I feel like there's fun play to do with "I love you".
Or like, I'm a sucker for loveplay, in general. A nice little space where we defile, elevate, or recast that "most important meaning and purpose". Edgeplay by any other name, even as we play only with emotions and imagination. Sometimes I wonder if so much of the "crunch" of it comes from implying that love could ever be less than 'true'.
And the phrase "I love you" underscores this so, so well. The ritual elements of it, spoken like a prayer, like a promise, or even just like breathing. A natural mantra in that way, each statement a release of emotions and a declaration of a truth. We place so much weight on saying it, on when it's spoken or unspoken, on demanding it or implying it.
Such an important little three words. I think it's really cute when someone repeats them desperately over and over. Like they're trying and failing to apologize. Like there's nothing else they can say or think. Overwhelming feelings are hot, right? The point where it comes out before you can think. Bubbles out like passing the point of no return. It's fun.
