Correction: I love you very much and I also thank you very much!
No, that feels inadequate! I love you very, very much and I also thank you very, very much!
Let's try this again. I love you very, very, very much and I also thank you very, very, very much!
One more time? I think not!
The words "I love you" and "I thank you" are very powerful ones, full of emotion, gratitude, humbleness and deep feelings. One would think that uttering those words alone would be a sufficient expression for any occasion, especially if spoken from the heart with sincerity. But how often have others, and perhaps yourself, (I have) modified those three words by appending the word "very" once, twice or any number of times?
I know that you know what I mean!
To me, all this begs the question - How much is very much, hence, how much more is very, very much more? Can "very" be measured? Does it hold some intrinsic value or weight of any substantive value? Does repeating "very" add additional sincerity to the original expression of love or thanks? Is there an equivalent cash value or is there more sacrificial pain attached to each additional "very" expressed? Conversely, if one does not plaster a slew of "very's" will the recipient be offended, or feel slighted and perhaps think less of you for "copping-out"?
Then, if we add a "so" to the "very" we get a "so very much" which by some rule in nature has to add a value to the "nth" power that just cannot be measured by any means, especially the more "so's" and the more "very's" we append! It's exhausting just thinking about the gravity of all this, so very exhausting! Where does it ever end - is there limit to the number of "very's" and "so's"?
So why do we do it? If it makes no difference, if there is no additional merit given or earned, then why do we do it and why does the object of our praise appreciate hearing it?
Do you know why we do this?
I do not know either but it's been a thought of mine over many years, so now I offer you the opportunity to ponder it for as many years as well...and if you had never questioned this before you will now every time you hear those "very's" spoken, or when you utter them yourself. You know how this works - you won't be able to escape it. So next time when it happens to you, when you subconsciously ask yourself "...and how much is so very much...", just laugh a little bit, or laugh very, very, very much!
However, there is one truth that I know well, that is so very well, (et cetera ad nauseum), which is.....
God loves us so very, very, very much!
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