爱你老己

What does 爱你老己 mean?

Ten p.m., laptop finally shut, and you order yourself a bubble tea on the way home. That is the moment for 爱你老己: love you, me. The phrase treats yourself as an old buddy, since 老己 is a chummy nickname for 自己, and that small shift keeps self-care from sounding sincere to the point of embarrassment. The full sign-off, 爱你老己，明天见, closes vlogs and goodnight posts. Underneath the joke it is mostly genuine, close in spirit to the 情绪价值 people complain they never receive from anyone else.

Where does 爱你老己 come from?

Sett, a League of Legends champion, has the line 爱你老妈，明天见, which means love you Ma, see you tomorrow. Players started swapping 老妈 for 老己 and the joke version stuck. Douyin posts from late 2025 already carry the phrase; it peaked mid-to-late December and stayed in circulation into 2026.

How to use 爱你老己

• 加班到十点，给自己点个奶茶，爱你老己。
  Jiābān dào shí diǎn, gěi zìjǐ diǎn ge nǎichá, ài nǐ lǎo jǐ.
  Worked late till ten, so I ordered myself a bubble tea. Love you, me.
• 今天也辛苦啦，爱你老己，明天见！
  Jīntiān yě xīnkǔ la, ài nǐ lǎo jǐ, míngtiān jiàn!
  Another tough day done. Love you, me — see you tomorrow!