Your Mother Has Never Said I Love You. Try This

In Your Right Mind with Monique Rhodes · Sep 4, 2026 · 10m

There is a woman who has never once said "I love you." Not to her daughter, not to her granddaughter.

If you have someone like that, you've almost certainly stopped expecting the words, and you've probably landed on one of two conclusions. Either they don't feel it, or you're the reason. Neither is usually true. People who can't say it are rarely withholding it. They just never had the words made ordinary or safe in their own mouth, and you cannot shame somebody into handing over something they've never held.

Her granddaughter, who is in her twenties, got her to say it in one phone call…