Love at First Sight

Recently I was asked if I believe in love at first sight. I felt at the time, it was an excellent question and it took me about thirty seconds to answer. Yes. Love at first sight is real. History itself has proved this to be true time and time again. Men and women and have fallen in love at first glance for centuries.

It is wonderful, intoxicating and quite surprising when this happens. You see someone for the first time and you totally fall in love with them. I am sure that is what happened to King David, when he first saw the beautiful Jewish Princess Bathsheba. Love captured the heart of Paris, the Trojan Prince when he first set eyes on Helen of Troy, and love burned in the heart of Samson during his first encounter with Delilah. Books have been written, movies produced, families ended, and wars have been started over this delectable subject.

Many years ago I took a part time job as a line cook in a local restaurant. It was a difficult period in my life and I was considering leaving New Jersey. One evening during a slow night, my co-workers and I were sitting near the front door, enjoying coffee and light conversation. It was winter, and bitter cold out.

As we were chatting, the door opened and along with a rush of freezing air, I noticed a young lady walk in. She was about 5’10 with long thick dark brown hair, and the prettiest big brown eyes I ever seen. She was very buxom, and had sort of a Gothic look. She looked Eastern European, which I later discovered was correct. Beth was the most beautiful young lady I had ever seen.

I feel in love with her the moment I saw her. I mean totally in love! I could have won the lottery that night, and it would not have impacted me as much as seeing her on that cold winter night.

Nothing on earth at that moment could have hindered me from wanting to meet her, to be with her. I knew that I had to do be a part of her life. All of my co-workers noticed my reaction, and were quite surprised and starting laughing. “Forget it,” my boss stated. “It will be impossible to date her. “Beth is very shy and only twenty years old. She keeps to herself and rarely speaks to anyone.” That statement had about as much affect on me, as a fly would have in a weight room.