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Old 09-13-2012, 03:20 PM
 
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Hm. I don't know if this was "love at first sight" but my cousin was a very troubled young man. He'd had a very rough childhood and was totally self-destructing because he saw no future for himself, despite the fact that he has an amazing brain. What he WAS good at back then was chasing tail - women would just drop their panties for him on a single glance. It was kind of ridiculous.

Then one day I came into the kitchen of his parents' home and he looked up from the lunch he was making and smiled at me in a way I had not seen him do in years. "Jrz, I found her. I found the one," he says to me.

I don't believe in destiny, fate, magical sky gods or anything like that. But I do believe that certain people can spur us to make amazing transformations, and I do believe that there are defining moments in one's life. A decade later, he is happily married and devoted to his wife and their amazingly well-behaved and brilliant children. He runs his own thriving business, lives in a lovely home and is a respected member of the community (I jokingly call him "Mr. Mayor" when we go out together due to all the handshakes that take place).

I don't think his wife changed him, but she represented possibilities and a future he had never contemplated before. She gave him the reason he needed to change his life, and if he didn't know it at first sight, he did shortly after they met.
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Old 09-13-2012, 08:05 PM
 
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Oh WOW, this was very touching!


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Hm. I don't know if this was "love at first sight" but my cousin was a very troubled young man. He'd had a very rough childhood and was totally self-destructing because he saw no future for himself, despite the fact that he has an amazing brain. What he WAS good at back then was chasing tail - women would just drop their panties for him on a single glance. It was kind of ridiculous.

Then one day I came into the kitchen of his parents' home and he looked up from the lunch he was making and smiled at me in a way I had not seen him do in years. "Jrz, I found her. I found the one," he says to me.

I don't believe in destiny, fate, magical sky gods or anything like that. But I do believe that certain people can spur us to make amazing transformations, and I do believe that there are defining moments in one's life. A decade later, he is happily married and devoted to his wife and their amazingly well-behaved and brilliant children. He runs his own thriving business, lives in a lovely home and is a respected member of the community (I jokingly call him "Mr. Mayor" when we go out together due to all the handshakes that take place).

I don't think his wife changed him, but she represented possibilities and a future he had never contemplated before. She gave him the reason he needed to change his life, and if he didn't know it at first sight, he did shortly after they met.
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Old 09-13-2012, 08:09 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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I have heard tons of "love at first sight" stories.
What about 'love at first fight' stories?
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Old 09-13-2012, 08:13 PM
 
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So did he also say: She's a tiger, she belong to me.
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Old 09-13-2012, 08:16 PM
 
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It is lovely and I believe in love at first sight.
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Old 09-13-2012, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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This happened to my granddad. He was 18, and my grandma was 12. They lived in the same neighborhood and were from "rival" families. It is still a competition between the two families on who can have the biggest headstones! They are opposite sides of the cemetery (we have a family cemetery).

They got married when she was 18. And they were married for 62 years (my grandmother passed away from Alzheimer.) My granddad survived for another 4 years but was depressed after she passed.
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Old 09-13-2012, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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I don't believe in the "the one" thing. I think this is could probably be explained by how difference both of your MHC are and how fertile she is. Combined with good looks. Bam. The one.
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Old 09-13-2012, 10:09 PM
 
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Hey y'all, it's me again. Back with another question.

Is there anyone who knew that a certain woman would end up being their wife, as soon as you laid eyes on her? (not because of her beauty but something else about her grabbed you).
The night my ex-husband met me, he told his friend that he was with, that I was the girl he was going to marry. And of course, he did marry me.
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Old 09-13-2012, 11:12 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, MD
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No that love at first sight thing is fake, guys think "wow thats the hottest woman ive ever seen" maybe once or twice a week. Then maybe one day they date and it pans out and you think its love at first sight in retrospect when you just wanted to jump her bones.
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Old 09-15-2012, 10:24 PM
 
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no that love at first sight thing is fake, guys think "wow thats the hottest woman ive ever seen" maybe once or twice a week. Then maybe one day they date and it pans out and you think its love at first sight in retrospect when you just wanted to jump her bones.
Hmm!
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