There Are A Thousand Different Ways To Say ‘I Love You’
These three words that are so simple, yet so difficult to say, can be expressed in different ways: through hugging, caring about each other, cooking a favorite food, going to the movies and seeing a movie we don’t like, etc. In other words, an ‘I love you’ is a hug, a time in silence, questions that demonstrate to the other that we listen or help when the person we love feels tormented.
A feeling can be demonstrated with both actions and words. However, we tend to believe that only through language one can “speak” of a feeling. This is not correct, because if we pay attention to the other’s attitudes, we can find out what he really feels. There are thousands of ways to say ‘I love you’ without having to use those three words.
What does an ‘I love you’ mean
When we’re in a new relationship and we’ve already taken some love hits, it takes a while to reveal our true feelings. We start with a shy “I like you” and only say ‘I love you’ when we are very sure of our feelings.
In this way, in addition to protecting ourselves, it seems that by not revealing our feelings, we do not commit to the other person the commitment to say that we share them. It starts that way and the silence remains, and so the days, weeks and months go by.
Although each person has their time to say ‘I love you’, the truth is that these three words hold much more inside them than affection. They symbolize a commitment, a bet, a step that perhaps we are not yet willing to take, but that we would often like.
How to say ‘I love you’ without using these words?
We are not made of stone, nor are we feeling robots. So, not working up the courage to express this feeling in words is another matter entirely. Perhaps you think that the only way to express the love you feel for your partner, your parents, your friends or your grandparents is with these “three magic words”.
However, there are thousands of different ways to show affection, affection and love. They are based on the attitudes we have towards others, on how we care about them and want them to be okay. Everyday actions can express more of what we feel than the habit of constantly saying “I love you”.
“How was your day?”, “Drive carefully”, “Don’t forget to bring a coat”, “I made the lasagna just the way you like it”, “You choose the movie”, “Did you sleep well?”, “I’ll take care of taking the kids”, “Stay in bed and I’ll bring you breakfast”, “You look so beautiful in that skirt”, “I bought the medicine the doctor prescribed”, “You want a ride ?”, “You did a great job”, “What a wonderful dinner” … and the list could go on.
See how simple it is to show others that we love them? Actions are as valuable as an ‘I love you’ repeated between fears and prejudices. Surely you know the saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. In this case we would say “a good attitude is good and it improves when accompanied by three simple words and actions that reflect what they express”.
Say ‘I adore you’ or ‘I love you’?
Many people say that ‘I adore you’ is a step before ‘I love you’. Others claim that the first sentence has a sense of ownership and the second of surrender. The truth is that in one way or another we are expressing what is going on inside us.
Don’t feel embarrassed or shy about saying either of these two miraculous, unique and wonderful phrases. You will feel really happy and make the other person happy. But also remember that “words are weak in the wind” and for them to contribute to making a relationship more solid, they must be accompanied by actions.
“I miss you”, “Take care”, “Have a good night”, “I was thinking of you”, “I have ready-made food in the oven”, “Let me know when you get home”, “Take an umbrella ”, “Want me to make you some coffee?” … which way will you say ‘I love you’ today?
