DO you say I love you all the time?

United States
September 12, 2007 3:40pm CST
I was watching an episode of King OF Queens and DOug came across a good point. Him and his wife say I love you after ever hang up of the phone,after every good bye and he said do we have to say I love u, can we just say it only when we mean it? It's so funny b/c many of us say it as a habit. I know we may love our partner but its just part of the flow of conversation "Ok see u later hun, love u" hang up. I sometimes find it impossible not to say it even if I am trying to correct myself and just saying it when it really comes from the heart and not just b/c you so use to it... Does anyone say I love you the same way as a habit, and what do you think about saying all the time?
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
12 Sep 07
I saw that episode and it was so funny! No, I don't just say I Love You all the time as a habit. I pick the right time and the right people to say I Love You to.
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@soccermom (3198)
• United States
12 Sep 07
Wow! I never thought of it! My huuby and I are both habitual "I love you"ers! We say it to each other after every phone call, before we go to bed, when one of us is leaving the house! Sometimes even if we're just sitting around doing nothing. I think it's a good thing though. Yeah, it may be a habit, but we both know we mean it, and it was actually my hubby that started it. I think it's a good example to set for our kids also.
@Rose7179 (217)
• United States
12 Sep 07
I totally agree with you.My husband and I are the same way. Its diffrent for us though because he drives truck so he is gone all the time. But we have always said it like that. After phone calls, when either ione leaves the house, or when we go to bed. We do the same with our children.
• Canada
13 Sep 07
I know when i just started to go out with my boyfriend he was the one to say it first. I started to say it after because I thought I did. At that time I didn't know what love was because I've never been in love. I asked if we could stop saying it because I don't know what it was to be in love. I had strong feelings but didn't know if it was LOVE. He didn't like it and got really mad. Once I knew that I loved him we started to say it all the time. I spoke to him about it being a habit like turning off the light when you leave the room and again he got mad. We've been going through a very rough patch this year and I think I am falling out of love so I don't say it often. I think you should say it if when and only when you actually love that person. I don't want the words I Love You to become habitual.
@whyshell (21)
• China
13 Sep 07
oh,in china we never say "love you" even when we will die. i think this word love is holy and we can't say it except for special time or event. well,of course ,some young people always try to break the concept,but they just have a fun,play with each,not real love----that's my point.
@Zhinnta (20)
• Australia
23 Sep 07
My family never really said "I love you". My dad mentions it now and again now that I've moved out... but my mum still hasn't said it. She's written it in letters to me two or three times in my life, but I can't remember her saying it. Anyway, when I started dating my boyfriend, he told me he loved me. Then I got all quiet & awkward trying to explain why I wouldn't say it back. I told him I didn't want to be saying it out of obligation. I told him when I said it, it'd be because that's what I was feeling, not because it was the right thing to say at the time. We've been dating for over a year & a half now, & say it (both of us :p ) every night before bed, & whenever one of us goes out, as well as random moments throughout the day when we're together. I am still conscious about not just saying it because it's time to (automated conversation ender being an example), but at the same time, I don't want to lose him & have neglected a chance to tell him I loved him before-hand. Also I hope that when we have kids, we'll be well-practised in "I love you"s, & they'll hear it often enough that it won't be such a scary thing for them (when they find someone) as it was for me.
• Malaysia
13 Sep 07
when u love someone it doesnt mean u hv to say it all the time... u say it when u really meant it... really frm ur heart... but the important thing is... when u love someone SHOW it, dont just saying it.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
13 Sep 07
We say I love you at the end of every phone conversation. We also say this at random times. It has become a bit habitual, but we still mean it.
@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
13 Sep 07
I constantly tell my spouse I love him, I say it when I'm on the phone, I say it when I lay down to go to bed, when I wake up in the morning, before he leaves for work and whenever else I get the urge to tell him. Why, because I don't ever want him to not know he's loved. There's a country song by Garth Brooks called If tomorrow never comes. There's a part in the song that says if tomorrow never comes will they know how much you loved them. If that should ever happen I know that he will know that I loved him. Nothing is ever promised and I don't want him to walk out that door ever and me not say I love him and then something happen and me never getting a chance to say it again. So no it hasn't lost its meaning to me, in fact it means more to me each time I say it. I love him more with each passing min of each passing day. I tell my children I love them just as much, and for the same reason.
• United States
13 Sep 07
I think it's a good habit at least.There's alot of people out there that don't hardly say it all.
@cheodej (102)
• Germany
13 Sep 07
i hardly say i love you not unless to the one i really love but saying i love you all the time is not good for me because it has no sense at all. my husband & i say i love you when it is needed or when we feel like it but not that often. you are right, it must comes from the heart and not making a habit. :)
@vijay1wdv (357)
• India
13 Sep 07
Well, it is all in your mind. It depends on the attitude of both involved in love. If they think they can stay close at heart even if they do not see each other for a year. They do not have to say I love you each time. If their relationship is too weak, may be this statement can strengthen it.
@claire03 (1443)
• United States
13 Sep 07
my husband and i, always says i love you to each other and we mean it, we just think that it is good if we always express ourselves and always remind each other of our love, it is also sweet to do this with your partner. We like to say i love before we go to sleep also or whenever we kiss goodbye or when he comes home from work. it is a good point that makes the relationship grow and make you closer each day. it's not a habit to us but a show of affection to each other. :) God Bless!
@laurika (4532)
• United States
13 Sep 07
I love you is not habit for me.I say it when I really mean.We use it teh most times of the calls, but it just sounds silly to me to say my dear I love you , when I am angry with him, or we are going through some problems.So I better said it , when I really mean it.
• India
13 Sep 07
according to me the person who keeps sayin love u for the partner it is a very pleasantt thing to hear very often tth there is someone who loves u and also shows his love...ya but it would be great if both said it wit feelings and not as a habit...
• Philippines
13 Sep 07
hAHA... i definitely agree with that... why do you have to say I love you even if you don't mean it. Like they say "love is like a supertition, everyone talks about it but no one really experiennce it" I think the most abused word in this planet is "love"....everyone seems to know it well but in the end they don't knwo how to act it. Me, I haven't said "ilove you" to anyone not even to my family but I do care for them, I respect them, I cherish them, I don't want to hurt them, i have a lot of compassion towards them and I think this is my way of saying iloveyou.
@dopey22girl (3319)
• United States
12 Sep 07
It's funny that you mention it, because I was kind of thinking something along the lines of this earlier. It is a part of normal conversation, and you say it without thinking, without putting real meaning behind it. It means so much more when you're saying it in a moment where you truly feel your love for that person. It doesn't mean you don't always love them, but it shouldn't get said so much.
• United States
13 Sep 07
This might sound weird but me and my hubby don't even say we love each other. If I say 'I love you' he will say 'I love you more' or vice versa. To us it means that we don't love each other too or in addition too. And that we aren't returning 'the i love you' because one of us said it, but mecause we really mean it.I know we are weird. And we don;t say it as a formality or because the other said it. We say it because we mean it and want each other to know. I think it is perfectly ok to say it all the time. It is good to let someone know that you care for them that way. Can it ever be wrong to say I love you too much?