"I love you"

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Do you say it enough to people? Friends, family or lovers?

Do you say it at all, or do you say it too much?

What do you think it means to SAY it?

Do you find yourself saying it to friends who you aren't that close to and then wondering why you said it?

Do you refrain from saying it because to express it in other ways means more?

Yes, it should only be used in special occasions.

Hardly.



No.



Not much but the times I've said I thought about how they were there for me and how our past was and all kinds of sentimental thinking.



No in fact I've gotten in trouble for not saying it back to fair weathered friends...but not on purpose.



Yes definitely but it seems important for some people to hear the words rather than reciprocate by the actions of my gratitude and appreciation.

Also, I fear I will lose them in the process so I try and not get THAT emotional or gushy about people I get attached to.

I never say it, cos NTs like to attach a bunch of emotional baggage to it, and I'd rather keep that crap outta my life as much as possible.

1. I do to my BF and step dad. Everyone else, not really =(.

2. I say it A LOT to my BF. My dad I will once a week. My mom and grandma once a month or a bit more??

3. To let someone know that you care about them as a person and their really important to you.

4. I used to. Now I don't. I barley have any fwiends to say it to anyways.

5. I like to express my love in other ways but I don't refrian.

1.No
2.I rarely say it
3.It cn mean all kinds of things
4.That would be so weird
5.Not really...

Three little words...

I wish I had the opportunity to hear those words...

I wish I had the opportunity to say them...

1. I almost never say it. I don't say it to my friends because I don't want to weird them out accidentally, I say it to my mom occasionally and I've said it to the girl I liked when I wasn't supposed to.

2. I only occasionally say it to my mom, never any other time. I can't even remember the last time I said it to her.

3. I think it means what it means to say it. I don't really love anyone though, so as such I just don't say it very much.

4. I never say it to my friends. I don't have many friends that are girls and the ones that are, I'm not that close/confident with to say that.

5. No, there's just no reason for me to say it.

No one except my mom says it to me, and that's only every once in a while.

Currently i only think i've said it to family, i'd probably do say something like "I really love you" to my significant other. Usually i only attach the meaning of "like" to it.

Do you say it enough to people? Friends, family or lovers?
No
Do you say it at all, or do you say it too much?
Almost never. Maybe once a year?
What do you think it means to SAY it?
To most people? A habit.
Do you find yourself saying it to friends who you aren't that close to and then wondering why you said it?
Never
Do you refrain from saying it because to express it in other ways means more?
Maybe. It's just so overused that it seems meaningless to me.

I wasn`t able to say it to anyone until i was in my early 20`s
i tried but something held it back, i just felt so utterly naked
in a way, hard to open up so much about how one feels.
Then it got better, but its not something i just say on a
whim, and theres few people left i love also. Its very
personal for me i guess, when i first say it i mean it
with all my heart. Theres a difference here also, i
usually dont say i love you, i say jeg elsker deg

I only really say it when parting ways with someone I'm very attached to, like family and my boyfriend, specifically. For some people, I never say it since it bothers them. For friends, we normally declare it in conversation more than parting. I'm not sure why any of this is, except that with family I rarely get to talk to them between so it feels important, for my boyfriend it's to express rampant affection, and for friends, it's more diffuse.

Do you say it enough to people? Friends, family or lovers?
I'm not sure...
Do you say it at all, or do you say it too much?
I say it rarely
What do you think it means to SAY it?
I agree with to a lot of people a habit
Do you find yourself saying it to friends who you aren't that close to and then wondering why you said it?
Nope
Do you refrain from saying it because to express it in other ways means more?
I don't know...

I usually say it as a passive response to one of my friends saying it to me first. I've occasionally said it to my family but it usually feels awkward (but what doesn't?). I don't think I've ever said the actual words "I love you" to anyone though, except maybe my pets.

As for what meaning I attach to it, when it's passive I suppose I don't really attach any meaning to it because it's unfortunately just an automatic response. For the times I can remember telling people in my family that I love them, it's usually just my way of saying that I appreciate them.

Like some have said, I think most people say it as a habit. I wonder sometimes if I'll ever have a chance to say it and really have it mean what it should.

Generally I hate saying those words. I had such a hard time spitting them out to my mother when she would refuse to let me leave the room until I said them. To this day I still won't say it to her or my sister.

I have said it to boyfriends and one particularly close (ex)bestfriend when I really meant it but it's usually still difficult and awkward to say. My stbx(soon to be ex) was the easiest person to say it to. I loved saying it to him and it wasn't hard at all.

That was a long time ago, though.

I never, ever say it to anyone.