‘Love at first sight’ sells it short. Earth shattering, worlds colliding. That’s closer.
And even then, love as a word doesn’t really capture something that hits you on that level.
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My grandmother used to tell me ‘when you fall in true love, it’ll hit you like a ton of bricks.’ I always figured that was just old-fashioned romantic talk. Then my TF showed up. Love at first date and hug, even the kiss on the forehead. We’re not at happily-ever-after yet (still in the thick of it), but that instant recognition you’re describing is real.
What gets me is how we’re from completely opposite ends of the earth. Different cultural backgrounds.
And yet somehow we mirror each other in every other way, it’s almost uncanny. The first time we locked eyes, this intense electrical current shot through me. Startling is the only word for it. Getting physically close brought that same charge every single time, it never faded.
That instant recognition just crossed every boundary that should have made us strangers.
His voice got to me first, not his looks. The second I heard him speak, something in me just recognized him, like on a level I can’t really explain. Immediate.
And he still won’t admit what happened that day (typical), but I know he felt it too.