Brits Still Believe in Love at First Sight
The poll revealed that 72 per cent of Brits believe it’s possible to fall in love with someone simply by laying eyes on them.
A further 28 per cent say it is impossible as it takes months rather than weeks to fall in love with someone and a cynical 4 per cent say it takes years.
Despite this high belief in love at first sight, over 90 per cent of us said we have yet to experience it!
It was agreed that the majority of us had experienced lust at first sight, with 92 per cent of women and 100 per cent of men saying it was a regular occurrence for them, but barely any of us have experience love at first sight.
TheLoveBuggy.com found that London is the least romantic city in the country with only 59 per cent of Londoners acknowledging that love at first sight really exists.
The North West was revealed to be our most romantic region with almost eight out of ten believed it was possible to fall for a stranger just by looking at them.
The Welsh were also shown to wear their hearts on their sleeves with more than three quarters declaring their belief in the power of love at first sight.
But Scotland’s brave hearts were revealed to be a more pragmatic bunch with just under two thirds, stating it was possible to fall in love with someone by setting eyes on them for the first time.
A spokesman for TheLoveBuggy.com said, “The concept of love at first sight has been around ever since Adam first copped eyes on Eve’s shiny apple.
“But with everyone these days leading such hectic and busy lives we thought it would be interesting to find out if anyone out there still believed in it.
“It’s fair to say we’ve been surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response to our survey. It seems most of us still believe that it’s possible to fall for a stranger just by sight, even if the vast majority of us have never had the experience.
“The regional differences are interesting as well. Londoners are so busy avoiding eye contact on the tube so perhaps it’s only to be expected that less of them would entertain the idea although a clear majority still did.
“But the further north you go the more romantic people seem to become. At least until you get as far as Manchester.
“After that it dips a little with Geordies proving a little more cynical and then the Scots taking a much cooler view of things.
“But the overall picture was hugely heart-warming for those of us who believe that love at first sight can happen all the time.”
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Cara Mason @cara_mason
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