okay maybe 'common knowledge' was not the term i should have used, you have a point. you're just the first person i've met who thinks she really meant every word.
as for how -
because of the circumstances under which she said that - she said that clearly aiming to cut as deep as she could.
because since when has she never trusted angel, never loved him?
because the issue of buffy not being able to love riley the way he deserved to be loved and the way she loved angel has been discussed thouroughtly (especially through btvs season 5). she never told riley she loved him, she never could. and as a person who is in love, let me tell you that to tell your boyfriend you love him when you really do with all your heart - that's the easiest thing in the world. she never said these words to riley but she *did* say them to her ex, who in fact was the love of her life. kinda interesting priorities she got there if you ask me lmao.
buffy didn't trust riley, nor did she love him, and that was proven best in the storyline of her mom and her cancer. she never cried in front of him, never opened her soul (and he understood why wwhen dawn mentioned she did that with angel). he also understood she didn't love him, as he said.
as for how -
because of the circumstances under which she said that - she said that clearly aiming to cut as deep as she could.
because since when has she never trusted angel, never loved him?
because the issue of buffy not being able to love riley the way he deserved to be loved and the way she loved angel has been discussed thouroughtly (especially through btvs season 5). she never told riley she loved him, she never could. and as a person who is in love, let me tell you that to tell your boyfriend you love him when you really do with all your heart - that's the easiest thing in the world. she never said these words to riley but she *did* say them to her ex, who in fact was the love of her life. kinda interesting priorities she got there if you ask me lmao.
buffy didn't trust riley, nor did she love him, and that was proven best in the storyline of her mom and her cancer. she never cried in front of him, never opened her soul (and he understood why wwhen dawn mentioned she did that with angel). he also understood she didn't love him, as he said.