Is it normal that i haven't said i love you to my mum/dad ever

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Of course I love them!
But we're a family that don't say those words or express them directly with each other through hugs and kisses etc
I just find that weird. I guess that's how I was brought up.
Obviously as a baby the hugs and kisses came but saying love you and showing affection to my parents and siblings right now is so weird to me.
Are we freaks or just 100% bad ass?

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  • EccentricWeird
    11 years ago

    Another axe murderer is born...

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  • 1000yrVampireKing
    11 years ago

    Well it is and it isnt. It really depends on your family, your upbringing and your culture. To some they might think loving your child and telling them everyday is a given. However some people do not believe in that according to culture. In the Roman culture you are not suppose to cry ever. Vikings believe in power and showing how powerful you are. Some Asian cultures do not believe in eye contact when its child to adult. So I could say if it is abnormal according to my culture but it might now be according to yours.

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  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt
    11 years ago

    I never tell my family I love them. They never say it to me either. There's just this awkwardness around my family where we just can't seem to say we love each other.
    My friends families say it to each other all the time and in all honesty, it has got me slightly jealous on some occasions. I know my family love me, but it is nice to be reassured once in a while.

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  • charli.m
    11 years ago

    My mum has only taken to saying "I love you" to me and my brother in the last few years. We're both a little creeped out by it. It's just not said in our family.

    I have problems saying "I love you" to friends or even to people I'm in a relationship with. I can say it if it's a lighthearted thing, but if I try to say it as something meaningful...I can't. I cope with mum's by just responding, "You too, bye" and hanging up quick.

    I don't really think it's normal, and I don't think it's healthy. But I also don't think you or I are freaks for it.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    I don't say it to family members either but my mum knows I love her. Actions speak louder than words.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    My mom loves everyone and she will tell them that. I haven't said it to my family since I was a wee lass and I only hug my mom a few times a year because she asks for one. Of course I love my family but I'm not about to tell them that :) they know how I am and not to push that crap on me.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    My family don't do it either. My parents don't even say it to each other. In fact, I don't recall my dad even using my mum's first name. That's how unaffectionate he is. Even using a first name is too much of a term of endearment. Me and my siblings all use it with our friends, partners and (in my brother's case) kids, though. Just not family. It seems pretty normal to me. I have other friends who are similar.

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  • little_freak
    11 years ago

    Hardly anyone does. This is real life, you know? Not the TV.

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