"I love it when" vs "I love when"

I love you when it rains. I love you when the weather is nasty.
I love it when it rains. I like rainy weather. It makes me feel so good.
I love when it rains. I am a farmer and rain is good for the plants.

AlpheccaStarsI love it when it rains. I like rainy weather. It makes me feel so good.
I love when it rains. I am a farmer and rain is good for the plants.

I confess I'm lost here. I believe you are drawing a distinction that I don't make in my own speech and writing. I think I include the "it" in all cases, so I don't understand the nuance you are illust

I agree with Jim here. I don't see any significant difference between "I love when it rains" and "I love it when it rains." I might use either one randomly. I guess I can sort of see that A-Stars is drawing a distinction between loving the experience ("I love it when it rains" and loving the fact ("I love when it rains"), but I don't think most people would distinguish between them in any syst

CalifJimI believe you are drawing a distinction that I don't make in my own speech and writing.

Hi y'all;

I didn't intend on making distinctions, only giving examples of how I might use them.
All of them are OK.

A-

AlpheccaStarsI didn't intend on making distinctions, only giving examples of how I might use them.

Oh. OK. Thanks. I was reading too much into it.

CJ