to be fed up of the phrase "love you to the moon and back" and the mumsnet classic "love the bones of (him)"

[celebremerge]

yes it was deeply expressive when the book first came out, or when someone first said it, now it's in people's general terminology as some kind of expression of deep love, but it's made itself meaningless by its overuse

Here's the worst one 'I love you the world' how does it make sense but everyone says it!! Drives me mad

I have never heard that before Tippitoes - how incredibly odd! There are words missing surely?

My DDs version is I love you all the sweeties in the world.

"Love the bones of" of puts me in mind of those skeletons used in science labs. Actually, I might get one, and if anyone asks me why, I'll say "I don't know, but I love the bones of him."

'Love you to the moon and back' sounds cute to me.

But 'I love the bones of you' sets my teeth on edge. I HATE that saying.

WTF does it even MEAN?

I think it's all the parents making photo collages with these inane sayings on them & then plastering them all over Facebook that is the problem. Most of what we say to children is utterly inane: that's fine. It's when it's shoved in everyone else's face that it starts to put teeth on edge. As in, most of these loving photo collage tributes are addressed to the kids themselves ("...and remember Mummy loves you to the moon and back!") - well, what's the likelihood of your prodigy, snotty-nosed 1 year old reading that?! Eh? Is he bloody Mozart? I'm not a complete Grinch, I do like kids & seeing photos of other people's kids but I find that these inane sayings are all part of this self-congratulatory "mummy club" where nothing on earth can compete with the experience of being a mummy (just by the very virtue of birthing a human) and yet the experience is so dire everyone is slamming down wine & gin every night.

general people on the street who may hold a door for you

You tell people who open the door for you that you love them?

I've got a friend who says "I love the bones of her" (for platonic relationships). Never heard anybody else say it.