Do your parents tell you they love you?

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And vice versa? Growing up my parents never said it and still never say it. Is this unusual as my oh and friends parents say they love each other all the time?

Mine never ever said it. I can't recall a single time, either as a child or an adult.

I tell my kids I love them constantly haha! I'd never want them to feel a millisecond of doubt.

I also have good friends and we say it to each other. It's taken me years to train myself to say it to them, but it's true, and people need to hear it, we could be hit by a bus tomorrow. I'm still sometimes sad that my parents never said it (and I'm not certain my dad actually even feels love for me, let alone could say it, tbh).

Our parents always told us they loved us, and they also showed us in a million different ways. Still now in their 70s it's the same.

We tell our kids we love them all the time as well, I hope they never tire of hearing it (and too bad if they do because we'll never stop telling them...)

Never

Mine never said it.
My mother never hugged or kissed me either (my father at least did that).

I constantly tell my DC I love him, and hug him daily (even though he's a teen)...

They never told me.

I tell my kids I love them multiple times a day.

Never but I tell mine all the time

My mum tells me every time we speak whereas my dad says it rarely. My husbands parents I have never heard them say it to DH or our kids in the 25 years we have been together.

We tell our children we love them daily, most days numerous times. I want them to feel loved, secure and content and never doubt our feelings for them. In turn they are never embarrassed about it and often say it themselves multiple times a day even in front of others.

Nope. My sister and I discussed it and concluded it must be a generational thing. We both felt loved, but they never said it

No, only got Mum now and she has never said she loves me, ever. My dad was more affectionate. I just knew he loved me.

I can’t bring myself to say it to her either. I feel really uncomfortable when I have to say goodbye to her. Don’t really want to hug or kiss her goodbye but I do.

I see her frequently and do lots of practical things and admin for her, but she’s never been demonstrative. I don’t miss it.

On the other hand, I always tell my offspring I love them. Hugs and kisses on the cheek all the time. Always have, always will.

every day. They both died suddenly 2 years ago within a a few months of each other and I miss speaking to them so much but I’m glad we all knew we were loved. I say it to 11 year DS all the time too.

No, but they didn't. I tell my kid every day.

My parents never did but they didn’t need to .
I absolutely love and adore my children and they know it by my actions. I do say I love them occasionally but I don’t think they need me to verbally express my love for them every day .

My father does, my mother never has.

Mine never that I can remember, but I’d have to add that they do and I don’t have any doubt of that. I too love my children, but I tell them many many times a day.

My parents told me and DS how much they loved us all the time, and we told them. We also grew up knowing that they loved and respected each other, and were good friends as well as husband and wife. The older I get, the more I realise what a positive impact that's had on my life.

My parents always say it everytime we part ways or end a phone call as I do with DD.

It may come from the fact mum's mum died suddenly when she was a tween and the fact you never know the last time you'll see each other - or perhaps not

I vividly remember the time my mum dropped me off at school and didn't say "Bye, love you, have a good day" when I was in infants as she whizzed off to drop my brother off as she normally did. Clearly she was just in a rush but I remember feeling quite upset about it

My parents never did. I would be very surprised if any of my friends’ parents did either so I definitely think it’s a generational thing. (My parents are in their 80s now.) I do feel my parents didn’t need to say it as my siblings and I knew we were loved and vice versa.

I tell my teenage dc I love them but I’m not sure how meaningful it is when they say, Love ya at the end of a phone call!

My dad tells me every time we talk. I don’t speak to my mum but she never said it while I was growing up. Probably because she doesn’t to be honest (took me some time to come to terms with that).

I tell my kids I love them all the time. Also DP and friends, if I think it, I say it, so it does come out at weird times. Like when my son is having a meltdown (ASD) and I have to remind myself of all the things I adore about him, people look at me weirdly when I chuckle and say “I love you” when he’s screaming at me, but it works!

Yes, almost every phone call now and definitely when we were little

I tell DH and dc daily now

Realise I am very lucky

absolutely THIS

Never - except once when my father thought I was asleep (about 8 I think).

Mine didn’t and didn’t act like they did to be fair. For decades I was doing the ‘they love me in their own way’ chant.

No never it makes me sad sometimes but I know they do in their own way. I tell mine I love them all the time and always will