The word "love"?

Is it just me or is the word love used loosely these days? My new girlfriend tells me she loves me, and I like her a lot but I know I don't love her. I've experienced love before and this is my first relationship since that love.





I also noticed my friend got a new boyfriend and she says she loves him.





I always thought of love to be something very special and way down the path.





Isn't love a more valuable word than this or am I wrong and have just been out of the dating world too long?

The word "love"?
Some people dont understand the meaning of love because they have not yet really been truely in love. Your ex might be THINKING shes in love. I think it is a serious word to be taken seriously and shouldnt be too fast in a relationship.
Reply:Love IS a very, Very special word.





Love is a deep, real, conscious concern for the other...





Love is LOYALTY...not emotion or lust. And THAT makes it valuable.





And, as you implied without saying it...








...Love is very, VERY rare.
Reply:hell yeah people nowadays are like





"weve been going out a week, i love him!!"





i think there are different scales of love and people think theyre inlove but theyre really not





i do critisize people about saying they love eachother but i end up doing it aswell when i see people i know ill say ahh ok i love ya!:)
Reply:I agree, love is used kinda loosely. It took 3 months before my boyfriend and I decided that we love each other. And i'm glad it did, because we're so sure of our love about 10 months later.
Reply:Oh there's no doubt about it that the word love is used too freeley. People complain about how strong the word hate is, but isn't love just as strong?