Meaning of 私の方が好きだけどね


Context on what happened earlier: He made a comment about his philosophy on
becoming friends and she liked it.

> 「でも うん。私は好きかな。人が好きだから」
>
> 「奇遇だね、俺も人が大好きで仕方ないんだ」
>
> 「そっか。 **私の方が好きだけどね** 」

However, I'm not quite sure what she means by 私の方が好きだけどね.

Is this like a "no no, I **love** them (more than you)". Or contrasting with
him using 大好き to say that she doesn't like them that much. Or is it something
else?




Without any context, （あなたより）私の方が好き can mean either of:

  * I love someone more than you love him/her.
  * Someone loves me more than he/she loves you.

But it doesn't mean "I love you more than I love someone." nor "I love someone
more than I love you."

In this context, this sentence means "I love people (=mankind in general) more
than you love people."

If one wants to say "I only _like_ them, not _love_ them." then it will be
something like 「私の方は単なる"好き"だけどね」「私は大好きというほどではないけどね」.

BTW, Isn't "I love them more than you" an ambiguous English sentence, too? :-)




Without any context, （あなたより）私の方が好き can mean either of:

  * I love someone more than you love him/her.
  * Someone loves me more than he/she loves you.

But it doesn't mean "I love you more than I love someone." nor "I love someone
more than I love you."

In this context, this sentence means "I love people (=mankind in general) more
than you love people."

If one wants to say "I only _like_ them, not _love_ them." then it will be
something like 「私の方は単なる"好き"だけどね」「私は大好きというほどではないけどね」.

BTW, Isn't "I love them more than you" an ambiguous English sentence, too? :-)

