Ten Ways To Show Someone You Love Them

Love is something we all need. Sure, there are those out there that will claim that love is simply a series of hormonal and chemical reactions in the body, but most of us know it’s more than that. Love is the reason behind some of the greatest accomplishments in human history. Love is a very real thing and all of us need it. The question isn’t about whether love exists, the question is about how you show someone you love them. While saying I love you is good, showing someone you love them is even better. This list is far from exhaustive but they all have one key element, they are ways to show someone how much you appreciate them.

10. Clean the House

Whether you live with someone or live on your own cleaning up for someone is always appreciated and is an excellent way to say I love you. Most of us have very busy lives and sometimes adding cleaning to the list of things we have to do is a bit overwhelming. It doesn’t matter if you are cleaning your significant others apartment or are doing it for your mother, cleaning a house shows that you care enough about a person that you are willing to sacrifice your own time to do something nice for them.

9. Random Messages

All of us like knowing someone is thinking about us. When you take the time to send someone an unexpected text message, a random email, or even a greeting card for no real reason, you are telling them that you think about them. It doesn’t have to be poetic or fancy and doesn’t have to cost any money. Random messages are simply about letting someone know you care enough to tell them about it.

8. Cook them a Favorite Meal

It is said that food is the fastest way to a man’s heart, but in reality it’s the fastest way to almost anyone’s heart. Cooking a favorite meal doesn’t mean taking them to a favorite place to eat, it means taking the time to go shopping for the ingredients and taking the time to actually prepare the meal itself. A lot of people don’t ever do this because they are afraid they will mess it up, but the truth is it doesn’t matter if you do or don’t. While you want the person to enjoy their meal, cooking for them is showing them that you think enough of them to learn what they like and to try and give it to them. Also, if you totally fail in the cooking effort it makes a great reason to treat them to a dinner out.

7. Give them a do Nothing Day

Everyone feels like they don’t have enough time in the day to do all the things they have to do and still get to do the things they want. A great way to show someone you love them is to give them a day where they don’t have to do anything they don’t want to do. This can be giving them a gift certificate to a spa while you take care of the house, or it can be as simple as letting them sleep in as long as they like. Everyone appreciates a bit of a lazy day and when someone we love gives us one it is even better.

6. Arrange Time with their Family

Most of us love the members of our family even if they drive us crazy. A great way to show someone you love them is to arrange a visit with their family without their being any particular occasion. Simply by taking time to plan out a trip and go see their family, or to have their family come visit you, you will make the loved one in your life happy.
 

5. Support one of Their Hobbies

We all have different interests and sometimes someone we love can be interested in a hobby we have little or no interest in. While faking interest in it for yourself is probably a bad idea, it doesn’t take that much effort to learn the basics of most things. Take some time to learn a bit about whatever their favorite hobby is then get them a present that has to do with it.

4. Listen to Them

All of us have those days when the world seems to be out to get us. Those days when everything seems to be going wrong are really hard to deal with for any of us. When the loved one in your life is having one of those days sometimes the best thing in the world you can do is simply listen to them. You don’t have to try to help them solve their problems (and sometimes its better if you don’t) or make things better. Simply listening to a person vent about the things in their life that are tough is an excellent way to show you love someone.

3. Make a Scrapbook

Memories are important to all of us and your loved one is no different. Whether you have been together just a little while or been together for twenty years, you do have things you can put into a scrap book. A scrap book can be as simple as a photo album or even a song you wrote that goes through the lives you have shared. It doesn’t have to be fancy or professional because this is definitely one thing where the thought counts more than the result.

2. Throw an I love you Party

Sometimes making a big event out of how you feel about someone is the best way in the world to show them how much you love them. Call up their friends, family, and anyone else you can think of and throw a party simply because you love them. For the best result throw the party on a day when there is nothing else important like a birthday or holiday. Make this party about them and about how much you love them.

1. Remember the Little Things

Love isn’t just about special occasions and doing something special every so often. Love is about the day in and day out experience of sharing a life together. Sometimes we forget that when we share a life our actions affect the other person and sometimes we can hurt feelings without meaning to. This is why remembering the small things is such an important part of saying I love you. The little things are those things that seem like they are not a big deal like not leaving your clothes on the floor of the bathroom, or not moving the shaving cream, but to the other person they are and that’s why you want to remember the little things. The little things are about appreciation and respect and really don’t take that much effort and do a lot to make the other person happy.