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Subject: Re: Trying Too Hard and Blindness - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 13-Jan-84 22:31:03 EST
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uiuccsb!jalote    Jan 13 17:16:00 1984

I agree that there is nothing like "love" at first sight. But, to say that
any attraction at the first sight is lust would be incorrect. There are
people you see and get a warm feeling through you (different that what you 
might get on seeing a scantily dressed voluptuous lady) and a desire to be
able to talk to the person or be close to her.

I think the reason is that most people have some kind of image of what their
dream person looks like. It might not be clearly stated in the mind, but
very often it exists. Even the qualities one wants in their ideal MOTOS
translate into some kind of fuzzy image of the person.

Sometimes when you see a person which in some ways matches this image of the
ideal partner (one might not know this because the image itself might not
be well difined), the person feels a strong attraction towards the other
person.

So, I think there is more than simple infatuation or lust, when there is strong
initial attraction (maybe just by the features, or the way a person carries
him/her self). But, saying that is love would certainly be carrying it too far.