Is it normal that i don't say "i love you" to my parents?

I don't really know why I do this, but I'll say I love you to my friends, even other relatives, but not to my parents. I love my parents and showcase my love to them in different ways, but I don't utter those 3 words.

I'm just wondering if anyone else does this, or if I'm the only one.

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  • edwininthematrix

    you don't always have to tell someone you love them for them to know that you do.

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  • Moe_Moe_Kyun

    A lot of people prefer to be shown that they're loved rather than just hearing you say "I love you"
    If your showing them you love them I don't think it's much of a problem. I'm sure they know you love them.

    Lots of people have a hard time with that sort of thing me included.

    It feels weird for me to say "I love you" and I can't explain why. Something about it feels unnatural to me :/
    Do I think some other people in the world say it and mean it? Yes.
    Do I think "I love you" has no meaning or is just words? No.
    But that's just not how *I* show my love most times

    I do lots of things to show people that I love them and care about them and they're fine with me doing "I love you" *my own way.*

    I did meet one person though who I started dating who was not okay AT ALL with me not saying "I love you" constantly like they wanted me to. I loved them and was there for them whenever they needed me and put up with all their stuff and issues, showed I loved them a lot, but that wasn't enough for them if I wasnt saying "I love you" every 5-10 minutes of each day

    I thought to myself "well it's seems everyone else in the world says 'I love you' so easily and all the time when they're in a relationship so maybe the problem is me. Maybe the only way for me to 'fix' 'my' problem and have a normal relationship like everyone else in the world is to just say 'I love you' all the time"

    It felt weird since its not something I ever say a lot but I did my best to try to meet the person I was dating on the opposite side of the bridge(not the middle-_- ) by saying it and it really kind of lost it's meaning :/

    Like I felt red in the face saying it the first few times and followed it up with all the feelings in my heart and stuff and they were kinda like "was that really so hard... Sheesh... Well anyways I watched this movie today about... "

    Long story short I realised what kind of relationship I was in and what kind of person I was dating and walked my ass back to my side of the bridge, cut the ties holding the bridge, and never looked back

    Soooo.... Anyways...
    Lol sorry for getting off topic a bit I just felt I'd share because not saying "I love you" can be a problem for some people who feel they need to hear it more than they need to be shown it and I thought I'd share my experience with someone who was not okay with not hearing those 3 words

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    • Long story short? Um no. LOL.

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  • RoseIsabella

    I say it all the time.

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  • Fuckyducky

    Why not? and do we have to? I hated my parents too, so, to not get beaten up by my father I said it, but never meant it...

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