They love us really, right?

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My eldest has just come downstairs. It's one of his Not Going To Sleep nights

me "I love you"
him "ok"
me "the correct response is 'I love you too Mum'"
him "WHAAAAAT? That's a stupid response"

Now, happy as I am that it was a well formed sentence, and he clearly knew what 'response' meant I would have preferred "I love you too, Mum"

My DS2 has a thing about my hair. He's 11 now and has twiddled my hair since he was less than a year old.
Q Do you love me?
A I only love your hair.
Q Do you love Daddy?
A No, and I hate his hair.
I think it started out as a bit of a joke but he has never said he loves me since he was about 4 or 5. Oh well, at least he loves part of me!

My bedtime chat with ds (3.9) tonight ended with

me: Goodnight ds. I love you
ds: Get daddy
me: ok. Goodnight ds. I love you
ds: Goodnight mummy. Get daddy.

I know he tolerates loves me really.

I feel better now!

DS1 never tells me he loves me.

ha ha "get daddy". Still laughing...

Lol! made me laugh, how reassuring!

My pre-bedtime chat:

DS: I love you mummy.

Me: That's only because I'm giving you a huge bowl of icecream! (he laughs)

Hands him huge bowl of icecream and gave him an extra scoop for being lovely (even though it's cupboard love!)x

Ds has finally leant to say nice things to me to get around me!

DD2 sat on my knee a few days ago - are fairly rare event.

Me "DD2 I love you"

DD2 "You said that last week"

Me "I can say it again can't I?"

DD2 "What's the point?"

Rofl at "what's the point?"

I tried out our 'do you love me' game again with DS2 just to check.
Got to 'do you love daddy?'
DS2 'No, not one bit.'
Told DH and we both rofl.

Thanks for this thread. Too easy to forget they can be an absolute joy.

Ha ha @ "not one bit"

Last night & every night before lights out

Me:Night,night dd2,I love you very much

dd2:Silence

Ds says 'hannah i love you' like a little robot. ( my name)

Me:'i love you too'
ds 'hannah I love you'

can go on for hours, it's fantastic... Even if it is a repeated phrase from my bf lol

Lucky you! Just don't change the game...

my son NEVER tells me he loves me - can't really remember a time when he did.
Is it bad to feel really jealous of friends that have sons who do tell them and who do give them a hug?
Now at the age of 13.6 and I guess I finally realise that he means it when he says 'I don't know' in response to the 'you must love me just a little bit' from me.

Aww I know I'm so lucky,