"do you remember the way the girls
would call out 'love you!'
conveniently leaving out the 'I'
as if they didn’t want to commit
to their own declarations."
– David Berman (via)
My thoughts as I read this:
1. I do that.
2. It does feel more comfortable and less meaningful.
3. Resolved: no longer. Subject pronouns or bust. Let words have weight; I love you.
I need to do the whole phrase. from start to end. I will not do it in writing, I will do it in person. I will man up and say it.
ReplyDeleteI love you!
ReplyDeleteich liebe dich! My dad and I end almost every conversation with "I love you."
ReplyDelete(and I must find my Christmas ornament that has on one side the German and on the other the English words.)
I LOVE YOUUU
ReplyDelete大好きです (dai suki desu).
ReplyDeleteAlso I've come to the conclusion that I do not like the rhetorical "you" because it's confusing. Use I, people.
ReplyDeleteAck. Another thing to work on. :)
ReplyDeletewhich begs the question:
ReplyDeletewas the girl on the bus really such a loser for saying
I love youse
?
which begs the next question: did Tara Fink really make up the term literacist, or did it already exist?
(sigh. how can you read just one line from that page?) [[124, in case you need something to brighten your day.]]
Elizabeth - Hey, women are hella strong...the strongest people I know. You got this, miss.
ReplyDeleteQ - <3 Marya Hornbacher's convinced me that it can be an effective choice...
SL - Do it! Liebe, liebe, den ganzen Weg nach Pittsburgh...ich schicke welche...
sui - also I love and admire how bold you are with that declaration as a rule.
odessa - :D You're exciting, and so dear.
Georgie - Well, but now we know what we mean and can choose to mean either, eh hey?
Noel - I really don't think she was a loser...I'm with Tara. Google is telling me, however, that "literacism" means something different...
I never used to think it was a big deal whether or not you put the "I" in there, and then I realized I had never once said simply "love you" and thoroughly meant it; even if it was true, it was purely reflex. Not really thinking about the magnitude of it, you know?
ReplyDeleteOh, and Q- I find the rhetorical "you" enormously helpful for discussing things that are too painful to acknowledge that they are personal, even if they are. Although that may be a good reason not to use it, depending on your perspective.
ReplyDeleteFé - Yeah, I totally do know what you mean.
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