So at this ripe age in my life of course you're going to have people, girl or boy say to a girl or boy, that they love them. It's one thing being told by your mum that they 'Love You' and another to be told by the person you like/are friends with/ someone that likes you. In the last 3 weeks my friend... let's call him Gordon has been a little too friendly with the phrase 'you don't love me anymore'. Now if you don't know the story behind Gordon you'd be confused. You see I've liked Gordon for about 3 years but add him asking me out and me asking him out then him fancying my friend well... it gets a bit messy, then me finally 'moving on' and getting a boyfriend this is when he thinks its the best time to use this phrase. He isn't normally a clingy guy but he has been... a little irritating!... Sorry going off topic. So every time he'd say this I'd respond with ' I do love you, but as a friend'. I don't say anything I don't honestly mean (I say stuff without thinking but at least I still mean it) and I knew I loved him but not so sure as to what..... (don't worry I can say this now, I'm back to my single status!)
But then a few weeks later the boy I thought fancied my sister told me he loved me (yes, LOVE not LIKE). Me being me replied with 'Aaaaw, tnx' (yes, that is EXACTLY what I said). Some of you may cringe at that and say I'm a horrible person but I -in my 15 years on earth, always having something to say- could not think of anything to reply with so quickly left and hoped to avoid him at all costs. Lovely *sarcasm intended*.
But in our day and age we use the phrase 'I love....' too loosely. We say i about food, clothes, movies, actors, the list goes on. I'm not saying we don't know what it's like to love and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with saying you love something. But what I am saying is (in my opinion) we should only actually say that 'I love....' when you actually do love that person or thing. As they say, empty words mean nothing their just words.
