Owning cats helped me realize love is not simply words. Every cat I had showed their affection towards me differently, but i could still recognize it the same.
I wish. One of my kids actually interacts with me without prompting, the others not so much.. My wife acknowledges me first about once a quarter. My extended family notices me once a year or less! I haven't had friends invite me first to anything in so long, it's always me inviting them. At least my dog acknowledges me on a frequent basis.
that's a wholesome post but it also sounds in healthy and repressed. the world doesn't end if y'all say i love you to your family members once in a while
I am here for all of this. We all love, and most of us are bad at saying it. We can give. We can say it. I love so many people. Tell them. Really tell them. It is more freeing than it is free to say.
I don't want gifts and it annoys me when I get them because you're just receiving an obligation to work out what the giver likes when it's their birthday or Christmas.