Some people in today's society claim that one can look at another person and just fall in love. This concept is known as love at first sight. But how can this be; how is one able to love another person at the sight of that person? Even though it does not seem possible that love can occur at first sight, attraction at first sight can happen. Loving another person and being attracted to a person are two different concepts. One cannot possibly love another human being without truly knowing what that person is like; one has to know that person inside and out in order to truly love him or her.

Loving another person means that one knows all about the person you love. "In order to love someone, one has to know that person completely before one can love that person." (Mrs. Sawyer, Jan. 26, 2004). When one truly...