Before the internet, this was more common. I’m not sure why this doesn’t seem that plausible to happen unless if you didn’t experience the world pre-internet/smartphone.
My friend exclusively finds “lady friends” when he is out and about in public and never uses the internet to meet women he is interested in. Usually from a glance and approaching her to say something flirty and get her number to go from there.
Granted, my friend isn’t looking for “love” in the way you’re describing lol. But he still establishes a romantic connection when out and about in public and I wouldn’t put it past these women to assume they have found love when they share their number with him.
Some asshole did this to us when I was a teen and went through everything in our home. He stole my BB gun, one of my dad’s knives, and a case of root beer. I think he also got my collection of collectible quarters too as I can’t find them anymore despite knowing exactly where I kept them. He left everything opened and it felt really creepy to sleep in my room for months and I instead slept on the couch. He had even removed our bed and left the mattress undone. He burst through the door going into the garage to get access into our home.
It feels unnerving even though we weren’t there when he did it.