our berlin walls

a viker once said "saying i love you is to leave yourself in a state of extreme vulnerbility", so today's question of the day is..

"why is it so hard to say i love you?"

we all know what love is defined as but for those who need a more literal translation, here's one provided for y'all courtesy of askoxford.com -

"an intense feeling of deep affection; deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone; feel love; like very much"

so ultimately saying "i love you" is a form of compliment to the receiving party, but then why is it so hard for some to either just say it in the first place, or reciprocate such a declaration with "i love you too" when they obviously feel that emotion deep down. is it right to hide behind an emotional berlin wall so that you may save yourself from being vulnerable? even at the sake of the relationship itself?

i am fully aware that timing is of a great importance when saying those three little words. and so having such an immense declaration made to you when you are say 16 can be quite scary enough to make you jump over fences, but surely time has progressed for us all and hopefully we're not at the same mental level as we were before.

we're all bound to have broken hearts in our lives. we're all bound to have traumatising experiences. but hey by saying "i love you", you save others from questioning you with "sooo...do you LIKE LIKE him/her??"

p.s if you are reading this now, i know that this does not make sense at all. that's cos i am trying to leave the office as of now. hopefully i can come around and fix this up later.