Saying 'I Love You' in general

[Procyon]

For me I think the phenomenon of loving someone is so big that you can't put it into words -- I love my son so much that it hurts sometimes, and saying 'I love you' to him is just such an understatement that it's meaningless anyway. Love is so basic and yet so complicated (just look at the love between parents and children...) and so powerful.

 

I'm not saying it's meaningless in general though; if you're used to it and maybe put a bit of a different meaning into it it can be very nice to say it and hear it. But it has to be at the right moment (esp. in a romantic relationship) and in the right context.