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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:43 PM
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Poll question: Do you believe in "love at first sight"?
Edited on Thu May-25-06 10:48 PM by CanuckAmok
Maybe not at first sight, exactly, but after a very brief meeting with someone... anyone you know fall in love that way, to any legitimate degree? Or is it all lust/longing/infatuation?

What is love, anyway...does anybody love anybody anyway? Can anybody love anyone so much that they will never fear
Never worry never be sad?

Circle in the sand, 'Round and 'round. Never ending love is what we've found. And you complete the heart of me. Our love is all we need. Circle in the sand.

She drives me crazy, I want to give her all I've got. And she's hot every day and night, there is no doubt about it.

Greedy little people in a sea of distress. Keep your more to receive your less. Unimpressed by material excess. Love is free love me say hell yes.

I say, we can go where we want to. A place where they will never find. And we can act like we come from out of this world. Leave the real one far behind. And we can dance.

Looks like a rolling stone in a car. Thinks that a city shine like a star. Your lucky car-Your lucky car. Thinks that a city shine like a star. Put on a blue slap-Put on a face. Camouflage drag don't go out of place. Breaking a boot & snapping a lace. Billy the soldier in a space race.

Never tips over. Stands up on his own. He is a blockhead. Thinking man full grown. He comes well prepared. Snake eyes.

I recall the yellow cotton dress. Foaming like a wave. On the ground around your knees. The birds, like tender babies in your hands, and the old men playing checkers by the trees.

I am the eggman. I am the Walrus.

I have travelled many miles, and I have wiped away many smiles. I've come from my icy pit, just to rub your face in shit. Slutman City--Life without shame--Slutman City--So much flesh--to maim!

Go-Go music really makes us dance. Do the Pony puts us in a trance. Do the Watusi just give us a chance. That's when we fall in line. We got the beat.

Say don't that make you feel a whole lot better? Whatchoo say? Well, I'm just askin'!

I keep the bible in a pool of blood so that none of its lies can affect me.

Well, now she's the woman that's got that beat. She's the woman with the flyin' feet. She's the woman that walks around the store.
She's the woman that yells (scream) more, more, more, more.

Open your mouth, here is your money!

Tell me why you wanna lay there, revel in your abandon. Honey, it dont make no difference to me, Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free.

If you've reached the end, don't pretend that is right when it's over. Barbra (it's over) if the feeling is gone don't think twice just move on, get it over.

Semaphore out on the floor. Messages from outer space. Deep heat for the feet. And the rhythm of your heartbeat. 'Cause the music of the street, it isn't any rapattack, it isn't any rapattack.

on edit:

I've got my spine. I've got my Orange Crush.

















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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:43 PM
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1. Fuckin' typical stoned islander
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:45 PM
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i wouldn't know
love is something that happens to other people
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:47 PM
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4. .
:hug:
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:43 PM
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44. When I met my wife, I thought it was love at first sight.
Actually my perception at the time had to do more with what she was wearing than anything else, which was very sexy, and how she looked.

Later, the next day when I managed to talk with her, I thought her bright and sweet, and I thought, "here is the woman I will marry."

The actual marrying took a considerable amount of time to happen, and we had plenty of time to become close friends before we became lovers and then spouses.

All the greatest things in my life have to do with her. She's more fabulous twenty three years later than she was then. The way I love her now has very little to do with the kind of "love" that was involved with the "first sight" stuff.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:45 PM
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2. Yeah, I do.
Edited on Thu May-25-06 10:57 PM by LeftyMom
I guess the rest of my answer would be a bit too personal, so I'm going to stick with that.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:46 PM
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3. No, only after a prolonged, complex of exchange of ideas and pheremones...
and THEN she's gone with your car and your last pair of clean underwear. x(
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:39 PM
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19. See, you never shoulda let her wear your underwear.



I'm just sayin.'














:hug:
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:47 PM
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5. as soon as I saw Mrs. McLargehuge for the first time
I knew I was going to marry her.

Does that count?
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:48 PM
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6. Not sure.
Was she pregnant?
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:55 PM
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8. no
LOL
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:46 AM
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23. awwwwwwwwwwww
:hi:
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:46 PM
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46. I actually mentally pictured her in a wedding dress
before I even knew her name.

:scared:

This is what she looked like -

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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 02:20 PM
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47. absolutely stunning...
:hi:
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:52 PM
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7. I suppose for some people...
and since it is yet to happen to me; I remain skeptical. But I don't rule the possibility out completely on the oft chance that it may happen to me...I don't want to look like an ass
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:56 PM
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9. I've heard of it happening.
I've known at least one couple who experienced love at first sight. Theirs was a till-death-us-do-part marriage (40-plus years).
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 10:58 PM
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10. Maybe?
:shrug:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:01 PM
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11. Yes
though I've been fooled enough times as well...(this is really it!!!)

