Are you the kind of person who says I love you easily or the kind who has trouble expressing their feelings?

Yes, now I am the kind of person who can easily express love to someone I care and love. I don't think that it is right to abuse the word "I love you" to the point that it loses its real meaning. I am the kind of person who can easily say I love you if I meant it.

I don't utter any words that does not correspond to what I feel. Before even though I really love someone I find it hard to express and tell him that I love him because I was brought up in a family where we are not very expressive with our feelings. I am not used to saying I love you to my parents or siblings.

But that changed when I met my boyfriend who is now my husband. He is different. They were brought up to be more demonstrative of their feelings and affection.

He was my mentor in helping me express what I feel to anybody whom I love and care for. And I was very blessed to have him because I know that it is very therapeutic for me and to the person concerned as well. There are many ways to say I love you through actions but I think this is not really complete without uttering the magic words "I love you."

This phrase can really make a lot of difference to another person. My husband never fail to say I love you everyday, when he calls me on the phone or send me text messages. And I do the same.

The meaning of "I love you" between us never lose its sparkle. We also raised our daughters to do the same. And I am glad that they don't find it hard to express to us how they feel.

Their hugs, kisses, and I love you's are more than enough to make us feel inspired even though we are tired.

I'm not quick to say it the first time. I think I love you is vastly misused these days and it cheapens the meaning. It's been downgraded in many cases to a mere greeting and fair well.

When I'm sure its love and I really mean it I have no problem saying I love you though. I however don't use love and hate loosely.

I guess it strongly depends on whom I would be saying “I love you” to. If it were to my husband and children, then yes, it would be extremely easy for me to tell them how much I loved them. However, as a child I was not raised to tell people I love them and I actually never heard these expressions of love voiced by my own mother and only occasionally by my stepfather.

Therefore, it took me a very long time to build up the trust and become aware of my own feelings of love for another person before I could finally bring myself to say these special words to some of the former loves in my life. Thank goodness, by the time I met my husband-to-be I found it somewhat easier to say “I love you” and was not afraid to tell him once I realized that I meant it. However, to this day I cannot reply “I love you” to either my stepdad or my biological dad when on the phone with them.

Even though I do love them for all they have done for me and simply for being the father figures in my life (I am lucky to have had the pleasure of having two different dads at differing periods in my life), I feel awkward actually trying to get out these words and so I laugh it off and say “Me, too”, instead. Sounds pathetic and maybe even sad, but I guess my uncertainty stems from how I had been raised as a child. Nevertheless, I make sure I emphasize to my own children that I love them everyday, and it comes naturally to say “I love you” when sending off my children to school, ending a phone call with them, or tucking them in to bed.

I say this often to my kids, and always have and yeah I am one who expresses those words to family and friends often. It makes me feel good, and I know from the smiles I get others like to hear me say it.

For the most part I am a very outgoing and affectionate person. I am usually the one to introduce myself to new people, engage freely in any conversation, and will give my left arm for my friends. But saying I love you, in more than a casual or joking manner, is quite hard for me.

Now granted, I loved my son before he had any idea of what love was. Expressing my emotions for him has never been an issue. But I have never said "I Love You" first to a partner.My fear of rejection is very prominent in my decisions to express my feelings to them.

I believe my insecurities stem from a tumultuous childhood, and those rejections and abandonment issues present themselves in my relationships today. It is hard at times to allow someone to be close enough to befriend them. Understand that I am courteous and friendly, but investing in true friendship takes me a bit, but then their stuck with me for good.

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