Do you still tell your folks, you love them?

[Scuzi]

We never utter such words to each other. I think my mother said it to me last on my 18th birthday and I don't ever recall my dad saying it to me. We might seem cold on the outside but we know the score, we love each other but we're just too damn stubborn to say it. My dad would accuse me of being a homosexual and would probably punch me if I said it to him.

Come to think of it, I have never uttered those words to anyone sincerely apart from family

 

[Lysander]

We never utter such words to each other. I think my mother said it to me last on my 18th birthday and I don't ever recall my dad saying it to me. We might seem cold on the outside but we know the score, we love each other but we're just too damn stubborn to say it. My dad would accuse me of being a homosexual and would probably punch me if I said it to him.

Come to think of it, I have never uttered those words to anyone sincerely apart from family

You see, you and I are slightly different there. I've never uttered those words to family, and I have to other people but haven't meant it...

 

[Scuzi]

You see, you and I are slightly different there. I've never uttered those words to family, and I have to other people but haven't meant it...

I've told a few girls that I loved them but I didn't mean it. It was purely to keep the peace. The only time I have said it to family was when I was a kid.

I'm a cold, black hearted oul fella

 

[mks2005]

I love you mommy.

 

[Snakedoctor]

Only in prayer, they died when I was a kid.

 

[Kobrakai]

No, anyone I love knows it, I don't have to tell them.

Exactly.

 

[Substance]

I tell my Mum, but my Dad would call me a poof and clout me so I don't bother. He knows anyway, it's a man thing.

exactly the same for me, dad would call me a poof, tell my mum all the time though

 

[ic1male]

No way. It just feels weird saying such things. I haven't said those "three little words" to anyone for years.

 

[ChoÞÞer]

no, and i don't think i will ever!

 

[fozter]

I constantly say it to my mum. Often shoot it up in a little prayer for my dad too

 

[Adnams Drinker]

I see my mother rarely, maybe once a month or so. I can't remember that last time I told her that I love her... but then I'm 38. My dad is dead.

Actually I wish I had had ther chance to talk to my dad before he died (parents divorced, not seen him for like 22 years or so). Maybe not to tell him I loved him, because I didn't, but at least to clear the air.

I'm the same age as you and in a similar position - my Mum moved away when my parents divorced. I don't need to tell my Mum I love her - she's always said my actions spoke a thousand words when I held her together emotionally during their divorce.

Like you, my Dad has also since died, but I was able to tell him I loved him the last time I saw him a couple of days before he went. He was doped up to the hilt on morphine at the time and I don't know to this day whether he actually heard me, but he smiled and I swear the look in his eyes said "I know that, you silly bugger ..."

Sometimes, as the song says, you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

Sentimental as it sounds, never a truer word spoken, especially when it comes to your parents - enjoy them while you have them, folks ...

 

[West]

My mum always, but my dad I threaten to put him in a home before he's 40

 

[MrKeeno]

Ive started to say it to my mum all the time now, ever since my grandmother died. Its a small thing but I can tell she really appreciates it.

Its the little things that count.

My dads happy with the occasional pint though

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I'm a cold, black hearted oul fella

Not something to be pleased/proud of

and to the OP yes I tell my Mother I love her possibly everytime I say goodbye to her of course she knows I do but I just say it to anyone I love when I'm saying goodbye (saying goodbye is so final so I like to reinforce how I feel about someone), same for past girlfriends etc. I don't see my father much so not much oppourtunity to say it to him but he knows fine well I do anyway.

 

[SideWinder]

I don't think i've ever said it too anyone in my family, and i don't think i ever will.

/nods.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I don't think some people in here are being truthful, I really don't believe the people who have said they have NEVER said "I love you" to any of their parents.

 

[Stan_Lite]

I'm 42 and I tell my Mam I love her every time I speak to her and she tells me the same (we usually speak on the phone about once a week - I only see them in person 2 or 3 times a year). My Dad and I only say it when we're drunk - he's an old fashioned kinda guy and isn't used to that sort of thing. We all know we love each other but it doesn't cost anything to say it now and again.
I also tell my daughter I love her everytime I speak to her and she tells me the same, helps to keep the family bond intact while we're apart.

I also randomly send my Mam flowers for no apparent reason, especially when I'm away on the rig for a month at a time, with a simple note saying:

Love you.
Stan.

Usually makes her cry (good, happy crying) knowing that I'm thinking about her from the remoteness of the Southern Mediterranean.

 

[Cob]

I seldom see my mum but we always say it at the end of phone calls. I would never say it to my dad, but he knows that I do anyway.

 

[Eriedor]

I seldom see my mum but we always say it at the end of phone calls. I would never say it to my dad, but he knows that I do anyway.

Same.

 

[Murf]

Never ever gets said in my family. We all do, we all know we do, but we don't need to say it.