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maryjane31 says,

yes.

canadafreeze says,

Lust, maybe ...

Sagacious says,

I honestly don't. The situations where I've developed strong sexual feelings for someone are where there has been a lot of casual closeness and touching leading up to those feelings developing. In my opinion, you become chemically addicted to that person- which is 'falling in love'.

maryjane31 says,

I cannot say I fell "in love" the first time I saw this person, but I knew by looking at him that this was going somewhere. Just chemistry I guess. I am speaking of my husband. There was an immediate attraction from the beginning and the rest is history. We have been married 38 years.

Dragonflower says,

Yes and no. I had someone say they fell in love with me the minute they saw me. I couldn't understand how. He didn't even know me. I didn't feel the same way and because of his strong feelings, it wasn't a natural "getting to know one another". He had us married and moving in together by the second date. I'm like whoa......

Now some friends did know immediately they were for each other and they've been together forever now. They said they just "knew".

When I was younger, I've had mutual lust at first sight.That's different. That is fun for a while. Usually ended nicely. I think my next love will be the love at first sight variety and he will be sweet and nice, and love me to pieces.

lillybrook says,

Yes. I wouldn't call it chemistry, although maybe that's what it is, but I define it as feeling more alive, more aware. I still remember the first time I met my youngest's father. Even though I thought he was sort of arrogant (I wasn't thinking of him romantically), I can still close my eyes, see exactly where he was sitting, where we were in proximity to each other, and what we talked about. It was years later that we met again, and -- again -- I can revisit our second first meeting with a similar clarity. And still, I wasn't thinking in terms of romance.

And, most visceral (and most painful, since we are not together) I remember exactly what it felt like to kiss him the first time. If I let myself, I can feel it in my nerves and my cells... still today.

Being with him wasn't about attraction -- it was... waking up.

unknown116 says,

Yes, but in my opinion it doesn't always mean you are meant to be with them. I fell in love with one of my ex's at first sight and he for me. He was a wake up call for me just as lillybrook said. There's a part of me that wishes we were still together, but although we were eachother's wake up call and we both needed a change in our lives, the change scared him so he reverted back to the man he was.
Just because people come into our lives doesn't mean they are destined to stay. Sometimes the love we share with them is just supposed to save us or teach us something.

maryjane31 says,

I will not say that our journey together was smooth. It was horrible sometimes. We thought of divorce more than once. I could write a book about some things but I won't. We got through the bad times. We also had marriage counseling as well. I am glad we made it. I guess the path of true love never is smooth. People are human and life is life. Stuff happens.

accidentaltourist says,

I do. And I also believe in love that comes at you softly, almost shyly, a love that sneaks up on you without your knowing it. I believe in love that flashes bright and hot, like a meteor shooting across the sky, and then burns out slowly, leaving a trail behind it. I also believe in love that blazes like the summer sun, constant and forever, radiating heat into your very bones. I believe in love that sears your skin, sealing in all the succulent juices of a juicy romance. I also believe in love that simmers on the back of the stove, heating tegether the blended flavors, creating something rich, nourishing, and ever-lasting.

accidentaltourist says,

(ugh...typo!...*together)

maryjane31 says,

@accidentaltourist; WOW! That is beautiful.

sisterpoet says,

I do not. But I do believe that you know there is "something" there and "something" worth your time and energy. If my love asks me now what I love about him, I can say with confidence what it is. What could I have said on the first day. I could have said...i have a feeling I COULD love this guy and I did and I do.

I actually remember the exact day I knew I DID love him. It was nothing romantic or fairytale like and he was not trying to make me love him or winning me over or anything like that.

It was a simple day, a simple walk, a cup of fancy tea and it was what he was saying and how he was saying it. I love him now unconditionaly, completley, and that was not available to me at first sight.

Layne says,

I've still got a lot to learn about love but I think sometimes there are connections you can't explain, especially when you come from two polar opposite worlds. That magic of feeling like old friends after meeting only days before, just talking about anything and everything with complete trust. Maybe that's what young love is all about, moments like that, but I hope that magic doesn't fade with age because even if it doesn't work out sometimes, I sure do love it a good love at first sight, ridiculous relationship that just works even if it probably shouldn't.