“I love you, but…”

First of all, allow me to extend a big “FUCK YOU” to all those of you who have used this line. It’s like emotional blackmail combined with a good dollop of twisted mind games. The worst is when someone looks you in the eye and say “I love you, but I can’t be with you”. BULLSHIT.

How dare people throw around the L word so carelessly. That’s not love, it’s selfishness. The only reason I see someone saying this line is to convince him/herself [and the person he/she is about to break] that he/she is a good person caught in unfortunate circumstances. Yeah, boo-hoo for you. Sucks for the person at the receiving end who will probably spend nights agonizing over “what’s wrong with me?” There should be no “but”, “however” or “except”. Adding a “but” at the end of an “I love you” makes it conditional, and when it comes to love, as far as I know (which may not be a lot), love is unconditional - I can tell you that much.

It should always be “I love you,” period, no exceptions. I refuse to settle for anything else or for anything less. I mean don’t we all deserve more than that?