"I Love U"

"Your husband will probably kill me but I have to say that I fall in love with you a little bit more, every time I hear you."

I heard him say the words to me. 

It was not the first time I was hearing such words. 

I knew they were harmless words of appreciation.

I had just ended my speech regarding God, so no way, he was disrespectful or flirting....

Still, the words made me pause for a second.

How easily we use these words now a days. Not just words of love but of hate, as well.

In the East, the words "I love you" used to be very sacred. The first time I ever uttered those words were for my husband after marriage. No, I never used them for even my parents or siblings as there was no need for it. The love I shared with my family was so deep and practical that it did not have to rely on words for self expression. The actions said it all. Same was true for friendship. 

I did use them for my husband because that kind of love was unique and needed special expressions. It was a relationship like no other and the one that did require explicit declaration of love, though, in the East, even that is often expressed shyly, in the privacy of a bedroom only.