Originally Posted by whaywardj
Anytime any woman tells me a little too soon for my taste she loves me, I always ask, in a most unthreatening way, "And what do you think we should do about that?" Once they consider the full implications of what they're saying, they usually back off of using the word "love" and start using the word "like." When they don't, and I'm amenable, we're off on a long-ish association in which we're consciously weighing the pros and cons of where this thing could lead, and discussing our decisions about whether to follow it as we go.
Sometimes, we get married. Most times, if we're honest with ourselves and each other, we uncover very good reasons not to. Most often, reasons having to do with something we don't like looking at too closely, or care to see too clearly. Much less talk about at all.