I find love or affection is often express more in action than verbally anyways. At least in my family, it's more like we show we love each other by getting each other cereal or trying to make the other laugh. We also say it often but I find it feels more meaningful through actions sometimes.
When I grew up my family loved each other very much. Problem was we didn't say it. We never said love you Mom or Dad. I never told my brothers I loved them or grandparents.
What we did was tease each other. It was never to do harm just enough for you to call the person an ass. Nothing to make the person you are teasing cry or hate you or themselves.
Like when I was about 20 my youngest brother who was about 12 was sitting on the living room couch with me. Out of the blue he looks me dead on and says "If you were Native American your name would be Tons of Fun."
I don't even skip a beat and fire back "Well if you were Native American your name would be Little Corn."
He sucked in his lips got wide eyes and called me an asshole. Lmfao
I even do it with my kid.
But because I didn't want her to grow up never saying love you like I am. I make sure she says it or at least says "Wah Wah!" Or sometimes we say "Wah wah wah wah wah..." And the other person says "Wah wah" like in shave and a hair
What we did was tease each other. It was never to do harm just enough for you to call the person an ass. Nothing to make the person you are teasing cry or hate you or themselves.
Like when I was about 20 my youngest brother who was about 12 was sitting on the living room couch with me. Out of the blue he looks me dead on and says "If you were Native American your name would be Tons of Fun."
I don't even skip a beat and fire back "Well if you were Native American your name would be Little Corn."
He sucked in his lips got wide eyes and called me an asshole. Lmfao
I even do it with my kid.
But because I didn't want her to grow up never saying love you like I am. I make sure she says it or at least says "Wah Wah!" Or sometimes we say "Wah wah wah wah wah..." And the other person says "Wah wah" like in shave and a hair
Make him twerk in his sleep.
It means he loves you.