Other theories: people just don’t introspect much, people like being vague because “I love you” pleases someone who wants to hear “I want to work to make you happy” when you mean “I have lots of fun on dates with you”, people before the advent of self-help books had a taboo against discussing (and generally expressing) feelings qua feelings and used preference-revealing actions instead.
Other theories: people just don’t introspect much, people like being vague because “I love you” pleases someone who wants to hear “I want to work to make you happy” when you mean “I have lots of fun on dates with you”, people before the advent of self-help books had a taboo against discussing (and generally expressing) feelings qua feelings and used preference-revealing actions instead.