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ILYTG

I love you the goodest!

a sweet, playful way of saying “I love you more than anything.”

Jimmy Carter said it goes back to a phrase his parents used to trade with each other long before he met Rosalind.

Noted in letter auctioned off by Jimmy Carter's estate in a note to his wife Rosalind Carter in 1978 on the 18th of August, which was her birthday, and it says to Rosalind, it's nice to be growing old together with you. He signs it, ILYTG, Jimmy. Then he says, PS, happy birthday.”
Rosalind,

it's nice to be growing old together with you.

ILYTG, Jimmy
PS, happy birthday
by karmaneckwe January 23, 2026
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