<p>I do! May sound naive but I totally believe in love at first sight.</p>
<p>We are programmed to be attracted to people with whom we can make healthy babies.
But my best prospect for grand babies, has anosmia 
[Scents</a> and Sensibility | Psychology Today](<a href=“Scents and Sensibility | Psychology Today”>Scents and Sensibility | Psychology Today)</p>
<p>Great article, emeraldkity4.</p>
<p>Good luck on the grandkids… :)</p>
<p>I guess I spoke too soon. My youngest wants both of us to come up to meet her boyfriend next weekend. I didn’t even know about her sisters bf till she had been goIng out with him for a couple years, and now I think it has been five.
She did scare me to death though the way she phrased it, insisting that it can wait till both of us can come.</p>
<p>Lol…</p>
<p>I think the sense of smell is very important…but I guess people that have an issue there can work around it. :). Have fun…</p>
<p>What a lovely thread this is! I always enjoy hearing about how other people fell in love. (I like rom com movies, too.)</p>
<p>I certainly never believed that there was only one person out there for me. I knew there were lots of people, and that I could be happy with any of them. But not just anyone. Everyone whom I cared about – and sometimes there were more than one at a time – was someone I felt a strong connection with pretty much immediately. Not necessarily “at first sight,” but usually within an hour of meeting. When I met my wife for the first time, I remember thinking, “Well, here’s someone who’s not standard-issue pretty, but she has sensational eyes and she’s really interesting. I bet I could fall in love with her.” We didn’t actually get romantically involved for about 15 months after that, but once we did it felt instantly serious and life-changing for both of us.</p>
<p>The big difference between people I felt that connection with was, first and foremost, how strongly they felt it with me, and then also timing. There’s some luck involved. When it works, it works.</p>
<p>I have long recommended that parents watch the Richard Linklater movie, Before Sunrise, with their teenage children, in order to talk about falling in love. Now, I might pair it with the recent film Like Crazy, that does a wonderful job of showing a young couple falling instantly in love, fighting against great obstacles to stay true to their feelings . . . and ultimately losing. A realistic splash of cold water on the falling-in-love feeling.</p>
<p>My now husband and I worked for the same company but in diferent cities. Before even meeting, he told our boss that the next time he came to town he was going to marry me. When he did finally come, we went to dinner and he saved the menu from our first date. It’s framed in our dining room right now. Unless he did this with all his first dates, then we fell in love on our first date. He was in town for only three weeks. Then the relationship was long distance for the next five months. The next time he was in town was for our wedding. It has been 33 years…</p>
<p>Thats really sweet, 3bm103</p>
<p>When I met my H and he told me his last name, I instantly thought “I’m going to marry this guy and get stuck with this name.” We were engaged 6 weeks later. It was like I was checking off a list I didn’t even know I had. We recently celebrated our 28th anniversary.</p>
<p>I came around a corner and there he was. We shared a few words- until my then bf caught up with me. I knew. I just knew and I still remember the warm feeling. Only later, I learned how much we had in common (it’s uncanny.)</p>
<p>Alot of our early relationship was LD- we were on separate coasts. When it’s right, it’s right. 32 years.</p>
<p>"When I met my H and he told me his last name, I instantly thought “I’m going to marry this guy and get stuck with this name.” We were engaged 6 weeks later. </p>
<p>Here I was, in my younger days…trying to figure out how I could impress women…and it comes down to a second or two…maybe a last name…and that is it. All that contemplation…for nothing. :)</p>
<p>The first contact I had with my husband which was hearing his voice on an answering machine, I heard a voice in my head “this is the guy I am going to marry.” I didn’t meet him for another month and the whole time I kept telling myself “Boy, I hope he’s not ugly because I don’t want to have to marry an ugly guy.” I was completely convinced I was going to marry him without ever having met him.</p>
<p>At the time, I was an over 30 med school graduate with a no-nonsense attitude, not prone to swoons. On paper, we were completely incompatible. I ignored all the obstacles at the time and as new ones have come up, I’ve told myself “it was meant to be” and worked through them. We celebrated our 20th this year.</p>
<p>Yes, I was also pleased that he was not ugly and that his last name was a very acceptable one (not that I took it, but had to think of the kids).</p>
<p>"The first contact I had with my husband which was hearing his voice on an answering machine, I heard a voice in my head “this is the guy I am going to marry.” I didn’t meet him for another month and the whole time I kept telling myself “Boy, I hope he’s not ugly because I don’t want to have to marry an ugly guy.” </p>
<p>Is my daughter going to do crap like this?</p>
<p>She was a math major and extremely logical.</p>
<p>Since this is a college board…</p>
<p>Did I **** away 200,000 grand paying for her college education? :)</p>
<p>I’m just kidding.</p>
<p>Amazing stories.</p>
<p>Ah, dstark, if you only knew half of it.</p>
<p>What Asian mother would be happy to have her daughter with an MD marry someone who dropped out of HS? </p>
<p>I’m sure your daughter will put her education to good use regardless of who she marries :D</p>
<p>Lol…I love your story.</p>
<p>At least my daughter is going out with a high school graduate. :)</p>
<p>Supposedly…this guy is not the one…but after reading these posts…lol.</p>
<p>When I met my husband, I was seeing another man that I felt strongly connected to , but was all wrong for me
I described my now husband as " cute in a not my type kind of way " Boy was I wrong with my initial impression ! More than just physical appearance ( since I wasn’t a big fan of blondes ) he was an still is the nicest, most generous and interesting person I have ever met in my life
As far as the term " soulmates " …I think that is something that singles on match.com obsess over while continuing to live unfullfilled lives</p>
<p>Met my DH in h.s. marching band. We were both nuts about each other right away. I was with him as much as my Mom would allow.I was a freshman. He was a senior.</p>
<p>A year later he left for college and we (painfully) agreed that it would be in our own best interests to break-up. It was heartbreaking for both of us. </p>
<p>Three years and a couple of boyfriends later, I saw him in church on Christmas Eve and all the old feelings came flooding back. It was the same for him. We were head over heels all over again. Eighteen months later we were married…celebrated our 30th anniversary this past Tues (6/26).</p>
<p>Happy anniversary, Packmom!! and I love your anniversary date !! 626 is, of course, a GREAT day!!
jym626 
:D</p>