Hard to know for sure, but I’ll say fewer than ten. Immediately family and a few very close friends.
I’m not a very sentimental person.
I’d say…I don’t know, maybe around 30.
My parents, brother, SIL, niece. My SIL’s mom and stepdad.
My 2 grandparents, all of my aunts, uncles, cousins…erm, except 2 or 3.
My two best friends, my roommate, probably about 5 other friends and their kids.
One ex boyfriend.
I’d say the ex boyfriend and the kids wouldn’t be too broken up if I died. The kids because they are too young to know my awesomeness. The ex isn’t aware of it either.
Everyone else would be reciprocated. I really love money but I’d pay $100,000 to keep any of the above-mentioned alive.
Upon seeing the thread title I said to myself 5:
Girlfriend, both Parents, Brother, Best friend
the next (previous?) step of affection would be “care a really big deal for” or something.
Upon seeing your definition of love I agree with Czarcasm
2, and only 1 loves me back.
Huh…by this definition, I love a lot more people than I would say I love. I’d probably say that I care deeply for them, and that their deaths would wreck me, but love is a word that I’m careful with.
I would also think that less people return the feeling than are deeply cared for. Not sure why, and it doesn’t upset me–it’s just a feeling I have.
This is what I was thinking. There is a lot of people I don’'t love, whose death would make the pleasure of 100000 US moot; especially with the current exchange rate:D
mmm, around 75 or so, I may have miscounted. I’d say it’s the same number back, maybe a little less. Let’s say 60?
Wife
Daughter
Mum
Dad
Brothers x 3
Plenty of others - wife’s family and my extended family, plus 1-2 close friends - who would fit the OP’s criteria, but it’s a different type of affection.
I love my cats and my SO.
4 if I count only those living, 7 if I count the deceased. I tend to count them, I didn’t stop loving them just because they died.
One and one, both the same person.
I have one really great friend of over 47 years now.
If he were gone, I doubt I would be around much longer. If I were gone, he is the only person who would probably be deeply hurt and miss me.