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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?
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すぎ to mean too much but in a good way
No, adding すぎる to the end of a noun, verb, or adjective does not necessarily
imply that being too much of something is bad, though we generally only use it
this way colloquially.

Some examples:

彼は大人(っぽ)すぎて本当に尊敬するわ。  
He's so mature and I really respect him for that.

妻の料理が好きすぎてたまんない！  
I love my wife's cooking soooo f**king much!!

さっきの犬可愛すぎる！  
That dog we just passed was sooooo cute!

It all depends on context.
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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
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As others have noted, すぎ can imply both depending on the contest. But it's
mostly used in a positive way.

> For example 食べすぎ would mean "eating way too much (and it's not good)"

If you want to express regret from the action that you did, you can use the て
form + しまう.

This form is used to express an action that has taken place unintentionally
with unsatisfactory results.

Ex:

I eat too much. (you regret it because you think it's unhealthy or you are
going to gain weight. No matter what the reason is)

食べてしまいました。

**Note** しまう cannot be used to express regret concerning an action not taking
place. For instance, you cannot use it to say "Regrettably, X didn't take
place" or "Unfortunately, I didn't do X"

**Edit** "You use すぎる when something is beyond normal or proper, suggesting
that you do not welcome it. Thus 親切すぎます (too kind) for example is not a
straightforward compliment. Use modifiers like とても and すごく if you simply want
to say that something is in a high degree."

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