DOes it feel like a habbit?

I get what you are saying, It can become a habit without realising, like for me the only time I can think that may fall in to that habit is before going to bed.
But I don't think we over use the saying because like you say people are always throwing it out there in every other sentance, and sometimes I think it can lose it's meaning if it is overused. I don't mean that the person may love them any less, but the saying would mean less to you if you heard it for the 10th time that day then if you heard it for the 1st.
I mean we may say it randomly to each other but we certainly arent the lovey dovy smoochy couple when we go out. lol.

I don't feel it is a habit in my life. My parents always tell me they love me when they talk with me, and my children do the same. I feel though they really mean it, and my spouse also at the time they say it. I think due to circumstances- (my dad's parents never once told him they loved him) it can have different values.

Obviously my comment before was refering to me and my boyfriend, I didn't comment on anyone else saying it. I think family wise parents/children/siblings/neices/nephews etc Isnt a habit especially with the younger kids i think it is important to say it and often.

in my opinion, it is not a habbit or you are used to it. you are saying it because you really feel it. saying i love you is the undying words for the people who truly inloved with each.

My husband doesn't always say it, but he always gives me surprise when he says it, so it definitely doesn't feel like a habit. I feel really good when he says that to me. Well, as for myself, I always say it to my husband, but I really mean it when I say it out. I don't feel like a habit too.