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Well? It seems people associate the word "love" with boyfriends, girlfriends, and romantic/sexual feelings. It bugs me. My friend is always embaressed when I say I love her because she thinks people are going to call her a lesbian. This gets on my nerves to no end.

She started dating this stupid guy on the internet for 2 days and she keeps sending him mushy crap like "ILY BBY <3333" and s**t like that. But Ive known her since like pre-school and she loves some stupid guy on the internet more than me. Does the common use of the word "love" annoy anyone else?

Well, I actually appreciate it when someone I care about says they love me. ^_^ It makes me feel appreciated and all fuzzy and warm~ <3

But people have different interpretations of the word "love". Some think that using it with friends is fine; for some, it may hint at deeper feelings. Why don't you just explain it to her that you don't mean it in that way? People are pretty self-conscious of what others may think of them, so I'm not entirely surprised that she's embarrassed.

~Maki, The Child of Darkness

the most common use of the word is " with boyfriends, girlfriends, and romantic/sexual feelings" so that is what most people think of. try telling your friends that friendship is a non romantic/sexual form of love as a curiosity point and after awhile maybe they will adjust.

or just say I love you as a (dear/best) friend smile