Jellyfish.

Two blog posts in a day.

A rare occurrence, I know.

But things have to be said.

Like when you say a work so many times it loses its meaning.

An easy example is the word "Milk." Say it ten times and on the eleventh your mouth is expostulating against your saying it again.

The way your tongue is moving seems so foreign, though you've done it a million times.

(I bet you're saying milk right now, aren't you?)

Aside from the point though.

What I'm taking about ares some seriously heavy phrases.

Like "I hate you."

And the opposite: "I love you."

If you say them too many times, do they lose meaning?

Does it vary from case to case?

I'm not sure.

I've never told someone that I hated them.

(Never seriously, that is.)

And of course, I've said "I love you"

To my family, friends, cats, etc.

But does it count?

Because one of those is seemingly Stockholm Syndrome,

And the other two are different kinds of love.

(At least, I think they are.)

So can you say "I love you" so many times that the words turn hollow?

Like a dead tree?

Does that happen?

Scratch that.

Because I know it does.

Because people can change,

And sometimes they just keep saying what they need to hear.

Or what the other needs to hear,

Regardless that the words have no feelings attached to them anymore.

But then you see those old couples who say "I love you"

And even though they've been saying it for 50 + years,

It still resonates.

You can tell.

Whereas sometimes, the younger couples are the ones exchanging empty sentiments.

I don't know why I typed all of that.

But I think it needed to be said.

And I'm going to type:

I love you.

And it still resonates with me.

Although the shock value is diminished,

It still means more to me than a lot of other phrases.