Generational Psych Hot Take: It's just weird Gen X neurosis, they were living through the End of History (tm) in the 90s and very early 00s so they didn't have anything better to worry about, lol. What movies or tv shows is it big in? American Pie I think, 70s show for sure, Friends, Buffy. The thing where you aren't supposed to say I love you is SUPER anglo.
Scrubs had an episode where Elliott’s boyfriend was in the other room and she was looking at cassette tapes and said “I love U2”, but her BF thought she said “I love you too” so he said it back. So she does the sitcom thing of trying to play along with it before breaking things off at the end of the episode.
Generational Psych Hot Take: It's just weird Gen X neurosis, they were living through the End of History (tm) in the 90s and very early 00s so they didn't have anything better to worry about, lol. What movies or tv shows is it big in? American Pie I think, 70s show for sure, Friends, Buffy. The thing where you aren't supposed to say I love you is SUPER anglo.
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Nah, it's def a common trope. I'm pretty sure that I've seen it in Friends and Seinfeld. Sorry, I stopped watching TV a long time ago.
Scrubs had an episode where Elliott’s boyfriend was in the other room and she was looking at cassette tapes and said “I love U2”, but her BF thought she said “I love you too” so he said it back. So she does the sitcom thing of trying to play along with it before breaking things off at the end of the episode.