My second (and last) wife of nearly a year tells me that I am saying the phrase "I love you" too often to my three children from a previous marriage. I assure her that this means something different to her when I say it but she responds that I should just go marry one of them since I love them. She feels it cheapens the words if I use them regularly to let my kids know how I genuinely support them in their growing lives.
I grew up in a house where the words "I love you" were said often. I tried to explain to her that perhaps in Russia/Ukraine, those words carry different meaning but that in the United States, it is terrific to tell your kids this as a way of showing support. I know many of you may say that I could show support in different ways, and I do, but this is a custom in my family and I say it only to close family and occassional friends. Am I wrong to tell my children that I love them? How would they feel if I suddenly stopped treating them in the same way that I had always treated them? Why does my wife get so upset?
I grew up in a house where the words "I love you" were said often. I tried to explain to her that perhaps in Russia/Ukraine, those words carry different meaning but that in the United States, it is terrific to tell your kids this as a way of showing support. I know many of you may say that I could show support in different ways, and I do, but this is a custom in my family and I say it only to close family and occassional friends. Am I wrong to tell my children that I love them? How would they feel if I suddenly stopped treating them in the same way that I had always treated them? Why does my wife get so upset?
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Do NOT stop telling your children you love them!! Thats the only piece of advice I can give. Your Children, im sure, appreciates the words "i love you" more then anything!! Especially hearing it from their father. Just Dont stop!! =)
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dont stop telling your kids you love them ... ok.. your wife is really crazzzy then i read your other post too and she does rally need to chill calm down and maybe freeeezzzeee!!!! saying you love them doesnt mean u wanna marry them she is sick to her head... sorryyy but its wrong to even say that.....
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