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Seraphimrhapsody (profile) wrote,
on 11-4-2003 at 9:32pm
Current mood: contemplative
Music: Goo Goo Dolls
Subject: I Love You
Just watched 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter, the episode where John Ritter's character dies. Teared (that's tear-ed) toward the end.. not much in the mood to fight tears and it was very well done. I.. hadn't known of the actor or that he died, I don't pay much attention to those kinds of things. But.. I do enjoy the series and how it displays things.. and I did love how the dad acted and responded.. such love came from that family.

[tangent] Anyone ever noticed those families on tv that always end on a happy note? Where everyone loves the others and you can just tell everything is really great. And after the show you have to smile cause you actually felt some sense of togetherness, even if it was all fake.
Well, I would sometimes wish for a family like that. Why can't my parents be like that? Why can't my family have that kind of relationship? And all of that. Kay, enough of this stuff.
[/end tangent] (<~parenthetical docs to Amanda for now and future use)


'..love how the dad acted.' 'Love those guys.' 'Love him too.' The last two were from convos with people. So.. yeah. I've been saying things along the lines of 'love you' a lot lately. Now's a good time to ask 'why' eh? Read Amanda's post and I was like 'Hey, it means a lot to me and I don't say it unless I really mean it. I really dislike the people who throw it around too.' Then I'm like.. 'Wait.. didn't I just say "I love that kid!" at least once today?' So. I thought some more on it. (Yeah, a lot more since her post was a few days ago.)

I've known for a while how much I care for things and people.. but a lot of the time I have a hard time figuring out how to show it. I used to just say "I love you" to my family.. when going to bed or leaving or something. And some times I know I'd say it partly because I was afraid of the things that might happen between then and the next time I saw them.. (ie death, people) but still always because I did love them.

It's only been lately that I've said it of people... not to them exactly.. maybe to one or two.. but of people. "I love my section." I really do love them. The kids. It's how I am I guess. I actually mean it when I say it... So I think maybe Amanda's post doesn't relate to me... since she said 'most'.. but...... I dunno.

I also noted the impulse to end the posts with 'With love..' I'm thinking of stopping that and just putting in '~*~'. Any comments on that?


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~~Forgot to add this:
The reason I started out with the show.. was cause you never know when will be the last moment you'll spend with someone you care about. So.. saying "I love you" everytime you see someone you feel deserves it... isn't really over using it or being insincere. In fact it's almost the opposite..
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DragonSpeaker

11-04-03 9:54pm

First thought: AAHHHH! OMG, it's TANGENT!!! HELP!
Second thought: (Whoa, two in a row. Go me.)
Third thought: Yay! Parentheticals!
Fourth thought: Awww, I'm sorry your family is not a storybook. I know how you feel there. In some ways it's better not to have it nice all the time though... or the nice times would never feel special.
5th thought: Let's revert to shorthand for the #'s.
6th: Nope, I don't think my post was meant for you. It's more the Boca kids that use if every other sentence and in place of "thank you."
7th: End your posts with whatever you like, so long as it's sincere and you think it's an accurate representation of your feelings and thoughts. : )
8th: This is sort of an annoying way to set up a post, isn't it?

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Beagle147

11-04-03 10:55pm

Ehh, I'm really tired, but here goes..

Starting from the top...yea I watched that show too. I did follow John Ritter though, and he was a great comedian. And a great person. It was really sad because everything they said in that show was true about him. As far as I know... mind you, I don't know the guy, or didn't, I'm just going off of everything that I've heard/seen about him. Watch Three's Company. That's Ritter at his peak. He also did Problem Child movies. Those are amazing. Sudden death. Really sad. Ok, nuff of that.

No one is that happy.

They just end like that on tv so that no one is sad. That warm fuzzy feeling at the end gets them ratings. God bless television... (a bit of sarcasm there)

Don't worry about the I love you crap. If it needs to be said then say it.

It's your journal...er, one of them. End it...creatively! (word chosen completely at random.)

Told you I was tired.

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