I can only tell you what happened to me. I walked into work one day in 1986 and saw my future wife who had just started work in my department. When I saw her there was a little voice in my head that said, "There is the girl you are going to marry".

We became friends initially. This lasted until we went on our first date in December 1987. I proposed in May 1988 and we married in October 1989. We will celebrate our 24th anniversary in a few days, have a wonderful daughter who turned 20 this year, and I believe we will remain married until one of us passes away. Our life together has not been all bliss- I don't think anyone could endure that. We have had our struggles with my bipolar disorder and other challenges but have grown closer during these periods of stress.

I can say without doubt that love at first sight does happen because it happened to me.