As the title says... Do you?
For me, I don't. I think it should be called "Interest at first sight" rather than love. How can you fall in love with a complete stranger? Someone you never knew... nothing about his/her character.. nothing about the background or family. How do you even call it love to begin with? Maybe it was the interest or the looks of the person that made your heart beat faster.
I believe love always strikes when there is interest and interest draws people closer because you want to know the person better and you would want to know if they feel the same as well. That's when love starts developing. The conversations and interactions..
For example, James and I met 3 years ago and love never developed. But to be fair, our meetings were very brief and we were in our own rs at that point of time. Guess what, after 3 years under the right timing, love immediately developed and we were together shortly after (Not sure if this is considered love at first sight under the correct condition). Hence, I wouldn't consider mine exactly a case of love at first sight. Nonetheless, I would love to hear stories of love at first sight though.
I asked James, if he believes in love at first sight as well. He chuckled and asked me "Isn't that visual love? In fact, love is too heavy a word here. I prefer to call it Like at first sight". He added that it reminded him of a scene in the movie called Frozen where Anna wanted to marry Prince Han within a night of merry making & singing. Well, in the end, turns out even that did not work out for them both. Nonethless, maybe the true love at first sight only happens in fairy tales and if it doesn't, just let it go!
Just as how diamond is made through pressure from coal, I think the real true love can only be forged after countless trials, understanding and not giving up at the end of the day. As much as others might think James and I have a very smooth sailing relationship, but the true fact is we are just like any other couples. We have our rough patches as well. But one thing we both undestand is there is no ideal relationship because we are all different in our own way.
We are brought up and exposed to different life experiences, but personally what makes our relationship perfect is the imperfections in it. I love the imperfections he has and vice versa. And this is how I feel true love is being built and not via a simple sighting only. I love him unconditionally and what doesn't kill us will continue to make us and this relationship stronger.