Why Men Don't Say 'I Love You'... »
Posted By dan-and-jennifer 1 year, 8 months ago in StyleYour guy may change your tires, buy you presents and open the door for you at a restaurant, but he has not yet uttered those three words. Does that mean he doesn't love you?
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Charlson1 year, 8 months ago
I grew up in a household where demonstrations of affection were not expressed by words but by action. I had a very difficult time saying "I love you" until I met and married the woman I call my loving wife. She was responsible for changing my reluctance to expressing those 3 words. It took her a few years but we've been married now for over 30. And I don't know if it makes any difference but we're both libras.
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NelsonR1 year, 8 months ago
Bottom line, the words "I Love You" are used repetitively and without conviction in society. I see it all the time when a person uses that phrase and you know in your heart it is totally insincere. In other words among friends it is cheapened.
Now being married to ONE person for over forty years I will agree that the male does not have the same requirements that a women needs. Men are more neanderthal in nature while dismissing the requirements of their mate. Maybe over centuries we will evolve to the next level but for now women need to realize we are evolving.
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canadianrancher571 year, 8 months ago
I'm sort of like NelsoR some words are special words and are used only when the time is right, action can prove your feelings better then words at times. As our children grew up I very seldon changed a diaper but if the kids got sick I was the one who cleaned up that mess, my wife could not do that and once commented to me that she knew I loved her because she never had to ask for help when the kids were sick and to her the help then was more than words could express. As for the Zodiak signs mine are way to close to my personallity to be completly ignored. By the way I'm a Cancer.
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grungeplunge1 year, 8 months ago
Wasn't it Lawrence Ferlinghetti who wrote in a poem: "How can I say I love you/when it says: Your auto loves Shell" (quoted from memory).
Overuse is hard to revert. Takes generations of abstinence or at least discretion.
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humemacdonald1 year, 8 months ago
Hi Slate, I agree with you 100% on this. Sure actions are important, and can convey caring and affection but this hardly is on the same level as telling someone that you love them. People do lots of these things for people that they care about but don't "love". ex- you rake your grand aunts leaves. For a woman to discern the true extent of your feelings, she has to hear this. In fact, if I was in a relationship with someone and I didn't hear this I wouldn't stick around too long because I would doubt the man's sincerity.
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humemacdonald1 year, 8 months ago
You are a Libra right Sumptuous? Boy that statement sounds a bit matter of fact for the Zodiacs romantic-lol
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craigharper1 year, 8 months ago
Great article by Jeffrey Kishner over at Dan and Jennifer about "Why Men Don't Say `I Love You'". My favourite part of this article is: "So if your guy doesn't say "I love you," recognize that he may not have been designed to verbally acknowledge the feelings, whether he's too attached to his independence or he's just plain inarticulate. What counts more than the words is that he's doing what he's doing with you.
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