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Can True Love happen in half a second?

Dec 09 08:05am

A study from New York says that it only takes half a second to decide if someone is attractive and a potential mate.

The tale of a lovesick Romeo who is searching for a woman he met at Scruffy Murphy's brought up the issue of how long it takes to fall deeply in lov. Long enough to write a lengthy poem, it seems.

Our resident psychologist Jo Lamble, herself a romantic, says that it's most probably lust, not love. It's the thrill of the instant attraction that gets your heart racing.

How long did true love take for you? Do you think it can happen in an instant?

Jo says attraction at first sight is real but it would be hard to fall in love from the first meeting.Jo feels that most people mistakee.

Love at first sight

You don't want to rush things
You see things in the person other people don't
You want to learn everything about the person

12 Comments Report Abuse

1. wedgetaileagle - Dec 09 08:26am

To the girl the guy wrote the poem to, don't meet up with this guy. If there truly was a connection at the bar It would have gone further to an exchange of numbers.

I am guessing that you're the first girl who's talked to him in ages. Its guys like him who give us normals guys a bad name

2. lovick4 - Dec 09 08:27am

Love at first sight. I have been with my true love for 11year and we celebrated our 1year wedding anniversary yesterday with our 4mth old daughter. From the minute i spotted him walking around the school grounds he new he was the one.

3. taniadebrincat - Dec 09 08:30am

I lived in Melbourne & briefly met the most amazing man from the Sunshine Coast in Mackay. He was shy so I didn't hear from him for months and thought I would never see him again. He eventually contacted me and invited me up to visit him. I did and we are now happily married.

4. kellieengland40 - Dec 09 08:39am

Hi team I met my love at first sight at the local swimming pool at age 17, only to find out he was freinds with my cousins 2 weeks later. We have now been married for 15 yrs and have 3 children aged 13,10,4. Who says love at first sight don't work.

5. oliviaday86 - Dec 09 08:45am

My Nanna & Grandad met in the army in WWII, Grandad was shifted 2 weeks later and 2 weeks after that mailed nanna an engagement ring. He knew the second he met her he was going to marry her and told her he loved her every day until he passed away

6. rekesha_08 - Dec 09 09:07am

A friend suggested I should meet a friend of his.It was love at first sight.We had something special.We said if was meant to be it would be.HOWEVER fate 3yrs later brought us back together & now 3yrs3mnth later we have a 20 mnth old son.LOVE at first sight does exist.JUST BELIEVE

7. deniseivory@ymail.com - Dec 09 09:23am

Dont be fooled by psychical attraction look into the heart and soul of that person and then you will find true happiness

8. kenningtonroberta - Dec 10 11:55am

Oh god yes, just looked at my second husband, looked at his eyes and said to my girlfriend I'm going to marry him, 12yrs later married and very happy.

9. cernunnos_x - Dec 11 08:11am

chemical attraction and projection not founded in reality, it takes time to get to know some one and see if they truly right for you,love gows, there are so many woman around who make bad choices then after it's all collapsed blame men for their own bad choices in men, get a grip people.

10. jaguarmanxr8 - Dec 11 09:27am

yes its true its happened to me many times,i've been married 4 times.

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