You’ve read about it, heard about it, heck even saw movies about it! But is it truly possible that the scenario of meeting (or more likely seeing someone) for the first time could possibly lead the subject to immediately fall in love? Seems to me like a mental case, but who knows? I have read countless times of an individual, locking eyes with the opposite sex and then- bam! They immediately knew he/she was the “one”. I may not know what the “one” could possibly mean to them, but they seem stuck on the idea that there’s a whole future of them running away to the countryside, possibly living in a “one room shack”. Preposterous, so it may be. Which leads us to one of the most early literary masterpieces of that kind: Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo, a Montague, goes to the feast of the Capulet household where he meets Juliet and instantly, and I mean as soon as you could say Los Angeles, falls deeply in love. Romeo then sneaks into the orchard of the villa and visits his dear Juliet. After you blink, you found out they made plans to marry the next afternoon. Wow. Talk about shot-gun marriage.
So in today’s modern times, does this still happen? Well, we aren’t exactly in Verona and real life is definitely not a work of Shakespeare. This prompts us to ask, what do we have? There is some scientific evidence that this phenom does exist but from what I’ve read, they are all based on personal preferences of attraction. They could have liked the color of her eyes or the way she smiles. Attraction, in your own ideal, is the trigger. Though I hardly doubt that you would immediately would want to marry and spend the rest of your lives together, at least you know you like her. And if she is attracted to you too, although not love as of the moment, she, from the first meeting also knew that she liked you.
Take it easy, love at first sight doesn’t have to be a spontaneous event where you feel that jolt of electricity. It could be saying the first “hello” and spending a day together. That is where, after such time, the “first” accompanies the “love”. No sad dramas, no sappy endings.
And so to conclude this topic, I state this as FICTION. Mostly because it said love at first sight. It didn’t say, “The development of love from that first sight.” So I thought my judgement was fitting. Yet, there may be some exceptions out there of stories undiscovered.
Hey Bianca! 