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Saying "I Love You" in a Text

Fun Ways to Say "I Love You" in a Text Message or Online

home▸"I Love You" Saying "I love you" to someone (especially for the first time or if you haven't said it for a while) can be difficult or AWKS. Luckily, in "text speak" (the language used on messaging and social-media apps like TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat), there are hundreds of fun ways to express your love. Some of the terms people use obviously mean "I love you" (e.g., ILY, ILU), but many are far more difficult to work out (e.g., K3U, 831). Never worry, we've got your back! Below is a complete list of ways to say "I love you" and of ways to respond to those "three magic words"! If you know a term that we've missed, please tell us using this form.

Ways of Saying "I Love You"

• HDL (hab dich lieb ("I Love You" in German))
• ILD (ich liebe dich ("I Love You" in German))
• ILU (I Love You)
• ILUM (I Love You More)
• ILUSM (I Love You So Much)
• ILY (I Love You)
• ILYF (I'll Love You Forever)
• ILYL (I Love You Lots)
• ILYM (I Love You More)
• ILYSDM (I Love You So Damn Much)
• ILYSM (I Love You So Much)
• ILYSMB (I Love You So Much Baby)
• ILYSMM (I Love You So Much More)
• ILYTB (I Love You To Bits)
• ILYVM (I Love You Very Much)
• ILYWAMH (I Love You With All My Heart)
• IWALU (I Will Always Love You)
• IWALY (I Will Always Love You)
• JTM (je t'aime ("I Love You" in French))
• K3U (I Love You)
• LU (Love You)
• LUSM (Love You So Much)
• LY (Love You)
• LY4E (Love You Forever)
• LYA (Love You Always)
• LYAAF (Love You Always and Forever)
• LYF (Love You Forever)
• LYL (Love You lots)
• LYLC (Love You like crazy)
• LYM (Love You more)
• LYR (Love You really)
• LYSM (Love You So Much)
• LYTD (Love You To Death)
• YATLOML (You Are The Love Of My Life)

Ways of Saying "I Love You" Using Numbers

• 143 (I Love You (the number of letters in each word))
• 381 (I Love You (3 words, 8 letters, 1 meaning))
• 459 (I Love You (phone keyboard layout for ily))
• 520 (I Love You)
• 831 (I Love You (8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning))
• 1234 (1 thing 2 say 3 words 4 you (I Love You))
• 1437 (I Love You Forever (number of letters in each word))
• 4221 (4ever 2gether 2love 1another)
• 14344 (I Love You Very Much (number of letters in each word))
• 143637 (I Love You Always And Forever)
• 14643 (I Will Always Love You)
• 5201314 (I Will Love You For a Lifetime)

Creative Ways of Saying "I Love You"