(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); People say it all the time like it's nothing. People say, "I love you!" to strangers, to acquaintances, to casual friends. Do you use it casually? And if so, does it mean anything at all when you say it to your partner?

My girlfriend refuses to say it to me because she says she has "devalued" the word so much. In our society, has it been generally devalued?
What do you guys think?:love:

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You're right, those are just words now.

But is there anything in this world as pure and true as love? People have forgotten the meaning of love. It's become a relative term, like happiness. Some associate love with marriage, but I don't see the connection. Just because you are married doesn't mean you're in love.

How many people can honestly say they know what true love is? Many cannot. They think they know what love is, when in reality, they love (like) how a person makes them feel. That's not love.

What does it mean to love-correction, to BE in love? People throw around the term "I love you" so much, it's lost its meaning. What can be said in its place?

Absolutely nothing. So many people have devalued a word that meant so very much to mean so very little, and there's no compensation for it.
So the next time someone says 'I love you' you have to determine whether they're just saying it to waste oxygen, or whether they truly mean it. This doesn't mean that we, as lovers and friends, can't use it at all. I understand what your gf means, but I still say it to my bf. Only I show him that I mean it.
But, to truly love someone, you have the ability to tell them how much you care without ever even opening your mouth.
Te Amo.

Love is what it is in the eyes of the beholder. If you truly believe in love, then so be it, nobody can change that. It you don't then I feel sorry for you. Whether this be love of family or the opposite sex, I would say love does exist, but not as a word.

The word Love has become overused in the recent centuries. A lot of people, guys often more than girls, tend to overuse this word, not only because they only love the looks of that person, but because they want something from them. To actually feel love, you must go through hard work, through the thick and thin. Like the saying "No pain, no gain".

Or so I think.

Love is something used by 12 year olds after getting their first girlfriend. People think they love someone, when really, they love the things the other person has.

Just give them the best boning ever and say "now that's love!". It might work.

Wow, this might be one of the best debates I've seen in a while!

My opinion;

In some cases it does, for example(and I'm not prude or anything like that so don't get me wrong), if the relationship is all sex then no it's NOT love it's simply a couple of sex freaks using each other.

Now if it's a couple who has been together for 1-2 years and hasn't seen each other naked then YES says the man, it is LOVE!

I don't know if you guys agree with me but that to me is a real relationship!