Mary_SA Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Do you think that this sort of love they portray in the movie can be real - not in the movie, in real life! The way they meet, fall in love, his 2nd kiss. All of it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixgirl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 It's been my experience that life does not happen the way it does in movies. I don't believe anyone can really fall in love at first sight. I believe people can fall in lust or deep attraction, but that's about it. The kissing scene, I think about that a lot. Would I ever let a man I just met kiss me like that? OK, probably. LOL Honestly, love and trust takes a long time to develop. As much as I love movies, especially PSILY and all of Gerry's movies, I have to remember that it is just a movie and to never expect love to happen that way. That being said, if it ever did, how awesome would that be? Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 I never believed in love at first sight until I met my husband. Instead of analyzing my feelings and questioning them, I decided that, for the first time in my life, I would go by what was in my heart and damn the consequences. I was sure I was completely out of my mind. Interestingly, when I spoke to my counselor about it, she also said to simply go with it and see where it led. I married him three months and three weeks later. We have been to hell and back, through things that (statistically) would destroy most marriages and have only grown closer and closer. Sometimes Hollywood gets very, very close to getting it right. Holly's Gerry is a lot like my Charlie. Looks may be different, but the sweet personality does exist in real life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixgirl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Oh Catwoman, that's so beautiful to know! Maybe part of the problem sometimes is the analysis and fear, etc. I'm so glad that just going for it worked out for you! My ex husband and I knew each other for 6 weeks when we got married. We stayed together 15 years, but it wasn't a good 15 years. I'm so happy to know that it CAN happen for some people!! Thanks for sharing that! Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas gramma Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 YES! "These tings do 'appen" (in my best Carlotta accent) The instant my Gene and I met, it was as though we'd known each other all our lives and were instant friends and felt the electricity across the room. It's like we just knew, even though we both fought against it. We were both in the process of dealing with failing marriages, both going through nasty divorces, neither wanted to fall in love again. But all along, we just knew. Finally two very persistent 14 year old boys (his and mine) decided "enough of this" (in my best Gerry Kennedy accent) and insisted we belonged together. We did. We were together 30 beautiful years with never a fight. NEVER think love at first sight can't happen. Even if you aren't ready for it, you never know when love is ready for YOU! Suzie PS: Oh, we later found out that Gene and I had followed each other all over the world on military assignments for 15 years before we actually met. I dated one of Gene's best friends but never met Gene. We married the wrong people in the same chapel, we had those boys in the same hospital, just a few months apart, but we never met. We even attended some of the same social functions but never met. Then the miracle happened. When Gene and I were married, my son gave me away, and Gene's son was best man. The chaplain married all four of us as a family. I still cry when I think how lovely that was. Together at last. Sometimes, God just smiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine ONeal Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 What a wonderful story that is. I'm still waiting to meet Mr. Right...When I go to either Scotland or Ireland, maybe he's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissSilverWolff Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Oh, Christine. You're stealing my idea though, want to join me? I do believe strongly in love at first sight. Maybe that's why I'm not falling in love with anyone lately; no one appeals to me. Not one eligible man in my city interests me. I've had 3 or 4 guys in one week to look at me. Two of them were in the car next to me earlier this week. Then, a guy who was a customer of mine tried to get me to give him my number. 'Nother customer through Drive-Thru did the "call me" sign- so annoying. I just feel like givin' up here and pack up to go to Ireland or something. I've got my passport, I'm gone. Maybe, ops. I need money. Nothing like a fast food joint to pay you. I hope that someday I can be a nurse in the UK and find that guy... It'll be the best life present God can give me.... .Silver.Stars.Brightly.Showering.Down.Of.The.Pale.Night.Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbes girl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 I met my future husband when I was 14 years old and he was 16. It was love at first sight for him. He followed me around high school asking about me and he followed me home from a school event to see where I lived. He had a friend of mine get us together. I didn't know he was a very brainy guy I just thought he was a hunk when I first saw him. We dated and became a couple and married when I was 21 and he was 23. Education came before marriage. I recommend that for you young gals. Today we are celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary. He is still a hunk in my eyes. ~HUGS~ Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine ONeal Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 That is awesome Kathy! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbes girl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Thanks Christine! Hubby has a special evening planned for us and he won't tell me about where we are going. He loves surprising me. ~HUGS~ Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas gramma Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Oh, Kathy, 44years! Congratulations!! Treasure every moment with him, Honey. They are so very precious. I wish I'd had more of them with my Gene. Suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixgirl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) It really makes me feel so good knowing so many of my friends found true love like that. Gives me hope for my sons. I hope to read more stories like this! Maybe it can happen for me as well ... never too late, right? Lisa Edited June 18, 2010 by phoenixgirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rendita Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 This conversation is making me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixgirl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 This conversation is making me sad. Honestly Ren, it makes me feel sad as well; but I think we have to stay hopeful that it CAN happen. Sometimes I feel like giving up all together, eating as much ice cream as I want and not worrying about what I look like. However, I can't give up. There HAS to be love out there for us, Ren. You're a beautiful, intelligent and fun woman, and there is