Are the words "I love you" being used too much and too carelessly today?

I couldn't agree more with this. It took me a long to realize "i love you" is something that shouldn't be said all the time. There are many ways to show a person you love them. I had been with my boyfriend 5 months at the time and he had said i loved you. He always said he really hated saying "i love you" he barely says it to his family. We have now been together for a year and rarely say it because we don't have to say it to know we care about each other. Saying "i love you" is JUST a phrase. Doesn't mean you really do love someone. In my opinion true love is when you will do anything for someone, you care about them more than yourself, you don't have to say "i love you" for them to know you really do love them, your happy to be with them and wouldn't want to see them hurt in any way. This is what i think true love is, but i do believe there is no real term for true love. Everyone is different and has different views so everyone views love in many different ways. I am only 19 and my boyfriend is 24 him and i are at different stages of our lives but were still happy together. I think i still have a lot to learn about true love, it takes time to learn.