すぎ to mean too much but in a good way


From what I understand, すぎ means too much, till the point it is bad. For
example 食べすぎ would mean "eating way too much (and it's not good)". So how
would one say "eating too much (and it's good)"? Can すぎ be used here? Or a
better example, "I love my wife too much (and it is a good thing)". Would 好きすぎ
make it sound like it's a bad thing to love my wife too much?




I think the usage of すぎる parallels that of "too much" — usually "too much"
means that it's "so much that it's something negative".

But colloquially, this can be used for emphasis, as in "so much that it is
(almost) too much", meaning "very much" but in a _positive_ (rather than a
negative) way. (See also [What does できなさすぎる
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/66645/1628))

For example, if you say

> おいしくて食べすぎた

it will (in the right context) be understood as something positive, just like
"it was so good that I ate too much". Similarly,

> 好きすぎて困る  
>  I love him/her so much it's bad




I think the usage of すぎる parallels that of "too much" — usually "too much"
means that it's "so much that it's something negative".

But colloquially, this can be used for emphasis, as in "so much that it is
(almost) too much", meaning "very much" but in a _positive_ (rather than a
negative) way. (See also [What does できなさすぎる
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/66645/1628))

For example, if you say

> おいしくて食べすぎた

it will (in the right context) be understood as something positive, just like
"it was so good that I ate too much". Similarly,

> 好きすぎて困る  
>  I love him/her so much it's bad

