We often say “I like you”, “I love you”, and “I care for you”.

This is just a way to show

our emotions & feelings to others.
When we say, we “like” the person, it means we like some thoughts of that person,
something which that person has done.
When we feel that we can’t live without someone, we just say ‘I love you’ to that person.
When we want the other person not to do some things which we think are not good, we
say, ‘I care for you’.
Whenever someone asks us, “Why you love that person?” sometimes, we can’t give
answer to this question.
John & Merry are two friends. Mary is new in office & doesn’t know much. On the first
day, John introduces himself to her & they become friends. John tells her each &
everything about office, people in office. Now in the office, Merry talks [or you can say
share] more with John than others. Now, sharing everything with John becomes Merry’s
habit. After few days, they both think that they can’t live without each other & share this
feeling with each other in just 3 words “I love you”.
In logical terms, this is not love but a habit.
One loves the other either with an intention or without an intention. One loves the other
with an intention of getting an attention. Sometimes, “one” loves “other” just because
“other” loves “one”.
Frankly speaking, No one can understand the true meaning of “love” until they
experience it.
Love can be expressed in differently. Sometimes, it can be expressed in silence. Often,
we scare to express our feeling because of a fear that what the other person will say, how
that person will react, what if that person will stop talking after expressing my feelings or
emotions.
Sometimes, we love someone to the extent which can’t be explained. But, I think that is
not love but the care. We just give a word “love” to that.