Does falling in love have a time restriction?

[BlondieK143]

Can you fall in love in two weeks? What about two days? Does it take two years? What are your opinions?

[Spinzonner]

1. 7 minutes

[BlondieK143]

3. Can I ask why you say 7 minutes?

That's intriguing.

[Spinzonner]

5. Title of an Irving Wallace novel

and a somewhat cheezy movie of it.

You might have to read the book to get the connection.

[BlondieK143]

7. OH!

Now that makes sense. :D

[Spinzonner]

10. It does ? Not unless you know the book ...

a clue

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-03-31-coehlo_x.htm

[BlondieK143]

11. I meant the reference.

The title and everything. I didn't mean it made sense because I knew what you were talking about. :)

[Dogmudgeon]

2. It's always different

There are a lot of things you can say 'in general,' but every given love is different.

--bkl

[DarkPhenyx]

4. Love is a falicy....

...perpetuated by the greeting card companies.

[Spinzonner]

6. Interesting spelling

did you mean fallacy or phallusy

[DarkPhenyx]

16. Fallacy.

Look at the time stamp on the post. I was suffering from EMCD at the time. :)

[Love Bug]

8. I don't think there's a time limit

I don't think there's a time limit but I've been dumped by guys who do. On one memorable occasion I was dumped during dinner on Valentine's Day (!) by someone who, after only dating me for about 6 weeks, decided he was never going to love me. Ok, I understand a person feels what they feel, but his timing sucked.

[Spinzonner]

9. Hey, when it's smeging time its smeging time

[Love Bug]

19. It's cold outside

there's no kind of atmosphere
all alone, more or less
Let my fly far away from here,
fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun

I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose
drinking fresh mango juice
Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes
fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun
fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun sun


:-D

[cleofus1]

12. interesting question?

Is this because you are lonely and want to be in love? You know it with a certainty that defies description...becouse love is a many splendored thing...if you have to ask...guesss what...it's not love.

[Robb]

13. Nope.

Because that would imply one has any control over the matter. Falling in love is something you can't consciously regulate.

Just happens when it happens. :)

[Ready4Change]

14. No time limit.

I once fell for a woman, and fell hard, without even seeing her. I just heard her laugh. About half an hour later I found she was married, and had to hold in those feelings for the next 6 months I worked with her.

On the other hand, I'd known my wife as a friend for a couple years before we fell for each other. We were both so sure that we weren't each others "type" that we didn't even consider it. Then, in one moment, wham, we were both very sure that we were. Been unquestionably together ever since.

So I don't think there's a set amount of time it takes. Nor do I think there's only one kind of love. It comes in a wide variety of flavours, and a whole volume knob of strengths (many of which go to eleven!)

I suspect peoples problems aren't in finding love, but in recognizing the love they already have.

My .02

[SarahB]

15. I don't think so

Some of us have tried in life to be nothing but pragmatic and practical when it comes to this stuff, but every once in awhile, that absolute bastard f*cking cupid hits us and it may be the wrong place at the wrong time, but there it is nonetheless, so we just end up doomed to suffer in silence.
I look at it like Pandora's Box, I have to guard it like crazy, because it takes so long to track all the junk down and stuff it back in once I allowed someone the key. If they change their mind and decide they don't want it after all, it stirs up too much within me.
My pragmatism has been there for a reason. :(

[regularguy]

17. One can fall in love immediately, but

it's best to keep yer mouth shut about for at least a month or two. :)

[Kahuna]

18. love at first sight...

It CAN happen..