Why are humans so shy at expressing their love to the person they love?
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Humans at their core are afraid of judgement and rejection. How would you feel if you expressed your love to someone and they said "Are you NUTZ? You're nasty, leave me alone!" (I've actually had someone say something similar.) Or even just a simple "I'm sorry, but I just don't feel the same way"- it's enough to make even the biggest toughest guy cry like a little baby. It's a defense mechanism.
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Its the fear of rejection. That can breaks somebody down so quick...it would be harder to get over then your love actually leaving. when you love someone you putting your all into and that all is crushed with rejection.
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i love expressing myself towards my bf and i dont care what other people think if they honestly havea problem with it they dont have to watch and can go f*** themselves
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because there not sure if there significant other feels the same way for them as well. and they dont want to feel one way and get disappointed in knowing that there other doesnt feel the same for them.
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Because there is nothing worse than saying those three precious little words only to hear "uh....I think you're special too"
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Some were probably raised that way and has a hard time expressing it. As for me, I had no problems expressing my Love.
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It's all about that fear of rejection. You don't want to be the first to say it only to hear it's not shared. It's like what Jay and I went through when we got together. Both of us feared rejection so bad we kept our mouths shut for months. And when we finally did get together we danced around "I love you" for even longer. And when I finally said "I love you" the first time he about freaked out. His response was "Why did you have to say that? Now everythings going to change." It wasn't that he didn't love me it was that every girl he'd told that to before had rejected him. But after that barrier was down we had no problem showing each other affection.
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Some people, like me, aren't good with words or expressing their feelings. It's tough. :/
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Rejection and a fear that whatever happens to you will be remembered the next time you see that person again.
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A fear of rejection...
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dont know really for me. i know i find it hard to express my feelings..due to how i was brought up. parents didnt really do public display of affection but u cld tell they loved each other. then again also as ya'll stated fear of rejection, fear that i might sound stupid..lol but which i could express my feelings..oh wells
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Most of what you do is based on how you are raised and alot of what your talking about is also based on fear of rejection. Already been talked about just wanted 2 throw my 2 cents in the pot lol
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