Love at first sight: A reality or an illusion?
updated the 14 July 2015 à 18:34We know what love is and relationships are pretty familiar to us. We have lost all illusions. Until the day a man comes to shake-up our life as we know it. Yes, this is love at first sight…but does it really exist?
Or as the French call it ‘coup de foudre‘ (literally meaning thunderbolt love) is a really appropriate name: it is an electric shock between two people, a magnetic wave so powerful that even lightning conductors give up. We speak about bewitchment, about miracles and about synchronicities. But love at first sight is also connected with naivety and traps for the unwary; it’s for naive young girls who swallow any promises, not for incredulous women (with two divorces, they learn to be careful). Yet nevertheless, it can happen to all of us at any time: the romantics, as well as naive girls or even women who are happy to be single. It can even happen that this crush becomes a long-lasting love, for better or worse, explains Juliette Allais, trans-generational psychoanalyst and Dr Philippe Brenot, psychiatrist and couple therapist.
Read more from our ‘love at first sight’ report:
What kind of women are prone to love at first sight?
Why does love at first sight happen when we least expect it?
Love at first sight: How to achieve a lasting fairytale love?
Love at first sight: Couples tell us their stories
Valérie Rodrige
