Comments | willow_wand: Love or something like it.

willow_wand

Love or something like it.

Jul 03, 2009 12:28

This week at Checkmated, we posted a question in our Meta Monday thread about who was the first (Ron or Hermione) to realize they loved the other. It sparked a few comments about the concept of "love at first sight," which made me curious. So what do you guys think?

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rougered July 3 2009, 19:52:32 UTC

Wow, tough questions there, Willow.

Love is to me very much influenced by our personal values and upbringing as well as the representation we have of it. I like the difference you make with infatuation et al.

The one true love, the soulmate - such a lovely concept, and as much as I would love to believe in it - no. I think it has more to do with our human nature seeking for elevation and absolute.

kirsty_lou6487 July 3 2009, 22:10:15 UTC

Love at first sight is a bit tricky. People definitely do confuse love and lust, but there IS a difference and it's easy to tell them apart if you really think about it ( ... )

pili204 July 4 2009, 02:28:22 UTC

I believe you can be taken by someone at first sight, but I don't believe in love at first sight. I think love involves so many emotions wrapped into one, it's too complicated for it to start (or end) in a moment. To really love takes time ( ... )

pigwithhairfics July 4 2009, 02:59:34 UTC

Do I believe in love at first sight?
Nope. You can't love someone you do not know. BUT, you can be attracted to someone instantly in a far stronger way than you have been attracted before. That is not love: it's lust, strong lust but lust all the same. I've experienced this one myself. I did meet a guy and it was very different right away than anything I'd experienced before and I did fall in love with him... but not at first sight. Some people confuse strong lust and obsession with love but no, not the same thing.

Do I believe in "soulmates?"Yes, but not in the way you might think. I love my husband but I think I could love someone else and I think he could do the same, if one of us dies. I would hope he would if I died; I wouldn't want him to be alone ( ... )

rose_starr July 4 2009, 04:29:01 UTC

There is definitely lust at first sight and strong attraction at first sight and even like at first sight. But real love is something else.

And I definitely believe in soulmates (especially since I truly believe I'm married to mine *grins*)!

**hugs you tight**