plenty of time for love to find you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rendita Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Honestly Ren, it makes me feel sad as well; but I think we have to stay hopeful that it CAN happen. Sometimes I feel like giving up all together, eating as much ice cream as I want and not worrying about what I look like. However, I can't give up. There HAS to be love out there for us, Ren. You're a beautiful, intelligent and fun woman, and there is plenty of time for love to find you. Thanks Lisa. It's really not even about getting married. I don't think I'll ever get married either, not that I'm against it. I just don't think it will ever happen. On an unrelated note, do you think I could pull off biker chick? I think I could, especially since I got rid of my blonde highlights. Just kidding.........sick of work right now. You know is it really such a leap Finance......Biker Chick? How did I ever end up in Finance? It's so not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixgirl Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) Yes, I do think you can pull off biker chick! I think we all have an inner bad girl. GO FOR IT! Edited June 18, 2010 by phoenixgirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rendita Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Yes, I do think you can pull off biker chick! I think we all have an inner bad girl. GO FOR IT! If they would just keep paying me while I went out to play, that would be great. Unfortunately they won't & no one else is going to make my mortgage/car payments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas gramma Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Brenda, could you be a biker chick AND still drive your really cool car??? Suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBPhanatic Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I saw the coolest biker jacket one time. It said, "If you can read this, the b*tch fell off!" I about died laughing! As far as love at first sight, I think it's possible. The heart sometimes tells us things before our brains can process. I use my head but I always try to follow my heart because it always knows best and I trust it way over my brain. I just don't listen to it sometimes and overthink things too much. Sometimes your first "instincts" are the the best ones. Delene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framolamdu Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I believe in lust at first sight and that would be something that would grow into love as you got to know the person as the evening went on. Hey us singles are part of the SAS club - Sexy Attractive Single. Ren even Lisa Snowden is finding it tough - she thinks she will never get married/kids. I'm past caring - if it happens for me great but I'm not going to let my life be defined on whether I have a man or not. A friend of a friend ended up seriously depressed and in counselling because it hadn't happened for her and while I found it sad for her I actually thought how pathetic that she felt it was the be all and end all to have a bloke. Us women are stronger than that Moira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rendita Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Brenda, could you be a biker chick AND still drive your really cool car??? Suzie I don't know Suzie. That w/b difficult. Sometimes I think that's my most attractive quality. Hmmmm....something to ponder.....as if this were a serious conversation. I believe in lust at first sight and that would be something that would grow into love as you got to know the person as the evening went on. Hey us singles are part of the SAS club - Sexy Attractive Single. Ren even Lisa Snowden is finding it tough - she thinks she will never get married/kids. I'm past caring - if it happens for me great but I'm not going to let my life be defined on whether I have a man or not. A friend of a friend ended up seriously depressed and in counselling because it hadn't happened for her and while I found it sad for her I actually thought how pathetic that she felt it was the be all and end all to have a bloke. Us women are stronger than that :lmao:Moira I have to say Mo that most of the time I don't care........but men do have their uses........on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Phantom Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Ren~ Biker Babe....oh yeah! I can soo see that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary_SA Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks for everyone sharing their stories and their thoughts! I'm with a lot of you that say that it doesn't take a man to make me happy. I guess I just also wanna feel sometimes what they portray in movies and it's really great those that have shared their stories that have had some story book marriages etc. I enjoy being single at this point ... I'm a SAM (Single Attractive Mama) and think that I need to spend my time with my daughter rather then the stress of trying to juggle time with my daughter and a new man and all those hassles that evolve - the only man I'll change my mind for is Gerry hehe. Suppose that when a movie allows you to escape, books too, that means that the movie/book has achieved it's purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieNY11 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Here's my 2 cents' worth: I met my husband of (almost) 26 years in Washington, D.C., even though he's a Brooklyn boy and I'm a Queens girl, at a self-awareness seminar in 1980. We had mutual friends but they were not instrumental in our meeting. I overheard Jeff tell someone he knew Frank Z., who I also knew. Then I found out he was in chiropractic school and I thought "he's cute, I'll ask him about my 'creaky' knee." I went up to him and mentioned our mutual friend Frank's name and asked him for a consultation on my knee. He took a look and gave me some advice and we started dating as soon as we got back to New York. On our first date he told me "I think I'm falling in love with you." I was like "????" Especially since I was so nervous that I drank way more than I ever had and threw up all the way home! Wow, some first date, but I guess he liked it enough to come back for more. My point is, you never know where and when it will happen. I didn't go to the seminar planning on meeting someone but it was meant to be, so keep on being positive and it can happen to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notdeadyet Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I have been married for 52 years. We met when I was a mature 13 and he was 18 and we've been together ever since. No, I've never even kissed another man. My Husband is not perfect BUT he is a wonderful man, kind, honest, faithful, patient, loving. I could go on and on. I am a very lucky women. And ,hey, he is a very lucky man. It was not love at first sight, but it didn't take long after we met to know that we belonged to each other. So don't give up, you ladies that haven't found your man yet. There is someone out there for you.....I don't doubt it for a minute. P.S. He even accepts my obsession with Gerry and buying all his movies. He knows its all in fun. Notdeadyet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now