Love At First Sight Research Paper

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I believe love at first sight is not possible. When a person thinks that they've fallen in love at first sight, they are just in love with the idea or image of the person. The first thing a person sees is the looks, you can't see their personality. They don't hold a sign with everything about them on it. In "Romeo and Juliet" the lovers believed they were so in love that they even died together. But Romeo got over Rosaline by thinking that he loved Juliet. Juliet was a girl who was pure to the world, perhaps Romeo was the first guy to flirt with her so she thought she was in love. Another reason to why I believe love at first sight is not possible is because of the meaning of love. Love is not being able to picture a future without them, it

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