Can you fall in love with someone based purely on appearance?

Question:Or would that just be an infatuation or lust mistaken for love? I personally dont believe it is possible, but I welcome others opinions!

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Or would that just be an infatuation or lust mistaken for love? I personally dont believe it is possible, but I welcome others opinions!

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You can not fall in love with someone based on apperance because to truely love someone you have to no their personality and love them for who ever they are and how ever they look. If you think you are in love with some one on appearance you are shallow. This is just an attraction because you dont know how they re act. You can like someone on how they look and it may add to your love but it is not basied on appearance.

yes, i have done a few times, i can always spot a decent and kind man and i fall for them instantly.

Yup, Infatuation.

But is does depend on what you mean, if someone appears kindly and warm that's different from if someone appears to be smoking hot. These are two different connotations to the word appearance. I assume you are talking about a persons looks.

I believe it's lust because although I think my fiance is VERY, VERY attractive, I still love his personality more than his looks. No matter what he looks like, I will always love him.

i dont beleiv at it too.
to say ur in love with someone coz he/she is very pretty is completly shallow and questionable

i think many ppl do fall in love in just appearances..i think it all depends on the person.

i dont think so
its hard to describe love
i personally think u have to spend time with someone to love them
some ppl think they are in love when they get butterfly's but ive been past that n have fallen and got heartbroken when she went of n ****** alot
but thats a different story

hope taht helps

Infatuation (puppy love) and lust (eros) are both different types of love. True love, or your particular version of it, isn't the only type of love out there or the only one which matters.

Love is whatever you see it as, so if you tell yourself it is love then it is.

EDIT: Really? How about this for an example:

A soldier is away while his wife is pregnant and gives birth. She sends him a picture of his newborn son. Pangs of love overwhelm him at the sight.

Wake up, people.

All love is subjective. You always fall in love with the person according to how you see them, the qualities you give them and the ones you wish to recognize as them having. You don't fall in love with the person they are because you can never truly know the person they are, so it is always about you falling in love with the person you think they are or who you tell yourself they are. Since you can tell yourself right upon first sight of them that they possess those qualities which would make you love them, then you can fall in love with them upon first sight. You can even fall in love with them before seeing them for the same reason, just upon hearing about them.

I think a lot of guys can, much more so than women. Men are very visual and tend to fall in love with what they see. It's not real though, it's infatuation.

100% yes.

mabey not "fall in love" with them but just liking them, then yeah.

i dont think so.......

Possible but unlikely, it probably lust or something. but yes it could happen, it all depends on how your mind works!

You could love someone's appearance but that would not mean you loved that person, though you may lust for them as they possess the appearance you love. Looks alone do not define a person's appearance - how many people claim to have fallen in love at first sight with a photo? The way someone appears is only a part of who they actually are and to initally love someone's appearance and thereafter their nature is very lucky - and i think what just about everyone is searching for (or if lucky - found!).

No, the love you feel for someone based solely on appearance would be equivalent to the love you feel for an inanimate object. To compare the two would be incomprehensible due to the complexities of human nature.

To fall in love based on aesthetics is not possible, lust and infatuation are symptomatic of the primitive origins of the human race, but even this is actually governed by the in 'genetic' expectations to which we as humans are predisposed.

When looking for a 'mate' with whom to procreate we have inbuilt criteria which we subconsciously look for, these can vary due to a number of factors.

In the Animal Kingdom this is demonstrated in many species, Using Lions as an example, the strongest Lion (Alpha Male)in the pride will be he most desirable to the Lioness as he will produce the strongest. healthiest cubs, hence insuring the longevity of the species. This is a very basic example as humans a alot more factors and requirements come into play as we evolve and adapt to our canstantly changing environment.

No u cant..I guess u dun cal that falling in love..mayb just plain liking or attracted to it..to fall in love is much more complex than it reali is..the feelings are very mixed up..u dun only feel happy, u feel sad and angry when u're in love ya?alot of feelings and thinkings comes in..but when u say u fell in love with someone purely based on appearance, u probably mean that the person is good looking or pretty. Cuz u won't be attracted to someone if he/she looked ugly or average..so that is very superficial kinda liking.. no love involved i guess..mayb after some time, u will den start to develope feelings for him/her =p

The initial attraction triggers a wave and tingle, but it's not real love. After some time the attraction wears thin and if there isn't anything else there the trouble starts. Ever wonder why most of Hollywood gets divorced? They are fooled easily by appearance because their lives are built upon it. Why do you think they call it "falling" in love?