How often to you tell your spouse?
Do you get tired of hearing it?
Does it spark a little somethin somthin when you hear it?
Do you say it to your other family members?
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Wow. My children, every day. It's not even perfunctory. I feel it for them profoundly every day. On the other hand, it's very, very easy to do, because they are always showering me with affection. They're like little Dinos from the Flintstones. How can you NOT say it?
My wife? SLIGHTLY less often. More often I will try to tell her how much I appreciate what she's done, or that she did a good job at dinner, or with the children, or doing something at home. I try to make sure she gets a kiss goodbye if she leaves the house and I am home. And all phone calls end with I love you.
I had a good example. My dad. He simply would never let my mom leave without kissing her goodbye. My mom tells a story where my Dad, in his seventies, came running down the driveway with a face half-covered in shaving cream. He had to kiss her goodbye. He just can't not do it. Good man. Wish I was more like him.