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Sam
What is the typical time frame you have experience. I’ve been seeing my guy about 5 months. Exclusive for 4. We are late 20s.
LBefore I have sex with him.
redcurleysueAbout six months….after that I would wonder about his affections.
NatIt depends on his feelings and whether he is in love with you or not. In some cases it can be in two months but normally a person would want to wait and see how they feel, to verify that this feeling is not just excitement, people normally wait a few months minimum. If a guy never says that it can be he doesn’t feel it but not always. In any case you can’t ask for it and you can’t make him say those things.
MariaTheOriginalEvery man who has been in love with me has said it within 3-4 months, usually by 3 months.
ShoshannahI don’t think there is a good answer to this question. It very much depends. My first boyfriend said it after about 2 months of dating, but he was 17! My last boyfriend said it even before we started to date (we’ve been friends before). My current boyfriend hasn’t yet, but I’m glad he hasn’t! It’s way too soon, and we are both too experienced to say such words too quickly. (And imagine hearing this when you’re not ready to say it back, but you don’t want to end things.) It depends on your age and maturity, your experiences (people after several failed relationships may be more reluctant), but then also on each and every particular relationship – each relationship has its own tempo of progress. I guess people say it when they feel it and when they feel that it’s okay to say it – and this is the most precise framework that you can have.
VickieIt depends on the person, the situation. There is no fixed time frame to say “I love you”. Some men say it early on to get to the women’s pants. Some men have a hard time saying it because tot hem it is like some sort of a long term commitment. If he treats you well, and respect you, then give him a little more time. Don’t let this “I love you” gets in your way of knowing the real him. Because if you have to ask this question here, it is in your mind, and you will not be able to be confident around him.
Hope it helps.LennI do not think there is a timeline… Is there a reason for you to worry he might not?
MELLIESo, I’ve had guys say I Love YOu within the first week. I”m not with any of them now, so that’s not a standard. BUT I agree with “L” – before I have sex with them, which is usually after 6 months, men are doing whatever they can to get it. And that means spoiling me and saying I love you.
Every man is different. ABstain for about 2 months. Watch the magic happen….
GeorgiaI’ve had five men tell me that and all of them but one happened within the first two months. The one who took longer could only say it in email (but wrote really lovely love letters!) after about five months and ended up being emotionally unavailable and that’s why we broke up. He just couldn’t sustain a relationship in any close way.
I think is different for everyone, though.
nna, more desprate for sex will say very early. It is his physical desire to be fullfilled. Once desire fulfilled you are gone and been replaced by other. One who loves you will take time. Deeper they mean the word love more heavy it will be to express through words. He will need your help to bear those heavy words, confidence in him and some sighns which says you got the clue. But take your time as well, longer the fruit take to ripe more sweeter it is. But early will be bitter and later will fall/ itself once it is fulled riped.
nnaThere is no specific time …one say in amoment and get seprated in onther moment. Other take years and stay together forever.
LizWhatever happens just do not say it first!
PiscesgirlIt truly depends on the guy. No accurate answer to this.
But usually guys who say I love you very early like a guy U dated before he was already saying I love you to me and thinking about marriage when we were just chatting for a month only. And met him for the first time after a month, well he was like desperate and he just said he loves me because he hust wanted to have a gf because he was feeling lonely also. Those guys who say i love you too fast are the ones that are just attracted to your physical appearance or want to hve s*x asap usually and when you give in they start to change and youll be surprised how weird they can get..When a guy is sure about you and his feelings it will take more time for him to say i love you and he will mean it. But there are those who really cant say i love you because they dont feel comfortable saying it even if they love you.
YoAbout 6 months
SharEvery guy’s different. It probably takes guys who’ve been engaged/divorced longer as there’s a “once bitten twice shy” mindset going on.
However, the players out there use the L word like we use nail polish! And we know what their game is. ;)
JoI have a similar issue. I have been with my boyfriend for 7 months now and he has not said it either…
blackcatbunnyIt took my partner about 8 months to say a proper ILU thing. But after 6 months of dating,he told me that he feels love toward me. And now it’s not a matter for him to say somethings like “I’m in love with you” but he rarely says it really. However whenever he said it, it makes a lot of sense in the situation. May be it’s a man things I guess.
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