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"I would die for you." And variants

SchitzoSchitzo
edited 2011-09-07 03:02:27 in General
They're somethin' else.
What the hell do people mean when they say this?
-"I will gladly get my ass killed if it would save your life, should such a contrived situation ever present itself"?
-"I grant you permission to slaughter me anyway you see fit and at your leisure"?
-"If you leave me, I'll quite possibly kill myself instead of save face and move on"?
-"Watch me die! -stab- Does this please you? blargh..."?
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  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    "I will gladly get my ass killed if it would save your life, should such a contrived situation ever present itself"?
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-09-07 03:05:10
    I could've sworn we already had this thread. Huh, weird.

    Anywho, I think it's pretty obvious that most people mean the first, with the third probably being the second most commonly meant, then the second, then fourth.

    "I would die for you" doesn't mean the same as "I want you to kill me" or "I really want to die, oh and by the way I like you", you know.
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    To show someone else you care for them, that you would gamble your own life for theirs.

    This reminds me of a scene from the remake of Man On Fire
  • LegionnaireLegionnaire
    I always assumed it was "If there's such a situation where via my death (preferably a painless one) your life is assured, I'll willingly go to my death."
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    Its still a silly thing to say, me believes.

    It was silly even I was in love back then. Though that soon turned into sheer terror, as I soon found out my lover meant the last two (and possibly wanted the second).
  • BobBob
    Isn't that like ideal for you?
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    First sign of an unhealthy SO = "I don't care about me. Only about you."
  • LegionnaireLegionnaire
    oshit
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    It's mostly the implications in there, really. They care about you. They care about you enough to be in a relationship with you. If you claim to not care about yourself...doesn't that mean that you don't care about the things they care for?
  • LegionnaireLegionnaire
    Quiet you

    Logic has no place in situations that I'm involved in
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    All I'm saying is that...well, you should care about yourself. Even if it is out of love for them and not for yourself.
  • LegionnaireLegionnaire
    Isn't that somewhat unhealthy? The only reason you care about yourself is because another person does?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Better than not caring about yourself at all, don't you think?
  • LegionnaireLegionnaire
    Marginally.
  • FrodoGoofballCoTVFrodoGoofballCoTV

    More possible meanings might be:

    * "If that's what it would take for you to love me, I would kill myself."

    * "I would let an enemy torture me to death rather than betray you."

    * From The Last Samurai:

    Algren: Who sent those men to kill you? Was it the Emperor? Omura?
    Katsumoto: If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask.

    For me, it means, "I would leap in front of a bullet meant for you."

     

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    "-should such a contrived situation present itself"

    So yeah. In my mind, a silly thing to say. Actions speak louder.
  • LouieWLouieW
    edited 2011-09-07 20:26:19
    Loser
    It seems to me that most of the time when people say this they mean "I love you a lot" and are just using some pretty obvious hyperbole.

    This video might have some more insights on this issue though.

  • BastionBastion
    edited 2011-09-07 20:45:12
    smote

    First sign of an unhealthy SO = "I don't care about me. Only about you."

    True. I've found that the reverse of this statement does not prove to be significantly healthier, though.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Last sign of an healthy SO = I care about me. Only not about you?

    :p

    Bure more seriously, admittedly, the reverse is also an extreme. It should bear mentioning that the reverse is hardly likely to come up in actual conversation with a partner.
  • BastionBastion
    smote

    Smartass. :p

    I have more or less heard "I don't care about you, only about me", though. At the time, it just made me think "maybe I just have to be nicer." Because I was/am a doormat.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Oooh, I know that feel, where you think you can win people over but it won't happen. 

    I know that feel all too welll, man.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    If you're in a situation where "such contrived" occurrences are commonplace, how exactly is this unhealthy?
  • BobBob
    It'll be unhealthy for (hypothetical) you because you'll be dead. That's why.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Bob knows what's up.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    But that doesn't account for if the other person has a more valuable life than you do.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Didn't know that life's value could be hierarchized beyond the fact that MY life is more important than any of yours, pesky mortals.
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    I really would wonder what the cliche'd "i love you" phrase would be, if lovers DID live in a world where death is everywhere? (aside from "ill protect you", i already know you're gonna say dat shit.)
  • wannabeotakingwannabeotaking
    Harbinger of thread and forum death
    Die for another person? This does not compute
  • TheMightyAnonymTheMightyAnonym
    ~♥YES♥~! I *AM* a ~♥cupcake♥~! ^_^
    I would catch a grenade for you.
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