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Originally Posted by tealBumblebee
T tells me she loves me all the time, I never say it back. I do love her, and I think she knows I do, but my issues don't lie around the 'verbalizing' of the phrase as much as the verbalizing of any emotion. I think people put too much power in the "verbalizing" of the phrase, and if you honestly feel it there is nothing wrong with sharing that as long as you don't expect it to, and can accept if it is not, reciprocated. Imo, love for someone, though it may sting, doesn't just 'go away' when you find out that they don't love you back.
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I would guess a decent therapist would generally have a feel for which clients can handle that phrase and which it would cause a problem for. It's clear from the variety of responses that the reception of that phrase of endearment is loaded or not loaded depending on personality, background, and even culture.