Hypothetical things that make you go Hmmmm...

Wow! Okay. It really was a "hypothetical" question for my part. Love all the answers though. Especially the more logical/scientific approach Don and Kev put forward.

Interesting comments all, and I really appreciate that you all took so much time to write some lengthy and somewhat personal answers. Thank you!!!

I must admit to being 99.99% mono-amorous myself. But that niggling little .01% has reared it's unwelcome head twice in the 6 years I've been married. Though I've never acted on it.

When I met my wife the first time it was very much a metaphysical wonk on the head with the proverbial bananna peal (wrapped around a large gold brick)Thank you Douglas Adams

I very litterally felt the impact. It was one of the most profound experiences of my adult life. We didn't even speak a common language at the time, but it was a mutual event. I still get a portion of it sometimes when we are close. It's almost like some weird telekinetic blow.

Anyway, I had something almost the same but not quite as strong happen about 2 months ago with someone else, and again it was apparently a mutual experience. We didn't act on it other than to - without saying a word - both turn and find a place to go sit down for a minute and just stare at each other wondering what the hell was going on. We'll probably stay in touch, can't say that I'd want anything beyond that, but I must say it indeed raises quite a number of questions.

In my adult life, the experience my wife and I had when we first saw each other leads me to believe that Love at First Sight really happens. The event 2 months ago though... that's what made me think to ask the "hypothetical" question.

Just FYI... There was an interesting article from an Indian medical researcher about 2 years ago that provided some very in-depth data on human attraction. Apparently much of it is related to our olfactory (smell and taste) senses, but on a level that we don't even consciously recognize. If I can find it again, I'll post it for all to read. Though it still doesn't explain the telekinetic whammy.