RULE TO BREAK

“Actions speak louder than words”

It’s funny how we unconsciously fall into a pattern of behaviour with people. Sometimes different patterns with different people (even though you are fundamentally the same). Things that often vary include how demonstrative you are, how much you share with them, how much you talk about feelings (or not). I guess that explains why there’s so much variation in what we say to different people about how much they mean to us.

On one level, if someone knows that you love, care, value and appreciate them, you could argue that it doesn’t matter much whether you actually say so. It’s only words, and you show them in everything you do how much they mean to you.

Or do you? Some people have such a low opinion ...

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