One thing I've always wondered about (as I am still very much an outsider looking in, when romantic relationships are concerned), is why people use so many semi-automatic I-still-love-you's. For example, one of my colleagues at work always ends the phone conversations with his girlfriend with an obligatory "love you too". Those words don't seem to carry any affection whatsoever anymore - it's just a protocol that was consciously or sub-consciously established at one point during their relationship. To my mind, these semi-automatic responses are devoid of meaning and thus superfluous. They add nothing and only diminish the "I love you"-s that are heartfelt.
I personally would much rather just hear the sincere and passionate "I love you" that comes once a month or maybe even just once a year. The superfluous ones, I can do without...
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