Love is a reasonably broad english word. "I love eating delicious food" is a totally sensible sentence with involves only the self and an inanimate object, and

Love is a reasonably broad english word. "I love eating delicious food" is a totally sensible sentence with involves only the self and an inanimate object, and arguably only the self because it is about your own enjoyment and actions more so than the food itself. "I love computers", etc etc. Love is broad, it can be shared, it can be unrequited, it can be with an inanimate object or with an abstract concept. The object can certainly be the self.