First Impressions Last...Entirely Too Long

In this photo, do you see a young woman or an old lady?...how long did it take you to see the other?
to see an old woman: imagine the young lady's chin is her nose, ear is her eye, and necklace is her mouth.
to see a young lady: imagine the old woman's nose is her chin, eye is her ear, and wart is her nose.
cool huh?
   
    when you first meet someone, as i've said in a recent blog post, it is a representation of that person, never the real person. they transform into someone who would be your PERFECT mate. they show you things you've never seen, do things no one else has done for you, and you start feeling like, "where have you been all of my life?"...a reality check is...no one...is PERFECT.  the only one who is died on a cross very long ago.
    the real problem here is, first impressions are the HARDEST TO BREAK. once you have that impression that this person is amazing, that impression lasts no matter how much they begin to change. when they begin to act up, we wonder why they are acting funny when really...this new person is the true them. since we lead ourselves into believing that the person we first met is who they are, when they begin to act like themselves we create this idea that they are acting funny, not BECOMING themselves.
   sometimes we want things to work out so much that we become blind to reality.  we know that this person is not who we would want to end up with, yet we can't seem to let go. why is that? well, it's simple really. we fall in love with the IDEA, not the PERSON. we want our life to be a certain way, and we know that if this person was only who they were when we first met them everything would be copastetic. we become blind to the present because the future we've created in our minds is so bright.
    granted, there are some amazing people in the world. even after their representation falters, and they get comfortable, there are still better parts than downfalls to them. i am only creating awareness to the former.

there is actually a known quote that is simple and straightforward, that would pretty much summarize this entire post...ready?...: "when someone shows you who they are, believe them".