I love you, I love you, I love you ..........

[modest mouse]

Does anyone else find it annoying to hear those words incessantly?

I've been dealing with having to save phone messages that are not intended for me that contain such content as:

"I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you."

"I love you more today than I did yesterday and I bet I'll love you more tomorrow than I do today."

"I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you."

Needless to say, its getting rather old. I'm not against the sentiment but the words have very little meaning. If you love someone does it change by saying it 45 times a day, 20 times in one phone message?

Both people involved are far too old for teenage puppylove.

For myself the words "I love you" are too easy and not able to convey much unless provided with tone and richness and weight. Only then do the words carry meaning, and still only when used sparingly. Volume, be it auditory or quantitative, does little to add value.

Thoughts?

 

[Naughty Elf]

I don't mind the occasional, "I love you."
I believe, actions speak louder than words.

I'll just tell you, I like you.

 

[His_kitty]

I have told very few (men) in my life that I love them. Simply because the words I love you are very special. To me if you tell everyone that, the words lose some of that specialness.

As for having them said to me, while it's nice if it's coming from the person that you return those feelings for it can be awkward from someone that you don't. I'm also a firm believer in actions speak louder than words.

 

[kotori]

yeah. i wonder sometimes, do i say it too often? does it carry the weight of meaning with which i intend it? does she get tired of hearing it? does it sound too cavelier, insincere? but i don't know what else to say. i'd like to be able to show, not tell. actions speak louder than words, but that's just not in the cards right now. it's the best i have to offer.

 

[MissTaken]

I have said "I love you" to exactly two men in my life. Ummm one only "heard" it in text.

The words are like many things. In excess, they lack sincerity. I know. I have actually heard it far too often and far too easily.

For me, it isn't so.

Sometimes though, there jsut aren't the means by which to show someone the intensity of emotion you feel, and words have to do.

 

[penguindance]

 

[modest mouse]

His Kitty & Miss taken,

I also have said it but a few spartan times and never with carelessness. The words themselves have little emaning to me whether I say it or hear it but it can be a nice phrase between two.

Most can agree that actiosn can convey so much more and in a way far more resonant.

 

[Mischka]

Mr. Mischka and I say it daily. It hasn't lost its meaning or effectiveness, because I still smile every time he says it to me. He says he loves me when he kisses me goodbye in the morning. I tell him I love him when I kiss him goodnight and cuddle up to him. It's part and parcel to our affection for each other.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

I say it to my palm often...unfortunately...sob...

 

[Minkey Boodle]

I love ya, baby. I love the way that you talk.
I love ya, baby. I love the way that you walk.
I really like it...when you call my name...HEY MINKEY WINKEY!!

 

[Guest]

I say it to my palm often...unfortunately...sob...

Talking to plants helps them to grow.

 

[SimplySouthern]

I think it depends on the "how and the why". Too many people today throw around those words quite casually. The weight of those words would depend on the person I was saying them to or hearing them from.

There are several different types of love and several ways for the sentiment to be interperated. For instance you have the casual friend "love ya" thing. Then you have the familial "love you" where you love someone but aren't "in love" with them. Then you have the actual "I love you" generally reserved for the SO in your life.

However, I've been privy to people who throw around the most serious form of I love you as if it were candy at a parade. With those, you take the words with a grain of salt.

Few people have heard the words "I love you" from me and fewer yet will. It's something serious to me.

 

[Moonlite Enchantress]

Does anyone else find it annoying to hear those words incessantly?

Yup.