Define love, then define hate and apathy. I use apathy as lack of caring. Kinda like 0 on the number line. I think hate and love should be used sparingly and ap

Define love, then define hate and apathy. I use apathy as lack of caring. Kinda like 0 on the number line. I think hate and love should be used sparingly and appropriately. I don't like my kids saying they hate something. I ask that they qualify it as dislike. I define love (and many will disagree) as self sacrifice for the benefit of another. I define hate as self sacrifice to the detriment of another (again, others will disagree). As others will point out, these are very limited and might not capture the love of a child for a parent, and I'm ok with that. I think we use these terms too loosely in general: "I love my phone" or "I hate my new haircut." I prefer to use "like" or "dislike" in these contexts. I would not self-scrifice to harm my new haircut. However, if I love my home, I will sacrifice my time and effort to make it better.