The truth is that it is easy to love people from afar. We believe love to be this illusion of movie screen perfection when in reality, it isn’t that easy. When we get close enough to genuinely understand someone, when the illusion of mere attraction is shattered and is replaced by a flawed reality, and yet we still feel a connection, that is love. Love means accepting and adoring all of a person, the secrets, the imperfections, the quirks—none of which you pick up in your first impression. The concept of love at first sight creates the false expectations of a perfect love story, which prevents us from understanding the real thing. No love is perfect because no person is perfect. If we keep making our decisions about who we love like how we decide if we love an outfit, how meaningful can that love be? As such, it is time that we stop viewing love as something we can find in a matter of seconds and realize that it is something that requires much more time and depth.