This may be a little off topic

Okay my question to everyone is if someone says ILY [[i love you]] do you take it as in that person loves you?

Personally I don't. I say it to everyone because I have love for them, doesn't mean I'm IN love. get it? well what are your thoughts on that?

Woo hoo!

thanks! I just didn't want anyone to think im in love with them, when in reality I have love for them. it makes complete sense lol.

Yeah i think loving someone and being in love are two different things.

I feel the same way... if someone says ily.. i think of it as a friendly way.. ya know... like my friends boyfriend always and ONLY says ily.. i find it odd... like i know when im talking with my boyfriend online i always type out i love you.. i think its different.. but thats just me

Exactly! ily is a friendly way and typing it out or saying I LOVE YOU is diff.

Yup... some people dont look at it that way.. but i dont know, i think I LOVE YOU is more personal... and means actually loving someone.. even when someone says i love ya.. thats a friendly way to me too

Agree. but some people...oh jeez they take it the wrong way and that leads to issues lol. like for ex: i say "I luvvv youuu" or "I lubbb u" or friendly sayings and some people are like WOAH what? im like you freakin idiot haha =DD

I don't tell ANYONE but my girlfriend ILY. I do love them, friends, (some) family, ect. But I have always been bad about letting people know how I feel. Heck no one even knew I had feelings until some time last year.

Depends on the person if its like a friend but then other ppl they may mean it diffrently but then they would ususally type it diffrently

Yeah i think it depends on how you say it too..usually if it's a bf i type it all out; i love you. but with friends it's more like..love ya, or something like that.

I see shortening I Love You to ILY as the same thing. The only time it seems a little more casual is when people say Luv Ya, or something like that.

But what do I know? I really only tell one person that I love him. With my friends, it's just implied.

If they look you in the eye, and say it in a certain way, you'll know

Rarely i use that word. I'm basically scared of saying i luv you. What if they actually misunderstand it? I lov my family but I never actually say i love you! I say i care for you or I like you but I never use the I love you word... weird...I never actually noticed that about me. I skip the I love you part of my life. Noone says it around me so I never got used to that.

I don't use the words I love you lightly. I don't just say it to whoever say it to me. They may have a different meaning to it than what I mean.
I agree that loving someone and being in love with someone is two completely different things.
You've got the sensual love and the general love. People sometimes get it all mixed up but I don't ike saying I love you to anyone outside my family and some friends. I don't mind saying I have love for you because it's as honest as I can get.

Girls seem to see more of a difference between 'i love you' and 'ily' and 'luv u' ect than guys, at leats as ive noticed..

For me it depends on who is saying it.

Personally, my belief, is that you should only say, “I love you.” to someone if you really mean it; if you really love them, & if you don't love them; or mean it at the time, then don’t say it. (Applying for both my dearest & true friends, & my boy; friend, lover, soulmate & so much more.)

Wow! i just posted a comment on a different board saying being 'in love' and 'loving' someone are different!!

it's deffinately possible to love someone without being in love!!
it's sad when your realise this applies to your boyfriend though :(

I say ily to everyone, my friends and me say it to eachother all of the time!