Love, at first sight, is nothing but a scam

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It can be a wild feeling to meet someone for the first time and feel instant fireworks and attraction. While it’s easy to get caught up in the raging emotions of “love at first sight,” that feeling, unsubstantiated by actual compatibility and lifestyle fit, remains just that feeling.

Relationships need more than feeling. True partnership requires mutual respect, listening, empathy, kindness, and matching goals, ambitions and values. So even though love, at first sight, is a thing, we should be careful with how much we let it dictate our lives.

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Continuing, But then, you’re attaching all these attributes to that feeling like, ‘This is meant to be. This is love at first sight. This is something inexplicable. It felt electric, and therefore, it must be love.

Just because someone is really good-looking doesn’t mean that you know that much about them. You can run the risk of convincing yourself that they’re right for you based on your emotions rather than logic.

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Attraction is important, but the things that lead to long-standing relationships are kindness and shared values. You’re not going to know those things until further down the line.

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