First Impressions
It's kind of interesting when you discover things about yourself that you didn't realize. Or, maybe things that you were kind of aware of but didn't realize was such a pattern. I went wedding dress shopping this weekend (separate post later) and it struck me that the two dresses I ended up loving the most were dresses that didn't necessarily wow me upon first glance. I started thinking about it and realized that I lot of stuff that I end up really loving, I didn't have the greatest first impressions of.
This happens with songs, movies, TV shows, clothes, even people. Like for songs, the ones that pop into my head are Lifehouse's "Broken" and Coldplay's "Fix You." I listened to them at first and really liked them, but didn't immediately love them. But then they stayed in the back of my mind and I was kind of drawn to them and the more I listened the more I fell in love.
Friends is my favorite show of all time. But at first, I avoided watching it for the longest time and when I finally watched it, I did really like it but didn't immediately love it. But the more I watched it, I did fall in love, fairly quickly.
Like I said it even happens with people. With Gareth David-Lloyd and Colin Morgan, I was immediately attracted to their co-stars but my opinions of them were kind of on the "eh" side. But it didn't take long before I was putty in their hands and drooled at the sight of them. I look at them now and wonder what the hell I was thinking at first.
And, I really hate admitting this, I had the same reaction to my fiancé the first time I saw a picture of him. I've never told him that, though I don't think it would bother him. It shouldn't bother me either, given that I clearly changed my mind, but I still kind of feel bad about it. I saw his picture on EHarmony and, again I kind of had a shrug my shoulder response. But I saw that we had a few things in common so I gave him a "wink" and now the rest is history. :)
Just some random observations.
Stacey
This happens with songs, movies, TV shows, clothes, even people. Like for songs, the ones that pop into my head are Lifehouse's "Broken" and Coldplay's "Fix You." I listened to them at first and really liked them, but didn't immediately love them. But then they stayed in the back of my mind and I was kind of drawn to them and the more I listened the more I fell in love.
Friends is my favorite show of all time. But at first, I avoided watching it for the longest time and when I finally watched it, I did really like it but didn't immediately love it. But the more I watched it, I did fall in love, fairly quickly.
Like I said it even happens with people. With Gareth David-Lloyd and Colin Morgan, I was immediately attracted to their co-stars but my opinions of them were kind of on the "eh" side. But it didn't take long before I was putty in their hands and drooled at the sight of them. I look at them now and wonder what the hell I was thinking at first.
And, I really hate admitting this, I had the same reaction to my fiancé the first time I saw a picture of him. I've never told him that, though I don't think it would bother him. It shouldn't bother me either, given that I clearly changed my mind, but I still kind of feel bad about it. I saw his picture on EHarmony and, again I kind of had a shrug my shoulder response. But I saw that we had a few things in common so I gave him a "wink" and now the rest is history. :)
Just some random observations.
Stacey