Love at first sight is an awesome, overwhelming yet wonderful experience. So much that it raises the question, is there really such a thing as love at first sight? I believe that love, maybe not, but lust at first sight, most likely. Love itself is a complex and powerful feeling that is an ever growing and nurturing experience. It evolves into something greater than what first was. Therefore it cannot not happen all at once. Realistically, it is nearly impossible for substantive love to be based on sight.
When people fall for love immediately based upon sight, it leads to the start of the relationship stemming from only superficial means. As many know, it tends to be a cardinal rule to not base things on how they appear mainly because there is always more “beneath the surface”. Once the reality of what lies deeper than the superficial sets in there may be disappointment which can bring a great deal of stress and sadness upon the almost inevitable breakup. Romeo understood lust upon sight: “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed a sea nourish'd with loving tears: What is it else? a madness most discreet, A
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Men have difficulty distinguishing between physical attraction and love. Romeo is no different. Romeo demonstrates his susceptibility to visual stimuli before meeting Juliet, “Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear, Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.“ (I.v.42-45) Romeo says, “Beauty too rich for use” in essence Juliet’s beauty is what draws him in upon sight. The question begs to ask, “what next?”. There needs to be something beyond that initial surge of excitement and emotion that sustains everlasting devotion for the whole person inside and out. Just as a flame is lit in an instant it can blow out just as