Ever since I can/could remember

[NAL123]

Consider these sentences of mine please:

1) Ever since I can remember, I've loved you.

2) Ever since I could remember, I've loved you.

Which is correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

#1.

 

[tedmc]

How about " As far as I can remember, I've (always) loved you"?

 

[Tarheel]

If I would say "As far as I can remember" I would be saying that's what my memory tells me, although it's not very reliable.

 

[tedmc]

If I would say "As far as I can remember" I would be saying that's what my memory tells me, although it's not very reliable.

What is the difference from "even since I can remember"?

 

[emsr2d2]

What is the difference from "even since I can remember"?

Do you mean "Ever since ..."? "Even" doesn't work there.

 

[tedmc]

Do you mean "Ever since ..."? "Even" doesn't work there.

Yes, that's a typo.

 

[Tarheel]

What does "I've loved you ever since I can remember" mean? That's the question. Our earliest memories are usually around five or so. What if I said to someone, "I've loved you ever since I can remember" and they ask me what I mean by that? What should I tell them? (I don't know.)

 

[5jj]

What does "I've loved you ever since I can remember" mean?

It means the speaker cannot recall a time when they didn't love the other person.

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. They loved them even before they met them.