit of being with each other.
I think this is a good topic you have got here and you will get many different opinions, especially the difference between a girls opinion and a boys. 😀
freyjamackay
September 29, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I agree that love at first sight does not exist and I like what you’ve said about it being changed to “lust at first sight”