I've known it happen to others.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:22 PM
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12. Something tells me your lucky number's gonna be changin' soon.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:33 PM
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17. !!!
ooo ooo OOO ooo!!!
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:23 PM
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13. happened to me a long time ago
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:28 PM
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14. Only if neither party is an asshole, or friends with an asshole
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:31 PM
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15. I believe in lust at first sight.
Edited on Thu May-25-06 11:31 PM by Fox Mulder
But love?

Nah...hasn't happened to me yet. :(
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:31 PM
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16. I've had that lightning bolt hit me...
the moment I met someone, but it never worked out long term. *sigh*
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:45 PM
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45. Same here
And wouldn't you know I'm still ever-so-slightly pining for that girl from college who I haven't seen in 5 or 6 years?
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 11:34 PM
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18. nope.
then again, what do i know?
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:02 AM
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20. "love" nah
lust, yeah
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:42 AM
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21. explain, Grasshopper...
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:41 PM
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33. at first sight, nothing more than lust (attraction)
is possible

love is much too big a phenomenon than can fit in a glance.
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NTL714 Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:44 AM
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22. I have a true life story
my grandparents met and were engaged within a week and are now in their 57 year of marriage. Maybe not at first sight, but that's pretty speedy if u ask me. And romantic to boot
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Aiptasia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:46 AM
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24. I believe in Lust at First Sight
Love takes work.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:47 AM
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25. Lust and/or extreme infatuation at first sight? Yes.
Love? No. Lots of people confuse love with lust and/or infatuation. If the other person is still there long after the newness has worn off and he or she WANTS to be there just because you're there, you might just have love. :)
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:51 AM
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29. Images in Vogue!
It hits hard
No doubt
When the truth lies there
Like that
So unashamed
Unstained
I never lied
Or told the truth

Don't mistake my lust for love
Don't mistake my lust for love

How do you look at me now
You can tell me how
Should I leave
Or wait around
If there's a chance you'll change your mind
I'll wait around
I'll wait around

You mistook my lust for love, didn't you?
You mistook my lust for love, didn't you?
Didn't you?

I've been through this all before
It's nothing new
Run and hide
I'll disguise
But the fact remains the same

Don't mistake my lust for love
Don't mistake my lust for love
Oh, did you?
How could you?
Why would you?



Footnote: About six months ago, one of our truck drivers showed up for work wearing an "Images in Vogue" shirt. I was all like "Images in Vogue?! Whoa! How old is that shirt?!", and he was all like, "hey, it's from our last tour, a year ago."

HAHAHAHAHA He was actually in Images in Vogue!
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:03 PM
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32. That's too funny!
:rofl:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:49 AM
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26. Maaaaaaan, who fuckin knows?
Edited on Fri May-26-06 11:49 AM by redqueen
Our perceptions are all so wildly different for every little bitty single frickin thing, so really who knows?

A few months ago I would have said yes, at first sight... but today? Today I don't think so. Today I think that's just chemical / physical attraction... and that an exchange of ideas has to take place... but ask me again in a few more months and I'll probably have a different opinion.

Love is too malleable a concept... too subjective an experience to ever be explained or understood, I think.

But it stinks, I can tell ya that much fo sho!
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REDKING Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:49 AM
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27. Oh yeah......
:bounce:
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:50 AM
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28. Not romantic love
but some sort of connection on a cellular level with certain people.
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:56 AM
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30. Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends... </bad Ringo Starr impersonation>

Actually, I do think it happens all the time, as it's happened to me more than once. The sad thing is that most of the time I'm not abole to act on it.
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REDKING Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:00 PM
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31. Hyperactive...T.Dolby....
Blast from the past:evilgrin:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:43 PM
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34. fan of electronic nostalgia, are we? Try this:
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izzybeans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:45 PM
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35. No, but the first time I met my wife I knew my intentions were
less than honorable.

They still are, from time to time. ;)
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:46 PM
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36. I believe in infatuation at first site
but not love. Love happens over time as you get to know the person.
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Arazi Donating Member (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:49 PM
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37. Yes! My bride and I will celebrate 20 years this August
I fell in love with her as soon as she walked up to me and said hello. We went out that night, she stayed over and never left.

It happens.

The bigger question perhaps is whether it guarantees a lasting marriage, or even a happy marriage. I acknowledge that terms like lasting and happy are subjective but in the scheme of things I believe there are a few lucky bastards like myself who get struck by the lightening.
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:57 PM
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38. Yes. I am a very fortunate man.
The day after my first date with my wife I told my best friend I was going to marry her.

I was crazy in love in a way I'd never been before.

I still am.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:21 PM
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42. awwwwwww
posts like these give me hope, whilst simultaneously breaking my heart

isn't that ironic?
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:58 PM
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39. Hell no, only in lust at first sight.
Love comes later, if at all.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:02 PM
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40. I've never experienced it, but who am I to say others haven't!
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:02 PM
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41. No, but instant infatuation can quickly deepen into real love...
...and who's to say where the one becomes the other? If there's an instant attraction that leads to an exclusive relationship, one might as well call it "love at first sight."
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:27 PM
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43. Nine years ago
I wanted her the minute I saw her, and we live together now. So I hope so!
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