# "Love you more" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683 "2017-08-25T21:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/21 "2017-08-27T23:42:09Z")
“I love you to the moon.” “I love you to the moon…and back.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/22 "2017-08-28T11:39:25Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > “I love you to the moon.” > “I love you to the moon…and back.” OK, not you’ve got me riled up. I hate this. I get the sense that everyone who says it feels like they are being clever. And where does it end? “I love you to Ganymede!” “I love you to Ganymede and back!” “I love you to Umbriel!” etc. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Emergency911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@Emergency911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emergency911)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/23 "2017-08-28T13:53:58Z")
I say it to my wife. She asked me why early on and I had her listen to the Beatles song. “In my life”. She gets it now. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/24 "2017-08-28T14:00:30Z")
I’ve heard it used in an exchange where one person is asking/demanding something from another person, but wants to sound upbeat about it, rather than harsh. And the second person is not pleased. Person 1: Hey, I need you to give me all of your money. Love you! Person 2: Love you more! (FU) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/25 "2017-08-28T14:09:05Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I went searching for plaques that show some people mean it seriously, and found it gets worse! :eek: > > [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/1c/fb/eb1cfbf58f5315f711498b58962c8709.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/1c/fb/eb1cfbf58f5315f711498b58962c8709.jpg) I love you. I love you more. I love you most. I love you moist. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/26 "2017-08-28T14:33:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > OK, not you’ve got me riled up. I hate this. I get the sense that everyone who says it feels like they are being clever. > > And where does it end? > > “I love you to Ganymede!” > > “I love you to Ganymede and back!” > > “I love you to Umbriel!” > > etc. > mmm Nope, not clever, just a reference to a beloved kid’s book. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/27 "2017-08-28T15:35:49Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Nope, not clever, just a reference to a beloved kid’s book. Agreed. But the people I hear referencing the book think they are being clever in doing so. YMMV. mmm ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/28 "2017-08-28T16:57:47Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I can do anything better than you can. No you cant, yes I can. A hit song back, in the 40s, due to the universality of the sentiment. This so much. You can add in those “Live, Laugh, Love”, “Always Kiss Me Goodnight”, “You will forever be my always”, and other wall-art sentiments. Gag. But I’m not the most demonstrative person. My family background is German and English. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/29 "2017-08-28T17:00:22Z")
Me: I love you. Her: I love you more. Me: Cite? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/30 "2017-08-28T17:18:26Z")
Me: Would you die for me? Her: Of course, My Love. Me: (long pause)…Well? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/31 "2017-08-28T19:43:12Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > This so much. You can add in those “Live, Laugh, Love”, “Always Kiss Me Goodnight”, “You will forever be my always”, and other wall-art sentiments. Gag. > > But I’m not the most demonstrative person. My family background is German and English. German background here, and I try and fail at “Dance Like No One’s Watching”. My friends were just telling me yesterday – dancing is supposed to be fun, who cares what it looks like!!! but I just can’t get there. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/32 "2017-08-28T19:44:48Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Me: I love you. > > Her: I love you more. > > Me: Cite? > > Regards, > Shodan From a guy: My post is my cite. \ /inner 11-year-old ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/33 "2017-08-28T23:05:30Z")
“not possible” is my usual response when my wife says it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/34 "2017-09-01T01:26:51Z")
We don’t say it but to some I guess it’s a cute reply, kind of like ditto. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/35 "2017-09-01T01:42:20Z")
I’m surprised no one has noted this yet - the use of the phrase almost certainly comes from a wonderful children’s book, “Guess How Much I Love You.” ([https://www.amazon.com/Guess-How-Much-Love-You/dp/0763642649](https://www.amazon.com/Guess-How-Much-Love-You/dp/0763642649)), which was apparently first published in 1994. It’s a beautiful book that celebrates the bond between parents and children. I can see how it would inspire the “I love you more” phrase, used by people who remember having the book read to them as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/36 "2017-09-01T01:52:03Z")
All it makes me think of is Little Britain. [I Love You More Than…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ous7WdFhIb8) ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-you-more/794683/37 "2017-09-02T17:11:11Z")
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