To really hate the trend for "Bye, Love You" at the end of a call?

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It just seems to downgrade the meaning of "I love you" completely. It's almost like saying "take care" or "see you later".

I don't think this is a trend.

I only use the term with family members. So I wouldn't call it a trend in my case.

No its lovely. And often it can end up the last words someone hears from someone else.

You sound like my grandma though. I once said in passing i loved prof brian cox and she went mad yelling that i cheapened the meaning of the word love.

I disagree with you. I don't think it's a trend and telling someone you love, that you love them doesn't cheapen it.

Don't use it, then. Others can do as they see fit. Saying I love you can only be a positive thing though, surely?

Personally, I only do this with DH and DC, because I do actually love them. But I don't care what anyone else does.

I don’t like overuse of ‘I love you’. My parents have never said it to me but I know they do. I do say it to my kids and DP but not in every conversation.

What a Miserable Thread!  All the Love and then some more, I say!

Just in case somehow it's the last time i speak to my loved one I always want it to be the last thing I say and i always say it when I'm leaving my mums house too

You can't cheapen love. If only because it's different to us all.

And surely, in a world with so much hate and war etc the more people talking of love for others.....the better?

We all experience love in different ways, it's like saying a teenger doesn't love their boyfriend/girlfriend. Of course they do. In the capacity they have.

Stop being so judge I we something that is, ultimately, nice.

When I emigrated to the UK in the 90s, I started saying "Love you" at the end of all my phone calls to my mother, in case it became the last time we spoke to each other. Now that I'm back in Ireland, and I see her every day, I still say it at the end of phone calls and she does the same. I don't think I've "cheapened" the phrase or the sentiment. I love my mother, why shouldn't I tell her?

I only say it to the people I love. If they are on the end of the phone, its the quickest and easiest way to show they are loved. I don't understand your concern OP. This world needs more love, not less.

FFS

I always finish a call to my dh with love you....cause I do love him. I also tell my dc I love them a few times a day and when my dh leaves for work he says "bye love you all" as he leaves. What's wrong with telling people you love them? What's wrong with love?

I say it family members. I don't see the issue.

Oh jeez, do you work in my office? I end every phone call to my DH and DParents (not DSis, bizarrely) with 'love you'.

I couldn't give a fuck what other people think of that- it's not like you have a lifetime quota of "I love you"-s and I'll find in five years time I've run out.

YANBU

It's not a trend 

I only say it to my mum and dad, my husband and my two closest friends. I mean it when I say it.

YANBU. Scott Somethingorother does it on Radio 1 and I want to punch the radio when he does

I say it to my partner and parents when I hang up the phone, and it's always the last thing I say when I'm leaving when they are with me too. It's not a trend by any stretch of the imagination for me. It's because I do love them and if anything were ever to happen it would give me comfort knowing they knew how much I loved them. I think you are being vu

I tell my family i love them. And friends that i see as family. Every phone call. Doesn't cheapen anything, i genuinely love the bones of them. Each to their own

I used to work with someone who did this all the time with her DP. They didn't last, so saying 'love you' at the end of every convo clearly didn't mean that much (she had an affair).

That was my first experience of this phrase (so I heard it used like this for the first time aged about 28) and it put me off it for life. I kind of equate it with full-on weddings - it's all on the surface. But then I'm not a great one for Public Displays of Affection anyway, and saying 'I love you' is a very private thing.

Flamin' eck. Of all the things to get wound up about, someone saying "bye, love you" is one of them?!
I only say it to close family members, I don't dole out love you's easily even if I do - I'm more of the giving out affectionate arm punches or calling you a nobber (in a jokey, affectionate way lol )
Seriously couldn't get worked up about people doling out love you's though, it's nice!
At the risk of sounding totally barfworthy, there's not enough love, throw it about lol. The more the merrier and each to their own.

I say it to my DP and nobody else, my family aren't really 'love you' people but if anything happened to me or my DP I don't want the last thing I said to him to be 'you'd better go and do some work' or 'get on with it or you'll get a parking ticket'.

OP you'd hate our house. Me & DP will randomly give each other a kiss & an 'i love you', as does DD. For DP that is especially heartwarming because he's her step dad. Don't ever underestimate how much that simple phrase means to somebody.