Can You Fall in Love at First Sight?

Does love at first sight really exist? And if it does, will it last?

Many people swear that they fell in love at first sight. And there appears to be some evidence that love at first sight does exist.

Neurologists at University College, London, have shown that when we make eye contact with a person who we find attractive, key regions of our brain light up. Their research provides a biological basis for instant attraction.

Can this instant attraction be the beginning of long term love?

Yes, according to a study on love at first sight conducted by Dr Earl Naumann, and published in his book Love at First Sight: The Stories and Science of Instant Attraction. Dr Naumann interviewed 1500 people and found that 958 of them believed in love at first sight. More than half of these had experienced love at first sight. The information provided by these 558 people gives us some answers about love at first sight.

How do you know you are experiencing love at first sight?

Participants reported a bodily surge of excitement and electricity at their first meeting with the person who they described as loving at first sight. Some said they felt a sense of wholeness or completeness being with this person.

Does love at first sight last?

If the relationship gets off the ground, it has a great chance of lasting. The first few months are the real test. Seventy-five percent of those people who fell in love at first sight went on to develop a long-term relationship. Only 15.9% ended in separation. Of the women who fell in love at first sight, over sixty percent went on to marry the subject of their affection. Only 7% of these marriages ended in divorce.

With between one-third and one-half of marriages ending in divorce, these statistics are surprising. If they are representative of the general population, then we should be placing a lot more trust in love at first sight once the relationship is established.

Do you need to believe in love at first sight to experience it?

Most people in the study did not believe in love at first sight until it actually happened to them. And for nearly all, it only occurred once in their life.

When in your lifetime is love at first sight likely to happen?

Love at first sight takes place when we are young. Over sixty percent had their love-at-first-sight experience between the ages of 16 and 25. Perhaps as we age we label instant attraction as infatuation. By then many of us have been burned by love and we are more inclined to resist the feelings associated with love at first sight.

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