Love at first sight

Yunno, I believe this popular phrase has led so many people, not particularly to the “wrong” direction but in just a funny direction I myself cant explain 👀.  The question on  “love at first sight”  makes everyone talking, so many opinions and views I cant wait to share 😜

So I did something like a survey, asking several people on their opinion concerning “love at first sight”. And to tell you the truth, it was fun as I had the opportunity to view life in another point.

I’m sure we all have little understanding on what ‘love’ is. The dictionary explains love as an intense feeling of attraction towards someone or a sexual desire/activity. Well, to me, love is so many things, so many things that I wouldn't be able to explain now till later on.

So, I would be stating every opinion I got and i'm sure at the end we would all have something to learn 😏.

i got so many answers and i'm so glad for the awesome corporation i got from everyone that participated, God bless you 😀😀.

1st ideology

 okayy, so the first ideology would be that of the positive answers I got. In simpler words, I would be stating the opinions of those that supported the idea of “love at first sight”.

David_sticks said “you don’t choose who you fall in love with, your heart chooses for you. Some love at first sight leads to infatuation while some results to true love”

Dunni said “I’m a living example, judging from personal experiences, I do believe though it might not work every time”

Lilian said “I do believe because sometimes you just tend to like someone without even getting to know them, like there’s just this connection”

Ayo said “yes I do believe, I can fall in love with someone merely looking at him. Might not really be the appearance, but the love is just felt”

Soji said “yes, it’s possible; it’s just that some people mistake it for lust”

So I guess these are all the positive answers I got. And now, moving to the negative area, the critics of the phrase “love at first sight” I would love you to sit back and enjoy because it’s going to be a long run, for real 😀

Shayo benson s onaid “its scam, because you have little knowledge of the person, so what the hell do you love about the person? It is lust and not love”

Folu said “it is “like” at first sight and not love because you can’t love someone you do not know”

Victor said “love has some links; I believe it should be ADMIRATION AT FIRST SIGHT cause the admiration can gradually develop into love, can’t be love at first sight”

Derin said “no I don’t believe cause you aren't sure if its love, you could just be crushing on the person, love isn't something you feel at a spot, it develops.”

Emmanuel said “there must be something to love about, not just what you got attracted to “

Temi said “love is crazy (I agree bro😀) Love at first sight is a crazy feeling, it’s also dangerous because it comes with a confusing feeling which you might not be able to handle. You would have to take some steps to ensure if it’s not a one sided love and if it might eventually lead to courtship

Arinzay said “no specific reason but I can’t just fall in love with someone I just met for the first time, it’s weird”

Chinyere said “I don’t believe because the love birds might just be caught up in the moment”

Loveth said “I see it as lust and not love”

Naomi said “love at first sight never happens; it’s just a term to qualify the fact that some couples are still together due to the fact that they were attracted to each other the first time they met. If they both feel the attraction towards each other and actually act on it might eventually lead to love”

Qawiyy said “the qualities that are known to reflect love (intimacy, passion, commitment) are not visible in that moment, it’s not possible”

Funto said “I think getting attracted to someone is different from falling in love with someone. We should understand the two”

Tolu said “I don’t believe because TRUE love takes time”

Tochukwu said “ some scientist believe that it works for certain people but true/deep love only comes about later in the relationship, just to add, staying in love is the deeper challenge”

D.P.O said “is that not infatuation? It’s not possible. When you say you love someone, you must love a particular attribute of that person. If you know nothing about that person, you’re just attracted, you’re not n love.

Taiwo said “it’s most times based on appearance, when the person changes, the love die”

Tosin said “I’m not a big fan of this, I feel most times it is based on attraction. It’s on rare cases it actually breeds to closeness and all”

Such lovely opinions😅I guess this is where I put an end to the opinions and talk about my own opinion😁. I remember defining the meaning of love earlier on as an intense feeling or attraction towards someone. Well I got that general definition from a dictionary and now, defining love in my own way, please permit me to be a little bit scriptural 👀🌚😁.

From the book of Matthew 22 : 37 – 40. I quote

37. Jesus said to him, “you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind”.

38. This is the FIRST AND GREAT commandment.

39. And the second is like it: “you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

40. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

I would love you to take note of the word “first and great” and also the last verse. The idea I’m trying to pass across is this; the first commandment is the commandment in which all commandments/laws you can think of are based upon.  It is the GREAT commandment

 Verse 39 says “and the second is like it”, which means that you can’t fulfill the second commandment without fulfilling the first which in simpler words means, if you don’t love God, it is impossible for you to love another person.

So I put it you, do you love GOD?

Lol, there’s a difference in loving him and loving the benefits that comes from him, they are two different things. I want us to understand that the whole idea of love can never be explained better than the love of God. You can’t TRULY love someone if you don’t have the Love of God.

It’s easy for us in this our age to utter the word “I love you” even without truly meaning it. I don’t want to go deeper in the bible🌚😏, but just to clarify some things, 1 Corinthians 13: 1- 13 would be of great help, I repeat GREAT help😄 you can check it up sometime later when you really desire to know the true meaning of love😌💓.

For the issue of ‘love at first sight”, I totally agree with qawiyy, you can never ever get the attributes of love at that moment, love at first sight is based wholly on appearance. I believe it should be termed “attraction at first sight” and not the other way round.

I think this is where I have to say goodbye😫😭. Thank you for contributing, reading and also commenting (I would loveee to hear your opinion😁, criticism is allowed also 🌚😀). God bless youuuu💖.