I'm having a hard time believing my therapist doesn't actively despise me right now. I'm pretty sure he would never say the "love" word.

However, I have noticed from other relationships that some people say the word easily and can apply it to multiple different relationships, including friends, siblings, romantic partners, pets, etc. But other people seem to have a real problem with saying it. I don't think I ever heard my husband tell his mother that he loved her, but I know that he did.

I guess I'm saying that just because people don't/can't say the word, that doesn't mean that they don't feel it.