How often do you say I love you?

one time i say it to lauren the love of my life she is in my lot i met her here and i think that i will stay with her for the rest of my life

Well, I have no problem letting someone know I Love them when it comes to immediate family members like my husband or sister, but when it comes to other people I really have to get to know them first. Because there is such a thing due to my being abused a lot when I was growing up, and having Friends I ended up unable to Trust that makes it hard for me to say this to others as well.

I have to say so many times a day.many times to my wife and many more times to my darling daughter.

My daughters and son and I all say I love you every time we speak to each other whether on the phone or in person. I'm not sure when this started, but it is wonderful, and only one of my daughters doesn't do it absolutely every time. It is like most saying goodbye at the end of a conversation. We say goodbye and I love you at the end of ours.

Hello explorations! I always say the words "I love you". Each time I have the chance to say such words to the people who mean much to me, I would. I believe that people feel good when they hear how we feel about them. It's nice to remind people how much we love them. I am sure they would appreciate it too...

Yes you're right it's never too late to show him the real meaning of love; am glad you did it and by constatly showing him he would feel the difference. About mine/us, we always say I love you to each other everyday. We never fail to say so even just inside the house. He calls me at work 3-5x/day just saying "Hi" and "I love you" and "I miss you today". These little things keep the relationship alive always.

I love you is said many times a day to everyone in the family. Everytime we are on the phone or just in the home. When in the presents of each other we hug and kiss many times and say I love you. A person should know the feeling of love, not just the words but the way of loving a person as well. It should be shown in a very loving way. I'm so sorry to hear of the treatment of your nephew, but he is with you now and will learn that love does not mean pain. You also need to get him to a doctor that he can talk to about his life and how he feels. This is an important part of him healing and knowing that loving someone does not mean hurting them.

Rarely. I believe if I show you then I don't have to say it as often. does your nephew show you that he loves you? if so, I think he will be okay.

I say I love you multiple times a day, you never know how much you love someone until they are gone so let them know while you can

In my country, we do not like show our love by words. Though we love our family members, lovers, and our friends, we do not use' I love you" to show our feeling. Usually, we like use the action to make who we love know they are loved by us. I like do things for my family members, sharing happiness with them.

Well thats good of you to take in your nephew and show him what love really is, I hope he realizes it someday. I try to say I love you all the time, I tell my husband everyday, when he leaves for work in the morning, I make sure I tell him. We have a nephew too that likes to stay with us whenever he isn't in school, as soon as schools out he calls wanting to come over, and I make sure I tell him all the time, he's just now starting to tell me that often. I know at home his mom doesn't say that very much to him, I know he will tell her first and she'll just kinda mumble it back to him. I know she loves her boys but I guess its hard for her to show much emotion. My nephew just turned 12, and we try to teach him things when he's here, teach him manners.

Yeah as a child, I wasn't told "I love you" very much either. I am so thankful that I have a wife that tells me all the time. It is a constant reminder that I need to tell her and the kids that I love them. But love is more than a matter of speaking it. The persons actions have to line up as well, so I think.

I say it a lot especially to my little daughter. I think I may over do it sometimes but the reason for me wanting to frequently demonstrate how much I love her is because I am in my forties and my parents have never, and I mean never, told me they love me, not once. My mum was very emotionally abusive to both me and my sister and she often criticised us and said horrible things to us like "you are so ugly nobody will want to marry you" and "I should have bought a pet dog instead of having you." These are just a couple of the insults that she dished out over the years which resulted in my sister and I having to do a lot of work in regards to self esteem issues. I do not want my daughter experiencing that kind of pain so I choose my words very carefully with her, offer lots of praise and say "I love you" as often as I can. Keep displaying your love to your nephew and telling him hoe much you care and I am sure that love will win through and eventually he will feel secure enough to say it back.

I say I love you everyday, several times a day. I tell my husband, children, parents and sister that I love the everytime I talk to them. It was somethig I grew up around so I find it easy to say to others. I hope that your nephew learns that love is not what he has been taught it is, and that it is something to rejoyce in. Good luck to you and him, I will keep my fingers crossed.

I think in a relationship this is very important so that the other person can feel reassured from time to time. As a therapist I have seen so many people with relationship problems who feel they are unable to say those simple words. I feel as human beings, we all need reassurance from time to time. :-) Derek

At sixteen you have a lot of training to get him past his experience, just keep saying it and showing him how to do the loving. I ache just thinking about it and how we carry our bad childhood baggage throughout our lives. Anything you do will help, I'm sure.

I try to say I love you as much as I can and even then it doesn't seem like it's enough. I think that you should express your love to everyone that you love because that will make them feel so much better about themselves and just want to be a better friend to you. I love to do nice things for everyone I know because it just gives you a good feeling inside. You have to be loving or else you'll just be treated as a cold hearted jerk.

Your right! It's NEVER too late to say "I love you!" I tell all my friends and family members that I love them, every chance I get! Growing up, I don't remember my mother telling me she loved me. When I was 18 and had my first child, she came to the hospital with my dad and told me she loved me. I just looked at her and could'nt say it back! My father asked me why and I said because I never heard her say that before. She would write it in cards, break promises, tell everyone in a room all of my embarrassing moments as a child, make fun of how accident prone as a child I was, favor my baby sister, but never TOLD me that she loved me. Sure I had a pretty good childhood with dance lessons, piano lessons, horses, gymnastics, clothes, shoes, great family get-togethers, holidays, girl scouts and camp, but even when you show people you love them, words are very powerful and both go hand in hand. Don't worry about how to show or how you say "I love you", just say it often, compliment him, even on the littlest things, never promise things you can't do, never tell others things that are secret or sacred or embarrassing and never turn down just a simple 1 minute hug! Tell him "Thank you" everytime he responds back with a hug, smile or compliment he gives back. Be patient, it will come back to you 100 fold!!!! God Bless you and your family!

i do not count that how many times i use these three strong but emotional words but i use them quite often to my hubby.Whenever i use these words for him ,he reciprocates them by saying these words back to me and this part i love the most.

I say it atleast 5 to 6 time a day to my hubby.. I know he likes to hear it from me. So just to see him smile I say it whenever there is a apt situation and it works.