feeling weird about saying "I love you"

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Hello everyone. I have been wondering if there's anyone here that goes through something similar as me. I'm having a hard time saying "I love you" to anyone I know these last few months. I don't know if this has anything to do with aspergers but, I just feel really weird and annoyed when someone in my family says "I love you" to me. The thing is, when I think about it, I really can't say that I feel like I love anybody else or even myself, and I think it's stupid how many people say it and don't really mean it. I see a lot of that.
It's not that I don't believe that my family loves me, I know they do, but I just don't know what to say. I hate feeling bad about being indifferent and aloof, but that's exactly how I feel about it. I'm not interested in hearing it and I don't want to fake it anymore. I've had to fake so much in my life already and I've had enough of that.
Does anyone else here feel this way, and if so, how do you handle it? What do you say?

I can somewhat relate. While I have no problem saying I love you and meaning it when I truly mean it. I do sometimes have a hard time feeling love from people. Occasionally my bran just turns off and I wonder what the hell people are implying when they say or do certain things. And honestly? Actions speak louder than words. People can say I love you until they are blue in the face, but really eventually it just turns into noise. In my experience, when you have somebody's love you don't need to constantly hear it. I'm not a very touchy feely person, and feel uncomfortable when my friends lean in for a hug, but because I love them I comply even if it feels uncomfortable because I can recognize their intent through logic and learned habit, and once in awhile I do happen to truly feel it. Even if my body is lurching from the touch. Instead of saying I love you, you could always say "I know" and give a smile. That gets across the message just as clear without having to get too touchy feely. It's only natural for people to say those words when they mean it. If we're talking about any other reason such as guilt or manipulation though...that's their perogative. Say what you have to to get them off your back and just roll with it. That doesn't really sound like the case though, but I dunno. I don't know your parents or you so I can't really say. Just throwing my 2 cents in.
Hope this gave some insight. Good luck.

My boyfriend is like this. He just says "I know".

I told him when I knew I loved him honestly. I said that I will say it to him the same as I tell him the rest of my emotions or shat I am feeling. I don't expect or want him to say it back. I am just expressing my emotions and he is free to express his how he wants. Afterall I love him for him..... Why would I want him to be uncomphterble or change?

I've always been uncomfortable telling someone "I love you" unless it's in a joking manner or I say it in excess. It takes time for the latter, long after I actually love the person.

I prefer to write it. Leaving notes saying it - but even then I can still only do it when I truly mean it.

i don't really say it

I think a lot of NT's feel that way also. See the movie Ghost, or the episode of Cheers where Sam tells Diane he loves her. It makes you feel so very vulnerable. I used to hate it when my parents said it to me because I didn't really believe it. (My father was emotionally abusive and my mother just let it happen), but I've learned to say it to my mother because it makes her feel better.

I am OK with saying it to good friends. Not family, it makes me very uncomfortable, though I can force myself to do it. Even though my family is made up of very nice people.

I once dated someone for almost 4 years, living together for most of it, and we never said it to each other. I mean, I think I said it once half-jokingly, and it felt so weird I never did it again.

The person I'm involved with now is very expressive and sincere, and over the course of the last few years I've grown accustomed to saying it back to him. Still does feel weird sometimes though.

I find it easier to say 'I appreciate you' with an undertone of honest sincerity. Feels more... Natural, even if I don't mean it.