What was your reaction when...

[MasterOfWorlds]

What was your reaction when someone outside of your family told you that they loved you?

I remember one of my first experiences with that was when I was talking to the friend of my friend's gf on the phone when I was around...12 I think. I know, it's odd, but that's the way it happened. XD

She said, "What would you say if I told you that I loved you?"

"...That's nice?"

I've been told "I love you." a few times by various gfs, but each time I told them that I liked them but I didn't think that I loved them. I can't lie about something like that. My current gf though...I realized that when I started having thoughts about what it would be like to be married to her and have kids with her, that I loved her and we actually told each other on the same night. Apparently we both realized it at about the same time. Funny how stuff like that works.

 

[Jackalb]

Yet to happen in a serious non-playful way so I'll get back to you on that :\

 

[Instant K4rma]

I remember my first girlfriend saying this to me. We had been dating for about 2 weeks, so I knew she didn't really mean it at that point, but I still choked up quite a bit. She really blind sided me with it, actually. I just sort of hesitated for a moment before responding as follows: (Cue shaky voice) "Uh... Yea... You, too!"

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

The only time its happened when me and the other person were old enough to know what the fuck we were talking about was by someone who lives far away, who I could not see, and who I loved back. So it was in one way nice to know they felt the same way, in another sense not so nice to know I couldn't see her either way.

 

[goodwithwords08]

Well the first time it happened to me my heart skipped a beat, I smiled and told her I love you too. She was an amazing girl...its too bad she moved.....

 

[Bruin]

It was during an argument, and she was being horribly sarcastic about it.

"Yeah, I love you -soo- much,".

It stopped the conversation and the argument.

And we pretended like it didn't happen.

 

[Keepitclean]

The only person to have ever said that to me was a guy. I'm a guy and I really wasn't expecting it. So as always I handled the situation poorly.

 

[binvjoh]

Actually happend after I broke up with my last girlfriend.

But does "I really loved you" count? Still felt good.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Nobody has. Thankfully.
If anyone did, I don't know what I'd do. Probably something harmful.

Love is... kind of a scary topic, you see. And my feelings on it are less than amicable. Half the time I am not even sure if it is real.
I intend to avoid all romance anyway, so I can't imagine this will ever be a problem for me. But unpleasant things have a tendency to happen.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

It hasn't been done to me. Never had a girlfriend. In fact, no one's asked me, and I'm fine with that.

 

[Bruin]

Nobody has. Thankfully.
If anyone did, I don't know what I'd do. Probably something harmful.

Love is... kind of a scary topic, you see. And my feelings on it are less than amicable. Half the time I am not even sure if it is real.
I intend to avoid all romance anyway, so I can't imagine this will ever be a problem for me. But unpleasant things have a tendency to happen.

Yeah, we're all poets holding black roses waiting for September to end.

/Sarcasm off

You're prolonging and worsening your problems by running from them.

It's also incredibly silly to think you can avoid something so important in life. Not to mention it's masochistic and honestly it seems like a moody, angst-driven move that I can't understand why any person who cares about themselves would do it.

Or if they could do it, I should say.

 

[Keepitclean]

Nobody has. Thankfully.
If anyone did, I don't know what I'd do. Probably something harmful.

Love is... kind of a scary topic, you see. And my feelings on it are less than amicable. Half the time I am not even sure if it is real.
I intend to avoid all romance anyway, so I can't imagine this will ever be a problem for me. But unpleasant things have a tendency to happen.

Yeah, we're all poets holding black roses waiting for September to end.

/Sarcasm off

You're prolonging and worsening your problems by running from them.

It's also incredibly silly to think you can avoid something so important in life. Not to mention it's masochistic and honestly it seems like a moody, angst-driven move that I can't understand why any person who cares about themselves would do it.

Or if they could do it, I should say.

Because if you don't try you can't get it wrong. Everywhere you go you read and hear stories of this kind of thing going wrong and how much it hurts. You can't really blame him for being discouraged.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

Nobody has. Thankfully.
If anyone did, I don't know what I'd do. Probably something harmful.

Love is... kind of a scary topic, you see. And my feelings on it are less than amicable. Half the time I am not even sure if it is real.
I intend to avoid all romance anyway, so I can't imagine this will ever be a problem for me. But unpleasant things have a tendency to happen.

Yeah, we're all poets holding black roses waiting for September to end.

/Sarcasm off

You're prolonging and worsening your problems by running from them.

It's also incredibly silly to think you can avoid something so important in life. Not to mention it's masochistic and honestly it seems like a moody, angst-driven move that I can't understand why any person who cares about themselves would do it.

Or if they could do it, I should say.

Because if you don't try you can't get it wrong. Everywhere you go you read and hear stories of this kind of thing going wrong and how much it hurts. You can't really blame him for being discouraged.

While I don't disagree with the part about not blaming him for being discouraged, you should also allow for possibilities.

My current gf, for instance, I was actually deciding to take a break from the relationship thing. I wanted to focus more on my classes and such, but then I met her and it was like something clicked. Granted, it doesn't happen too often, but had I sealed myself off, it never would have happened.

 

[Disaster Button]

No one has ever told me they loved me, but I always imagine that if it does happen it will be in some big, overblown movie kind of way with a musical accompaniment. It will be me telling someone and they hesitate with fear but reply in kind, then the music soars and we kiss and the camera spins and everything is babies ever after. Although I wouldn't like it to happen like that per se it always appears that way in my head.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

No one has ever told me they loved me, but I always imagine that if it does happen it will be in some big, overblown movie kind of way with a musical accompaniment.

I would lol and probably be so stunned if something like that happened, that I'm not sure what I would do other than laugh.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

No one has ever told me they loved me, but I always imagine that if it does happen it will be in some big, overblown movie kind of way with a musical accompaniment.

I would lol and not be sure what to do after that. XD

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

sorry, triple post...somehow...

 

[Keepitclean]

While I don't disagree with the part about not blaming him for being discouraged, you should also allow for possibilities.

My current gf, for instance, I was actually deciding to take a break from the relationship thing. I wanted to focus more on my classes and such, but then I met her and it was like something clicked. Granted, it doesn't happen too often, but had I sealed myself off, it never would have happened.

I'll agree with you there. Even if you aren't actively trying if you remain open something worthwhile might come along.

 

[Blue_vision]

No one has ever told me they loved me, but I always imagine that if it does happen it will be in some big, overblown movie kind of way with a musical accompaniment.

You might want to bring an iPod or stereo in that case, I think God only does the rain and music when a saint dies

It hasn't happened to me in a romantic kind of way, and it probably won't for a while still. But I've gotten a fair number of friendly "I love you"s, including a couple of "I love you, man"s (in the heterosexual bro relationship kind of way.) My response is usually along the lines of "I love you too" or "yeah you're the best."

 

[Disaster Button]

No one has ever told me they loved me, but I always imagine that if it does happen it will be in some big, overblown movie kind of way with a musical accompaniment.

I would lol and probably be so stunned if something like that happened, that I'm not sure what I would do other than laugh.

I would probably be grateful it happened it all I'd be like, whatever.