Yes... because when you fall in love with them they become the most physically attractive person you've ever seen. - Shawn Duffy from twhirl

especially iranians think it should be ;) - atalmatal

Possibly. - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

Yep. - Akiva Moskovitz

Yes. - Yolanda

yes. +1 Shawn. - Parth Awasthi

Yes. - Rochelle

What Shawn said. Fall in love first, become physically attracted as a consequence next. - Bora Zivkovic

That's such an intellectual question. Show us a picture. But my guess is no way. Would women be able to fall in love with a man they don't find attractive? Why? You can't decided to fall in love, it just happens. - Dave Winer

personality is key because that's what keeps the chemistry going - Anthony Farrior

I don't know. Probably. - Internet's Tad

With each passing year, instant physical attraction happens less and less for me. I find myself physically attracted to interesting people--really. So, I guess that's a YES to the question. - Anna Haro

It's happened for me but none of said relationships have lasted. - mjc

I think there has to be SOME level of physical attraction for LOVE love. - Herb Hernandez

Like throw momma from the train ugly? Hard to say. - Rodfather

lol@ throw momma from the train ugly. High larry us. - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

Of course it's possible, Mona. But there's a "chicken/egg" conundrum here: what would attract me to a person I have never met so that I could meet them and fall in love? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from twhirl

aaa... such a difficult question! In order to reply to this question, we should have experienced the situation! - nytreporter

I did, but in the end it didn't work out, but not because of that - William Harryman

YOU DON'T HAVE A COUSIN PATTY - Akiva Moskovitz

With strangers, generally, there has to be physical attraction... after all, why else would you want to meet them. But I've had friends who I didn't find attractive at all and, over time, you develop a strong attraction and then want nothing more than to be with them. - Shawn Duffy from twhirl

@Mark - you could meet someone online... it's been known to happen. :) - Lindsay

I don't know i would need to like someone first but i imagine that i could love someone not all that pretty. - Cecil Sandus

no, but because of what shawn said :-). a semantic game, i suppose. but if i'm not physically attracted to you, we are not in love. that doesn't mean i can't/won't adjust my idea of what's attractive. but i don't think you can have one w/o the other. - tiffany

To those that said YES, what about the physical portion? - Mona Nomura

Do I have to take narcissism out of the equation? - Oldengrey (Jay)

Mona - we'd still want you if you were morbidly obese. :D - mjc

I can't answer yes to that question. I believe there would have to be some level of physical attraction in addition to the other things that make me want to be with someone. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

hahahhahahah!! MJC!! - Mona Nomura

@Lindsay Would you meet someone on-line without viewing a photogragh? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

@Mark, no, but I probably wouldn't agree to meet them unless we'd spent a lot of time talking and getting to know each other either... What's inside is more important in the long-run. Not to say physical attraction isn't a necessary component of success in a relationship but there are other things that are a lot more crucial (in my opinion). - Lindsay

"We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities." - Thomas Mann - Bora Zivkovic

@Lindsay I just think there has to be some, some, ah, spark to get the ball rolling. Perhaps I am being myopic (been known to happen from time to time). And I agree that physical attraction is but one of a myriad of components that make a relationship successful. Trust comes to mind as a more important one... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

@Mark - Maybe it's easier for women to fall in love sight-unseen based on personality. Men tend to be more visually oriented. Women more stimulated by romance (which mainly includes having someone pay attention to us and listening to us... online is a good place for that). These days we have avatars... back in "my day" of online relationships we just had text. - Lindsay

umn, is "I honestly don't know" a valid answer? - Capn' One Eye - adrift

@Lindsay Ultimately, if you intend to spend the rest of your life with someone you had better be compatible on many, many levels. Physical beauty wanes with time. I agree with the difference in the way (the majority of) men and women become attracted to each other, as well. And back in "my day" on-line was a place to put wet clothing... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I think the answer is no on that. But the levels of beauty is different for a lot of people. Some people dig some things while others dig other things. Like there is some females I think are beautiful that other people think are downright ugly. It's like what "cool" is to everybody. It's different. I mean that guys are very visual about things. And inner beauty can shine and change the view of a person. But there is still some visual in there. - Shawn aka ringking

Are they rich? - Louis Gray

I would need to like them for their mind. If I can't relate with them liking things they like then I would find it difficult. - Colide81 (James)

Louis! ha, ha!... YES, I could.. must have other strong attraction: intellectual, philosophical, religious, political - similarities? - Susan Beebe

VEry hard actually. But you can be physically attracted to somebody for lots of reasons. Sex is a big part of love.... - Keith Teare from feedalizr

No. I wouldn't - Kyle Lacy

Nope. I wouldn't - rampantheart

I'll have to agree with Kyle. I don't think I could. - Mark Wilson

@Mark - I agree - and I did connect with someone who I am compatible on many, many levels. We've been married more than 12 years now. I didn't see a picture of him until after we'd talked online for several weeks when I found out we had a mutual meatspace friend. I didn't meet him in person until we'd talked on line (not consistently) for more than a year. And I'd forgotten what that picture really looked like by then! I'm not sure if he'd seen a picture of me yet... Things worked out just fine. :) - Lindsay

I'm with Louis on this one .... TOTALLY - Charlie Anzman

No. I was married for 11 yrs to someone I loved and wasn't physically attracted to. I won't do it again. - Douglas Karr from twhirl

yes. Having said that though, the scale moves depending on the level of looks. The uglier, the harder. - Duncan Riley

No, I could not. Some physical attraction must be present. - Stellina

Yes. It's happened, though it ended for other reasons. - Leslie Poston

Yes but I realized it too late to make something of it. That would be the danger of there not being phy. attraction at the beginning - you don't see it coming, you only see it once it's miles behind you and then you go "oh fuck" - Kamath (नमः)

Silly question :) - Charlie Anzman

+1 Douglas - sirishkumar

I'm honest enough to say no. I'd also like to say that my girlfriend of the past 14 years is hotter now than she was when we first met. :) - Chris Luckhardt

Love is blind? :) - Igor Poltavskiy

Pheromone goggles can be powerful. They're kind of like beer goggles, but more discriminating. - LogEx

Yes. After all, I ain't pretty. - Steven Perez

I think the question is backwards. Part of "falling in love" is feeling a physical attraction. Obviously, we can love people to whom we're not attracted - family members, friends, etc. But romantic love and physical attraction are pretty closely linked, no? - Lon Harris from twhirl