One of the most entertaining things about being a published author is reading the reviews of your books. I’m not one of those that expects all 4 and 5 star reviews because I know only too well that we are all different. It is so true that you cannot please everyone. Authors must live with this and not get all upitty when some reader gives them a lashing; the worst thing to do is respond to a bad review. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. My approach is to accept all reviews, comments and ratings gratefully. I’m glad to say that On My Knees has had some terrific reviews and I thank those who have posted them, but I also want to thank some of those who have been critical for giving me the idea for this post. Love at first sight.
I have been surprised that there are readers of romance who don’t believe in ‘insta love’, as one called it. Well, it happens in On My Knees because I do believe in it. And you want to know why? I believe in it because it happened to me. I met my guy on the Friday evening, a brief encounter if ever there was one (less than an hour), and was smitten. He gave me his card with his office number on it so I had to wait the whole weekend before I could call him and it drove me crazy. I called him on the Monday morning and we met again that evening. I moved in with him within a fortnight and we bought a house together within two months. We’ve now been together fourteen years and grow closer by the day.
So, I wondered just how many of you believe? Why not leave a comment? And if I can work this properly, vote in the poll.
Yes, i BELIEVE! I had known my honey casually for years. Then one day in July we sat across from each other at a restaurant with a group of people. We had our first date in August, got engaged in October and married in December. That was almost 30 years ago. Sigh. He’s still my hero. Insta-love, indeed. Besides, i think it’s crazy for people to say what is “possible” in romance novels. It’s like saying “vampires never do that!” LOL : )
Glad to hear it, Tara. By the time we’ve been together thirty years we’ll be old wrecks! That’s a good point you make about the realms of possibility in romance.
The first time I laid eyes on him in the airport, I swear time around us shifted, showing me a past life we had once shared. We met in person in April, got engaged in August, and married that December. Yeah, yeah, mock me all you want, but it’s true and we may have our bumps, but he’s the first person I’ve ever met who I can see forever with.
What a lovely story Df.
I’m trying to analyze the phrase too deeply, so I answered a “maybe”. I believe there’s a spark of attraction there at the beginning, but love is a heavy emotion that grows. See, I told you I was dissecting it. How about “sizzling sparks at first sight”? lol
Oh, you spoil sport.
Definitely. My dh and I were at a campus bar, he was with his friends, me with mine. Our eyes met across the bar. I spent the week trying to figure out who he was (unknown to me, he was doing the same thing), and we literally bumped into each other in the cafeteria. Thirty-four years and three sons later, he’s my best friend, lover, and a business partner.I can’t imagine life without him. He rocks my every day.
I believe!
Gee, i believe cuz it’s the only way it’s happened for me. Every time I’ve fallen, it’s been instantly and hard.
As much as I write about it, what I don’t believe is that there is only one person for us. I believe there is only one person once we find that person, but to think you’d love, lose that love and never love again, is the most unromantic thing to me.
It looks as if all your respondents have been female up to now. So it may be as much of a surprise to you as it was to me to know that I, a very unemotional Englishman, succumbed to the virus once in a nano-second, not an evening. I had been married twice before, she three times; she was in her fifties, I was just sixty. She came to me as a professional client and when I opened the door of my office to let her in something extraordinary and quite unexplainable happened. It was what is generally called a “coup de foudre”. It was difficult for me to concentrate on behaving professionally and I was told later that I was somewhat incoherent.
The story, alas, has a tragic ending. We knew each other for three days on a professional basis, then got together and lived together for four days during which we mapped out our future together. But then she got a call from her doctor to say that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer from which she died half a year later.
Oh, Diccon, what a tragic yet wonderfully romantic contribution. Thank you for sharing it with us. I’m sure everyone here sends you a hug.
Of course it happens! I was 21 years old and a messed up, fighty, confrontational thing when love at first sight struck – somewhat like being hit by a truck and struck by lightning at the same time. And I was in the midst of berating the poor soul for his arrogant method of introduction…. while he just smiled at me until I stuttered to a halt. That over confident, tattooed man turned out to be one of the most beautiful, sensitve people I have ever met. And he had me sussed in those first few minutes! We had 12 hours together in the end. We were both a long way from home, and our homes were a long way apart. I insisted it wouldn’t work out and I’d destroy what we both felt. He insisted not. I won. I just wish I’d swallowed my pride and told him what he told me when I made him leave.
Oh yes I do believe in love at first sight. Even though I wasn’t ready for it at the time, it followed me nonetheless. We’ve raised 2 children, traveled these last 10 years, and make portions of our little dreams come true pieces at a time…*S* Oh yes I believe in love at first sight…after 35 years and still counting…*S*
Darcy
I believe in love at first sight because it happened to me. I am so in love with this man I first saw four months ago that I just know we will be together for the rest of our lives. We went on our first date two weeks ago and it was magic! I loved him before I knew his name.
That’s spirit, Brandon. Good luck and good love.
Pleased to hear it, Darcy
Tristan,
My H loves to remind me frequently that I made him chase me, which I did. I did not want to marry young as my mother had been married 3 times, and I had just one hope when I was a teen. it was to graduate high school. It was only when My H finally understood that it was a hope that was not to be forgotten that I let myself get caught so to speak..:) My H brags that I still make him chase me which is what keeps romance and bond alive…*S* Our son married a year ago, and at his wedding he told everyone that he waited for his love at first sight, and he would have waited for her forever as he wants the type if long lasting love as his parents…it make me so happy that he found his one;}
Nice.