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My mom said it and still does, but my dad very rarely did. He's now deceased. I'm in my mid 40's. I tell my kids daily!!
I'm believing more and more it's a generational thing...those 40-50's people got the love words from their parents... So much more psychology in the last few decades on LOVE.
I never heard those words "I love you" growing up. Unfortunately, it can cause many of us to go "looking for love in all the wrong places" when we are older. Because of the way I grew up I made sure to tell my boys every day how much I loved them.
There was zero love my our house growing up, either physically or verbally. It was more of a war zone that I had to learn to navigate.
Not much love in my house either and not a war zone but walking on eggs and fear and guilt were normal. Could be too the religious stuff from the church. Lots of fear and guilt...glad I finally shed those ties that bound. When my dad died in 2005, and I spent time with him at his end, he said he never believed as he said he didn't care where his remains went. It took him a lifetime to be himself. That's how it WAS....
And as one member said above, because we didn't get the love we needed/wanted, we continued thru our lives Looking For It.
I'm believing more and more it's a generational thing...those 40[s]-50's people got the love words from their parents... So much more psychology in the last few decades on LOVE.
Not all of us by any means. Generalizations rarely work. Don't indulge in them to try to make your point.
I don't think my dad ever said it (I'm 61, he was born in 1920). But he showed me in many ways that he loved me.
My mom said it, but showed me in many ways that she didn't mean it.
I asked my mom once why our family never said we loved each other and her response was that 'we should already know' that we're loved.
Am in my 70s btw.
I never thought of this over my life and now in retirement have a lot of time to think and this forum brings out a lot of old thoughts and new ones. I'm 79 soon.
I'm 62 years old. My parents loved me, not in the words (words are cheap) but in their actions. The word "love" has been overused to death and means very little. My husband's family "loves, loves, loves", once I got a look behind the scenes of the "loves, loves, loves" proclamations, "love" was a cover for something else of which I won't detail.
"Actions speak louder than words."
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