Is it any surprise that Robert Pattinson believes in love at first sight? In the first Twilight movie, Pattinson's character Edward Cullen has an immediate connection with Bella Swan, played by real-life girlfriend Kristen Stewart. And in his upcoming movie Water for Elephants, his character also has this type of fast attraction when he first meets Reese Witherspoon’s character Marlena.
As Pattinson said in a recent interview with MTV:
I think pretty much all people who love each other had some kind of thing at first sight. I mean, there has to be some kind of moment where you, like, feel a different energy around someone.
My feeling? That the idea of love at first sight belongs in a storybook, with the Tooth Fairy, high up on a shelf.
But according to a study published by Adam & Eve, the sex toy company, Pattinson is not alone in his belief. Over half of the people polled believed in that first sight love spark. Why? Because the majority of the believers said that they had experienced it for themselves.
I’d like to believe in love at first sight. It’s so romantic and optimistic. But I don't. No. But I do believe in lust at first sight. I remember the first time I met each of my long ago boyfriends. (There haven't been that many.) And sure, each time, there was an immediate attraction. That's why I went out with them. Duh. But over time, those butterflies in my stomach and my desire to jump their bones faded. Because lust doesn't last unless it turns into -- wait for it -- LOVE.
I don’t think I’m a pessimist. After all, even after a failed marriage, I still believe in love. Just ask my husband. Our first meeting wasn't a heart-shaped lightning bolt moment. Sure I thought he was cute but I didn't fall head over heels for him until I got to know him better. It was more like love at 20th sight. And 7 years later, when he kisses me, I mean really kisses me, I still feel it way down deep in the bottom of my toes. Love and lust, the perfect combination.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
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for some there is love at first sight, for others no. It doesnt mean its not real. I experienced it and 10 years later I'm still married to the man of my dreams.
i agree with him, sometimes you meet people and you just have the perfect chemistry.
I think there is something at first sight! Its new and can be crushed easily. Which is why it really takes time to develop into something special. But yes I have to agree with him that sometimes you just get a feeling theres something more waiting with certain people. I know with DH lust wasn't the only thing I felt. I guess I felt fate!
my husband and I feel in love at first sight and in high school of all things, 6 years later (just passed our 3 year wedding anniversary) with our sweet 2 yr angel and another on the way, we are happier then ever with each other, I fall in love more with him everyday, love at first sight exists, you just have to believe in it (though I certainly had my doubts until it happened to me) <3
I definitely believe in love at first sight! I also disagree with the author that it has to be lust at first sight. For some it may be, but for others, it isn't just an animal longing to claw the other person's clothes off. My husband and I first met when I was 13 and he was 17 (I was friends with his sister). Even though we lost touch a couple of times and weren't necessarily close, he always stayed with me. I'd always wondered what he was doing and how he was and what might have happened if we'd ever gotten together. I wasn't thinking of having sex with him, perhaps just wondering what it would be like to kiss him. When I was a few months shy of turning 19 and he'd just turned 23, he asked me to hang out with him. We stayed up all night talking and ended the night with a magical first kiss-during which I remember feeling like I had come home and knowing that there was no one else I ever wanted to kiss for the rest of my life.
Four months later, we were engaged. After four months of being engaged, we were married. Almost four months after that, we were expecting our son! (Yes, we moved fast! LOL) We've been together for 5 years now, waiting for our 5th wedding anniversary, and we do believe that we were meant to be together. My husband says that he was always drawn to me (not just the primal, more like a connection we couldn't explain) as I was to him. I believe that from the first moment I met him, my heart was his-that's why I couldn't give it to anyone I met after I met him. He's the only man I've ever loved-and I'm the only woman he's ever loved.
I don't think it's naive to believe in that-but I do believe that some people can confuse lust and love at first sight.