16 | HealthLinksSC.com THE RISE IN SENIOR LUXURY LIVING It was explored by the ancients Greeks, pondered by Chaucer and Jane Austen, debated ever since Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" and featured time after time in movies such as “West Side Story,” “The Godfather, “Gone With The Wind” and “Sleepless in Seattle.” Is love at first sight real? If so, does it happen even a fraction as often in real life as depicted in film and novels? And is there a special ingredient that just lands out of nowhere on a chosen few while eluding the rest of us? The truth on all counts is a lot closer to “no” than it is to “yes.” While science and psychology can point to occasional examples that appear to bear out the idea, the overwhelming evidence shows that love at first sight is more fantasy than fact. By L. C. Leach III LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: FACT OR FANTASY?
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