RICHARD,

Boy are you right!! My daughter gets annoyed with me when I tell her I love her everytime we're finished talking on the phone.

One time she asked me WHY I say it so much. I told her that I never got the chance to tell my mother or father I loved them before they died (although I'm sure they knew I did) and I didn't want to miss out on the chance to say it to her. It became second nature to me. I had been dating a guy for about 3 months and was talking to him on the phone. Just before we hung up, strictly out of habit, I told him I loved him. BIG MISTAKE!! I knew the minute I said it and by the hesitation in his voice, it was the beginning of the end for THAT relationship.

Hey, I don't care. It's HIS loss!!