By Jessica McNeece
Staff Writer
Sean Taylor still remembers the moment he walked into the house his sister lived in after a long days work. Little did he know that his future wife would be sitting in the room.
“We met in college. The first time I saw her was when my sister was having a party at our house. I came home early from work and my sister had her powder puff football team over. She was on the team and when I saw her it was like A-WOOGA!” Sean said.
“When I saw my wife, I can honestly say we fell in love at first sight. We have been married 21 years now,” said the DMACC professor.
Taylor and his wife, Shannon Taylor, are both psychology teachers at DMACC. Shannon teaches at the Hunzinker Center in Ames, while Sean teaches at the Boone Campus.
Though the teachers fell in love, they have their psychology experience to argue against the concept of love at first sight. Although two people may fall in love, psychologists will say that there are many other components than just the sight of a person.
“I don’t believe you can actually fall in love at first sight, but you can be attracted at first,” said Shannon Taylor.Student Matthew Beyer also talks about his experience with love at first sight.
“Personally, I don’t believe in love at first sight. It seems too vain to fall in love due to looks, although good looks are beneficial when seeking a mate. My fiancée and I didn’t fall in love at first sight, but we definitely knew that something was there,” Beyer says.
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Sean Taylor still remembers the moment he walked into the house his sister lived in after a long days work. Little did he know that his future wife would be sitting in the room.
“We met in college. The first time I saw her was when my sister was having a party at our house. I came home early from work and my sister had her powder puff football team over. She was on the team and when I saw her it was like A-WOOGA!” Sean said.
“When I saw my wife, I can honestly say we fell in love at first sight. We have been married 21 years now,” said the DMACC professor.
Taylor and his wife, Shannon Taylor, are both psychology teachers at DMACC. Shannon teaches at the Hunzinker Center in Ames, while Sean teaches at the Boone Campus.
Though the teachers fell in love, they have their psychology experience to argue against the concept of love at first sight. Although two people may fall in love, psychologists will say that there are many other components than just the sight of a person.
“I don’t believe you can actually fall in love at first sight, but you can be attracted at first,” said Shannon Taylor.Student Matthew Beyer also talks about his experience with love at first sight.
“Personally, I don’t believe in love at first sight. It seems too vain to fall in love due to looks, although good looks are beneficial when seeking a mate. My fiancée and I didn’t fall in love at first sight, but we definitely knew that something was there,” Beyer says.
Sean uses a triangle graph form a psychology book to demonstrate his point. Love is in the middle while commitment, intimacy, and passion make up the three sides to form love. A person’s first sight of someone would only be passion; therefore you can’t have the full love at first sight.
“The first time we actually met was in Biology. I had to buck up and sit next to her. I wanted to ask her out when one day she ended up asking me if I wanted to go dancing that night.” Sean says.
For some couples it takes time for love to evolve. Student and Baseball player Xander Morris and Basketball player Carlee Schuhmacher have been dating for 2 months.
“I saw her in the hall and started talking to her. She was nervous at the time,” Morris went on to say, “There definitely wasn’t love at first sight. She thought I was weird.”
Even people who think they are experiencing love at first sight might have that feeling occur multiple times in their life.
“We fell in love at first sight. That being said, there was also sparks with other girls before my wife that I thought was love at first sight,” Sean says.
So since attraction isn’t enough, how do people know when they are in love?
“Love is being committed to someone else being happy,” Shannon went on to say, “I realized I was in love with Sean when I was in college. I went home to California and realized I didn’t want to be without him.”
Roughly 20 percent of people meet their spouse in college. There are about 4,015 students enrolled this year at the DMACC Boone Campus and the Hunzinker Center together. That would mean that almost 803 students would have met their significant other at DMACC during their college career.
“I think couples mainly meet in college, you date people you mainly hang around. If you work you will date someone you work with, if you are a student you will date someone you go to school with,” said Sean.
On Valentine’s Day couples might want to double check their gifts and reevaluate their feelings about that special someone.
“Our Valentine’s Day plans are simple this year. We actually bought a new dog as a joint gift this year and will be spending the night at home, making dinner, watching movies, and cuddling with our new puppy,” said Beyer.
“For Valentine’s Day we will go to dinner and I’ll get her chocolates on the 13th because I have baseball on the 14th,” said Morris.
“The first time we actually met was in Biology. I had to buck up and sit next to her. I wanted to ask her out when one day she ended up asking me if I wanted to go dancing that night.” Sean says.
For some couples it takes time for love to evolve. Student and Baseball player Xander Morris and Basketball player Carlee Schuhmacher have been dating for 2 months.
“I saw her in the hall and started talking to her. She was nervous at the time,” Morris went on to say, “There definitely wasn’t love at first sight. She thought I was weird.”
Even people who think they are experiencing love at first sight might have that feeling occur multiple times in their life.
“We fell in love at first sight. That being said, there was also sparks with other girls before my wife that I thought was love at first sight,” Sean says.
So since attraction isn’t enough, how do people know when they are in love?
“Love is being committed to someone else being happy,” Shannon went on to say, “I realized I was in love with Sean when I was in college. I went home to California and realized I didn’t want to be without him.”
Roughly 20 percent of people meet their spouse in college. There are about 4,015 students enrolled this year at the DMACC Boone Campus and the Hunzinker Center together. That would mean that almost 803 students would have met their significant other at DMACC during their college career.
“I think couples mainly meet in college, you date people you mainly hang around. If you work you will date someone you work with, if you are a student you will date someone you go to school with,” said Sean.
On Valentine’s Day couples might want to double check their gifts and reevaluate their feelings about that special someone.
“Our Valentine’s Day plans are simple this year. We actually bought a new dog as a joint gift this year and will be spending the night at home, making dinner, watching movies, and cuddling with our new puppy,” said Beyer.
“For Valentine’s Day we will go to dinner and I’ll get her chocolates on the 13th because I have baseball on the 14th,” said Morris.