10 Ways Not To Say “I Love You”
Posted by: Catherine Strawn
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relationships
7:00AM, Wednesday May 20th 2009
On Monday night’s “Gossip Girl” season finale, Chuck told Blair he loves her. While the gesture was nice, the words missed the mark. He didn’t say, “I love you.” He said, “I love you, too.”
Adding the “too” is fine every once in a while, but it’s definitely not cool the first time someone says it. The “too” takes the emphasis off how they feel about you, and it reinforces how you feel about them. Keep reading for other no-nos when you’re saying those three words.
- Don’t omit the “I” and say “Love you.”
- Don’t type “i luv u” or “luv ya” in a text or email message. A few extra letters aren’t that much extra work.
- Don’t look at something else when you say it.
- Don’t say “I love you” to get something you want.
- Don’t expect the other person to say it back.
- Don’t say “Ditto.”
- Don’t say it for the first time right after having sex.
- Don’t spell it out in food or rose petals.
- Don’t use it as a way to end an argument.
- Don’t say it in a baby voice.
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lilrockgoddess4u
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:17 am: [report]
11. Never say “If you loved me you would…” to get something you want.
PS
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:22 am: [report]
I totally had a guy say “I wuv oo” - Deal Bweaker!
jimnist10
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:28 am: [report]
12. Don’t say “I love you” as if you’re constipated AND someone is holding a gun to your head. I dated a guy for 4 1/2 years who never said it to begin with and when he did, it was not very convincing.
estrellada
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:36 am: [report]
I HATE….HATE when someone writes “luv ya” or something like that.
A mean…you are telling me you LOVE ME but you can’t at least write it properly?
I feel like… you don’t really feel it and you’re lazy ¬¬
PS
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:40 am: [report]
I <3 you IS NOT I love you
bellarose
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 08:31 am: [report]
13. Don’t say it when you are drunk.
Pipi
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 02:16 pm: [report]
“I do love you” is not I love you either.
Kati-Anne
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 04:25 pm: [report]
“I think I’m in love with you”, or one of the many other variations of that in NOT OK. You either do or you don’t, and if you haven’t figured it out yet, then keep your mouth shut until you’ve made up your mind!
chelcpink
wrote on May 27 2009 @ 08:34 pm: [report]
Uhg! I hate “you too”, it totally takes the person responding out of the equation and avoids actually saying the word LOVE. I heard “you too” a lot and i was heartbroken in a relationship for a long time.