Do you say 'I love you' that easy?

As a Chinese, I had never said "I LOVE YOU", even to my parents. I thought the people living in the western counties may say "I LOVE YOU" easy, but that is not easy for you. But I think I will feel easy say that words to my kids.

I also will not tell anyone I love them just to say it. People tell me it every once and a while and I normally just say something like aw or I'm sorry but love is a strong word and I'm not gonna say it back unless my feelings grow. If I were to say I love you to everyone that said it to me I wouldn't feel like the ones I really do love are seeing how much I really do love them.

When it comes to my family members, saying "I love you" is something that really comes easy to me because of the fact that I grew up in a home where I heard my parents telling each other that they loved them and also telling my siblings and myself that they loved us. So, I always tell my husband and children and my family that I love them. With friends, there are friends that I love, but most of them I've never told that I love them because I'm afraid that it might not sound genuine. In fact, it was only last week that I admitted to one of my best friends that I love her and her brother and that is really why I cared so much when I found out that her niece and nephew (her brother's children) had passed away.

I am so much like you. I don't say these words very often at all unless i really mean it. I don't even tell it to my friends when i don't feel like i really love them. I tell it to my son everyday because i really mean it.

Saying that phrase takes a lot of time, meditation and courage. I'm the type of person who says it like it is and I don't take words lightly. I don't know about other people but it will take me a considerable time to say those words even though the recipient of those words already know my feelings. That phrase is probably one of the hard-hitting words and possibly can turn any brain into numb and mushiness. And saying it should be hard as well. Delivering them to intended person will be an ordeal but will be worth it. Exactly my reason why those words don't leave my lips as easily as other words do.

hi:) I grew up hearing I love you from my parents and brother, maybe that's how we raised, so every time when any of us is going out, we always say "i love you, take care" and every time I said it I always mean it, I love my family deeply. but in other person even on my friends I hardly say this words, even if I also love them, maybe because were not used in saying that to each other, but even if I don't, they know I also love them:D

i don't think it would be that easy for me to say it. for me, it should really comes from within. it should really be felt before uttered. feelings and emotions goes along with it. even if it may be friends, or family members, or loved ones, or your partner, or people around you. just like you said "mean it", we should. because if not, it will be nonsense.

Hi bingskee! Yes for me it is quite easy to say I love you but when I do it is purely done out true love and feelings. I would not use the term loosely and would never intentionally cause anyone whom I loved any pain. I suppose if someone did out of error it can be understood with apologies and proving their being sorry. But for me when I love I too mean it and I would never even contemplate stabbing someone in the back, at least not in my right mind.

I am totally agree with you, i bearlly say i love you, and i say it only when i really mean it! And i believe that if you say i love you a lot this it make it weaker but if you say it only when you mean it, it is much more stronger.. I even don't like to hear couples telling each other on the phone "Love you, Bye"

I think I am bold and have enough courage to say, "I Love You" to my favorite one but guess what?........I took almost three months to say these three words. :D I must admit this was the most difficult period of my life when I prepare myself daily and in the end came back without saying and during that I always discussed some foolish and childish things with her instead of conveying my own heart. Although I have experienced such a unique feelings during this whole period which I can not bring into my words. I feel'd unbelievable sweet pain with full of fear of rejection but at the same time fear of loosing if I did not express my feelings as soon as possible. In real I can not explain what that was but I wish you all can understand what I am trying to explain. :D Cheers

i think saying i love you is very hard but if you truely love that person it will come very easy and i think there is a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone i try my best to love everyone because you are sopposed to and i have no difficulty at all telling my close friends that i do love them but i have only said i love you to one man and meant it from the bottom of my heart because i am in love with him its the same concept as saying i promise you...promises mean everything but once their broken they mean nothing

that's really nice of you bing. we share the same view. the word I LOVE YOU today is being over used. people say that word even if they don't really mean it. making it sad because it is really sacred. for me i have a hard time saying those words my way is to express it. i think that's what matters most.

nowadays, "i love you" is a very ordinary word. People are use to hear these three words very often that they get use to it. Where as for me, i say i love you to those people whom i love. I can't say those words without having the feeling that i dearly love them. It's not a surprise that these important words for some are just ordinary words for many. It's just so sad to know the reality. I think it's just a matter of attitude. So if you think you really mean what you say, then better yet..say what you really feel. ;))

i don't say the 'i love you' phrase to anyone not special to me, but i used to say this to some of my friends when the situation suits it, like when we're having fun, so i just mean it as a joke. but when im really serious and i said 'i love you' to someone i really mean it in the case of people in Tv programs saying the 'i love you' phrase they just say that because every movement and statement will be broadcast internationally and thus can affect their reputation and such. they only say that to look good in front of the camera. The 'always smile in front of the camera' technique is just as the same. When they say i love you they doesn't mean it personally ...

Saying i love you has always come easy to me. Iam a very emotional person and i am not afraid to express myself. That was not always the case because i was very shy. Now i just let my heart do the talking.

I say "I love you" to someone I've known for a long time people like family, and my best friend

nice thought! I always say I love you to my parents, my friends and relatives because I really mean it. I love you is also a way of saying thank you. But to a guy, hahaha, I would think it over a million times before I can utter the words I LOVE YOU.^^