I Pushed You Down Deep in My Soul for Too Long

The sweetest thing a boy ever said to me: 

Him: “What are you thinking about?”

Me: “What?”

Him: “You bite your lip when you’re thinking about something.”

  This, to me, was more powerful than him saying “I love you” or giving some huge monologue about what he loved about me. This in itself showed me he loved me because it shows that he cared enough to notice. Even though we are no longer in that state of being madly in love, we don’t even talk anymore; this memory still makes me smile. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. To me, you can say “I love you” all you want or buy and say pretty things, but these don’t begin to measure up to simply taking the time to notice tiny details. It shows that you pay attention and you genuinely care to remember the other person’s habits. “I love you” is so overused anyway, that I really think we need a new way to say it. People abuse it; say it without meaning it or really knowing what they’re talking about. I’ve been guilty of this multiple times. It doesn’t matter how many times you say it, you can say it a thousand times, that doesn’t make it true. When you start noticing the small things and making a point to remember them….to me, that’s better than “I love you”. I’ll take that over “I love you” any day.