First of all, allow me to extend a big “FUCK YOU” to all those of you who have used this line. It’s like emotional blackmail combined with a good dollop of twisted mind games. The worst is when someone looks you in the eye and say “I love you, but I can’t be with you”. BULLSHIT.
How dare people throw around the L word so carelessly. That’s not love, it’s selfishness. The only reason I see someone saying this line is to convince him/herself [and the person he/she is about to break] that he/she is a good person caught in unfortunate circumstances. Yeah, boo-hoo for you. Sucks for the person at the receiving end who will probably spend nights agonizing over “what’s wrong with me?” There should be no “but”, “however” or “except”. Adding a “but” at the end of an “I love you” makes it conditional, and when it comes to love, as far as I know (which may not be a lot), love is unconditional - I can tell you that much.
It should always be “I love you,” period, no exceptions. I refuse to settle for anything else or for anything less. I mean don’t we all deserve more than that?First debate in a long time. Oh how i love to argue.
I’d like to point out that situations and circumstances are a big factor within the idea of “LOVE”. For example, Bob and Sally are a couple and they love each other. Sally cheats on Bob. Bob loves Sally, but is hurt because of what she did. Bob says “i love you, but i can’t be with you because you hurt me”. So you can’t really say “no exceptions” cause obviously there will ALWAYS be exceptions. Love is unconditional, but it is also very complicated. get back at me if you must. im always open to what anyone has to say.
there should be no such phrase as “i love you, but…” i love you was meant to be a three worded phrase, and should ALWAYS...
I kinda support the exception debate but I want to clarify with my argument. I feel like people confuse what love is....