love is like a tattoo

I've always been the kind of person that is selective in what I say and how I say/frame it.
Like I will never use the word love flippantly.
To me - love is like a tattoo...it is permanent. I never say it unless I truly mean it.
I can honestly say that anyone I said, "I love you" to, I still mean it. Perhaps in a modified way, but love none the less (in some cases - MORE).
How we express ourselves verbally is an amplification of what we say. Those who speak without attaching the truths of what they think and feel, are doing themselves and who hears it an injustice.