by Danielle Hamilton

Created on: October 28, 2008

I love you. I love you. I love you.

So, which one of those sentences went over the top? Truly, that would depend on the speaker and the recipient. One could be needier than the other? Possibly. One could be less needful of hearing some things repeated. Could the repetition make the words meaningless by virtue of using them too loosely or too freely?

Well, I speak on this topic on a personal basis. I said those words to my spouse and children whenever I wanted. I also tried not to let a phone call end with a loved one who was loved, go with just a good bye. Not all next times are guaranteed. No one knows when "this"Time is the last time. My husband who was more laconic, used to tease me at times, with some half truth seeking behind it. He thought I was trying to CONVINCE myself that I loved him by saying it so frequently. I insert here that i am fully aware of the line from old Will Shakespeare " methinks she doth protest too much." Not quite totally applicable here; but I will note that I know the line and the context. My reply was simply, "If I felt like saying it, be grateful, that someone cared enough to say it at all, let alone so much."

If the one who is doing the I love you's is content with just saying it, then in the interest and practice of free speech, let them say it. If they are seeking confirmation by way of a Return I love you; perhaps, the other party should be examining their own actions for some sort of lack? Also, it is possible, they are not with the party they should be with in the first place. If I love you's grow tedious, then the relationship might not be up to the life's daily monotony. Relationships of any true duration will deal with things that are tedious, boring and even offensive on occasion. Such is life.

With all the rudeness in a world that has totally eradicated decorum, etiquette, and social discourse in favor of glib sound bytes and subliminally implanted talking pictures, we meet road rage and disconnected people on cell phones just about anywhere they can be used leaving one hand free to do whatever. I have often pondered just how connected to that cellphone modern society has to be. Is it possible that people just can't abide themselves enough to be alone with their own thoughts for more than say, oh,the ten minutes that it might take to go down the aisle in a store. There is no courtesy with the person who works at the deli counter, let alone with loved ones. Children are frequently picked up at day care after a long day

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