I sign 0ff emails with ‘All my love” (innocently) to my female friends -. I’m latino, my g/friend is not. Trou
I have a problem. Being a foreigner- I’m from Argentina- i sign-off my emails to friends most of time with a warm “…all my love”….or something similar and meaning- in the literal sense of the word, absolutely nothing-. However, my girlfriend/fianceé had a fit when i used that term recently. Does anybody out there have a similar experience happened to them ?…secondly, does anybody knows a better way to explain that in our culture we do express or sign off like that and yet mean NOTHING by it.
Maybe one of you guys can explain it better than i did. 🙁
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“Love you guys,
Jessica”
However, being a woman, I can understand why your GF would initially be upset. Woman as a rule are much more literal and we can’t help but look for the underlying meaning, even if there is none. If you look at it in a technical sense, she may be thinking “all your love” is going to other people and not to her. In order to compromise, maybe you can still express your caring nature while keeping your GF’s comfort level in check by signing off in a little different matter. Such as:
“In friendship,
John.”
Everyone else gets, ” Best regards”, “Kind regards”, or simply “Best”.
For business letters “Sincerely” does the job.
If I were your girlfriend/fiancee, I’d be annoyed with your use of ” All my love” to everyone too.
Would you say “all my love” to a male friend?
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