I caught a few minutes of some TV show, I don't even remember what it was, but the guy was leaving and she says "I love you" and he turns around and says "I love you more" and they both smile and kiss and apparently it was the correct response.
And it reminded me of a time I saw a similar conversation where a mom was putting her kid to bed, and he says "I love you, Mommy" and she gives him this warm smile and says "Not half as much as I love you!"
And I'm thinking "What is it, a contest?" Someone says they love you, and you reply by claiming to love them more? You're actually slamming them by claiming that they don't love you as much as you love them, and that's just so gooey sweet that it's the correct answer?
Like that song that goes "I love you more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow."
I can just imagine some girl complaining "Oh, so you admit that you don't love me as much as you can, right now? You'll love me more tomorrow? Why can't you love me more today? You're not trying hard enough! I want you to love me more right now! You don't love me enough!"
Anyway, it just all seems kinda dumb to me.