Anyone's parents never say they loved you? (teenager, single parent, married)

[Weekend Traveler]

More stories from my crazy extended family. My Aunt and Uncle are cold people who have six kids. None of the kids have had any luck in the world of love. Or do they have any friends. Why? Their parents did not say they loved them. Cause and effect?

[Whyte Byrd]

Someone I'm close to told me his parents never said it til he was in his early 20s. He's just fine. I think if you've got a good head on your shoulders you can figure out what to slough off and what to tote around.

[shania]

I don't think my parents said the exact words to me when I was growing up...honestly, can't remember. But they showed their love in many ways and that was more important.

[2mares]

The only time my dad said I love you was right before he died in the hospital, but I know he did. He was just the type man that did not say those things. My mother often said I love you.

[Pikantari]

My parents never told me. They did not hug/kiss me either.

It was not until my father died that I told him I loved him. I was twenty. I was not brought up to do that by them.

I told my mother all the time after that. She finally started saying it back and she passed five years later.

[country pride]

My family is very affectionate towards each other. Aunts, cousins, my dad, we always let each other know that we love them. Even still today, my relatives, when we email or talk on the phone, we always tell each other we love ya.
My family is very close.

[Little Mizz Pittsburgh]

I grew up in a single parent home for part of my life and I don't remember my mother ever saying "I Love You".

There was another part of my life, where she got married to my step-father, and I don't ever remember either of them saying "I Love You", either.

Even as an adult, my mother never says it. She SHOWS it, but never says it.

[Huckleberry3911948]

its hard to make yourself heard by someone you put in the dumpster.

[Weekend Traveler]

The relatives never said I love you or did they really show it either. I am convinced that a lack of love can ruin people.

[Paws917]

I've never heard it from my parents. When I was a teenager, it bothered me but then again so did a million other things. My dad died when I was a teenager, but he and I were very close. My mom and I weren't close when I was growing up, but we are very close now. I have lots of friends too. I asked my mom once why she never tells us she loves us and she said that she never heard it from her own parents so she just never thinks to say it. I say it to my own kids all the time, but I know my brother and sister don't.