do you prefer to say i love you to someone? or by expressing it by actions?

What I prefer is both.... I grew up with a family that never said I love you, and so I didn't think that they did. I never said it either, until I had my first (and only) child. I then began to use the word often with my child, and so did my family, but we would only say it to the baby, not each other. Now that the baby is a talking 6 yr old, she openly expresses her love using both words and actions. I see this in her and I realize how much expressing your love both ways is like a seal that bonds a relationship. My child knows that she is loved and it does wonders for her self-worth and self-confidence. I'd advise you to do both with the people that you love. And yes, it will feel weird to tell the people that you've known all these years that you love them all of a sudden; but you'll notice how close you will become over time.

I would prefer both... Nothing seems to be sweeter than having someone to tell you how much that person loves you as well as by showing the whole world how important you are, In my opinion, its an odd feeling to have someone telling you he loves you and yet he will ignore and not show it in a way you can feel its sincerity and vice versa. Hope this helps

Hello scooby29 ,Good morning..To share with u honestly my friend, so far in my entire life, I have not uttered these words even for a single time..I am not simply feeling comfortable to say this.Although I do my best to indicate through my actions and deeds that I do love them.But I feel that i must cultivate this habit.Although ,as u said, some times it may not be correctly interpreted.have a nice day.thanks.

I think it is important to tell my boyfriend that I love him whenever I can. Who knows whats going to happen next? I would feel terrible if something happened to either one of us, and we didn't get to say I love you when we last saw each other. I think it is really important to keep reminding him that I love him a lot and he means the world to me. It makes me happy when I hear an I love you, so I assume it makes him happy, too.

hello there scooby! there is a saying..."ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS" hmmmmm..... when somebody tells me "i love you" wow!!! that really means a lot to me specially when that somebody is your love or beloved one... but for me..... i would prefer 'IN WORDS AND IN ACTION" when this two thing is combine wow!!! it would surely be a big hit to the person!!! specially if that person is a hopelessly romantic.... like me...lol.... have a nice day....

hello, scooby29, i prefer showing love by actions to my parents. It's strange that i can say i love you to my boyfirend or my female friends, but i'd rather shy to say it to my parents. Maybe because love is the base of a family. My Dad, mom and i all know that we love each other no matter what happens, so there's no need to SAY it. Every tiny word or act can show love.

hi scooby!^^ i think words are important because it's much clearer and some people aren't that perceptive of other people's actions. but everybody is not comfortable with words like you, and me too. i don't know why but i find it embarrassing to utter those words to people i love. i much prefer to show it thru actions. i'm much comfortable that way.

im not always saying i love you to my family. i dont know why. i just show it actions. maybe because i never grow up in saying i love you with them.

I think that both are just both great things to express love and a great thing to try and spread to people. The more love in the world then the less hate in the world there would most likely be. Energy of any kind seems to spread whether it be negative or positive so if we spread positive energy more then people will hopefully be happier.

For me my friend, I prefer to say in the first place than to show some love that little notice on somebody you like... Expressing in action is very hard if that person is not your girlfriend/boyfriend. Because how can you show how much you love her/him if in the tip of your fingers will coded... Happy mylotting...!!!

I gre up in a family that mentioned they loved eachother all the time. Even now, as an adult we don't hang up the phone without saying that we love eachother first. I admit, I get weird looks for it sometimes and I've even told people that I loved them that I seriously should not have said that too because it's a habit. I think in our situation we don't give those 3 little words as much weight as some people give them. It doesn't signify a ring on the finger or putting yourself out for granny all the time. It's just a short way to say "I recognize that you are part of my life and I appreciate that." I don't see the big deal. But, I guess I could see how another person would not place the same association on those 3 words as my family does... in that case you might use actions, but be careful because even though actions speak louder than words... sometimes they don't convey the message by themselves all that well either.

In this busssiness,we are almost the same.sometimes,i actual wants to say"I love you",however,because of the shy,i didn't say it out.in realy life,i prefer express my love through the actions to the words! From now on,i hope myself can say out my love boldly.i think actions is as the same important as the words!

Hi There.. Talking bout love...never hesitate to say 'i love you' to someone you love.. I personally as a woman need the man who can talk love with his tongue and actions.. I mean pls..do both...You have to say that you love her....and do some actions too.. Is that so hard for you to do that? So make your choise, do whatever you feel comfort to do..Good Luck..:)

Hey Scooby, what a cool topic! I reckon that I say "I love you" to various people at least, on average, five times a day. My daughter takes 3 of those easily! My best friend - 3 times a week. My mom (this is sad) only about once a week. Sisters, other friends etc (sometimes, even a stranger who does something special for someone else, and I was just a witness!), It's all cool. What I hate!!! is beeing forced into saying the whole "I Love You", when you just don't feel it. That is just wrong... Don'T you agree? I only say it when I mean it, and lets face it, love has many facets, just like a diamond. So, my advice - If you want - is never feel bad about expressing it (that's all good), but give without expecting back. You'll be amaized how easily it comes back if you don't force it.

I prefer to take actions, or do it in actions than saying it. Like you, I am shy too to say what I feel, I seldom says I love you to every members of my family but I believe that when they will be asked if I love them they will frankly say yes. This is mainly because I am always there for my family, I even sacrifice my personal feelings for them. I give them my outmost priority and I think that is more empowering that saying i love you straight to their faces. If you take things in action it is more believable because you are showing it, rather than just mere saying what you feel.

Hello scooby29, I like both and I have no problem to say I love you as many times as I wish. At the same time, I do like to express my feelings by doing the right action. As for me, there is no difference whether you say it or express it by doing something as long as the right person gets the message clearly. As for my husband, he prefers to express it by action rather than saying it!

Everyone in our family is always telling each other "I love you". In fact just the other night my husband and I were just sitting around not doing much and out of the blue he said " I love you' and had a smile on his face. It made me feel really loved and appreciated and of course I responded back the same. Actions are also important but I love hearing it..

You have asked a nice question. I prefer doing all the actions that would mean saying those three words than saying them so many times without the message ever going deeper than the lips.This is because I believe firmly that actions speak louder than the words!But women, I see are easily duped by words and show-offs. Well there are times when expression should be given to such feelings. It is only when the words are uttered rarely that they have that depth of meaning.If they are never used also, one is in trouble, because your partner's ears will be craving for them, but you starve them out!

I guess I'm greedy because I perfer both. I like actions and hearing the words. Something very nice about hearing that somebody loves you, but if you say it without the action of love, then it is pointless and fake. I do believe that you can love somebody without saying it and only by showing it, but for me, I like to hear it once and a while because it always puts a smile on my face.

Sometimes I said "I love you" to my family or to someone that I love, maybe less than 25 times in a year (LOL). I dare if only by writing that that words by sms or e-mail, or I dare to say that by jokes or snging a love song.