A few days ago
ardipi_ramidus

I sign 0ff emails with ‘All my love” (innocently) to my female friends -. I’m latino, my g/friend is not. Trou

‘all my love’ at the end of a letter means what exactly ?

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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A few days ago
Anonymous

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It’s innocent enough til her daddy finds it.
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A few days ago
princessyumyum
I think you explained it very well. You can say, “In my culture we are very loving and open and want to express that to people we care about”. I think it’s very sweet for you to do something like that. I do something very similar in my emails, particularly in mass emails to friends and family, by signing off,

“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.”

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A few days ago
Isabel
I too use “All My Love”, but only on special occasion cards for my husband!!!! For our kids and grandkids, it’s ” Lots of love”, and for a favourite friend or relative, just “Love”.

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.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
you can always say: with all my love from your dear friend. and about you girlfriend sound like she need more reassurance of you love for her. trust is very important in any relationship so work on it. good luck.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Its like the foot massage thing in pulp fiction.

Would you say “all my love” to a male friend?

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