First time you said the scary 3 words?

erinlin25

I don't remember exactly but I remember the "I think I am falling in love with you" moment about 2 months into dating and I think it was a few weeks after that when he was dropping me off at the airport for a business trip when he said it for real.  At least that is one of the first memorable times for me.

LabLove86

I felt it about 2 months into us dating but didn't say anything at that point. I had planned a vacation with friends before BF and I actually met -and that was 3 months after our first date. He dropped me off and picked me up from the airport, and it was on the drive home that he told me that he realized that he "never wanted to watch me walk away from him again" (Not that I was walking away from HIM - I was going to Disney . . . but, still, its what made him feel it) Then he told me he loved me - and I said it back. He cried - it was adorable.

mrsmorales2be

lol  I love this discussion!  I was absolutely crazy for FI for months and driving all my gf's crazy about him.  My best friend outed me to him in December '12 - "You know she's crazy about you, right?"  lol

All I got back was "uh, yeah...um...she's great, and all, but I'm not sure I want a long distance relationship...."   

We discussed it again Valentine's Day '13 - still not feeling a long distance relationship, but he does like me....      

By May, I could tell he's really confused about what he wanted, because he kept asking me how I felt about him going back to the Navy, and how I felt about moving.  But he still didn't want a long distance relationship!!!   (In my defense, I was totally seeing other people and trying to get over FI during that time, because it CLEARLY wasn't going anywhere!  lol)

We finally got together in July and once he made up his mind to give us a chance, he fell hard.    I had been in love with him for months.  After we had been together for 6 weeks or so, he asked me if I thought I might be falling in love with him, or if I was "already there".  I wasn't sure how to respond, so I THINK I may have split the difference and said I was almost there?  lol  Whatever that means.  He said he was, too. 

The next day, as he was walking to class, he called me....right before he hung up, I got an okloveyoubye!  and then he hung up.  Biggest smile ever!!   

cupcait927

FI said it to me first about 2 months into dating. We had just finished doing the deed and were cuddling in bed. I knew he wanted to tell me he loved me for a few weeks (kept saying how much he cared about me). So I egged him on and kept saying "how much do you care about me?" and teasing him to say it. He gets all sheepish and says "you know how I feel about you" and was blushing. So I egged him on some more and he finally stopped, looked me and said that he loved me. I broke out into a huge grin and said I loved him back. We were talking about marriage not long after that. We both just realized we had found exactly what we were looking for.

afox007

He said it first about a month into a dating. He got "really" sick (he had a cold and is a baby if he doesn't feel good) and wanted to leave work early, since we had driven in together I had to leave with him.

He came back to my house and pitifully crawled into bed before realizing he never stopped at the floor for a huge laundry list of things (Vicks, OJ, DayQuil, nasal spray, echinacea, and Chapstick). I tucked him in and told him I'd run to the store and then come home and make soup.

I went to walk away and he pulled me down to give me a big germ filled kiss and say I love you.

pinkshorts27

He said them first and I was shocked. We were in hs and I said "Thanks sweetie. That's nice" And two months later I felt more comfortable and told him that I loved him and said that I wanted to make sure I meant it before I said it. I'm sure FI loves that story. 

WinstonsGirl

DH said it first, about a month or so in.  He had just gotten me naked for the first time and  was trying for sex (we hadn't slept together yet and I turned him down), and after I said no, he paused and said "I love you".  I didn't say it back, but it pretty quickly turned into the question of if he was just saying to get me to sleep with him (as a joke).  He had never put the 2 ideas together, but we had a good laugh about it.  I said it about 2-3 weeks later.  When he said it, I was still trying to figure out if we needed to have the talk about if we were bf/gf or not, so the l word kinda solidified that one.  We always joke that he loves me 3 weeks more

ETA spelling

LadyMillil

DH said it first, about a month after we started dating. I had been in relationships with a bunch of jerks that would say anything to get what they want, so I thought DH was just saying it to get me to sleep with him. I didn't believe him until 2 months in when he was super sweet after my roommates tried to kick me out. I knew I loved him not long after that, but it took me about another month to say it. I had never said it before and I was very scared to finally say it to some one.

buttercup1958

I think we said it to each other two months in the relationship. We were cuddling in bed and it just felt so right! I think I said it first, it was very scary I thought he was going to run. But he said it back and we fell asleep. I think it was perfect and very natural.

LadyMillil

@buttercup1958 I almost used the same gif in my sig!

buttercup1958

LadyMillil i thought it was perfect when we were invaded by all the random snowflakes! Plus this is my attitude on a lot of days haha

jenna8984

FI and I had been dating for about 3 months and I was leaving to go hike Machu Picchu with my best friend. I knew I loved him and I figured I had better tell him before I go, God forbid I fall off this mountain in Peru and he never knew I loved him. So I said "I really want to tell you something before I leave" and he cut me off and said "I know what it is. Just wait. I am 99% sure I am too but I need this week without you to really be sure before I say it back". So of course the whole trip I just wanted to get home to him and was actually slightly nervous that he had enjoyed his time without me. But the day I got back I went to sleep over his house and he said nonchalantly "oh I love this tv show! You know what else I love? You!" hahaha

sarawifenow

FI and I were on the phone and I started explaining to him that I was developing really strong feelings and yada yada yada. Well I got "I lo..." out and he cut me off and said, "fuck it, I love you!" I was SO mad because I wanted to say it first but he cut me off. Stinker.

ShallowSeas

GUYS I JUST REMEMBERED. Don't mind my previous post up there ^^

FI was at a Super Bowl party and was texting me during it, all night. We had only been dating for like 2 weeks but he sent me a text saying, "Is it too soon to tell you I'm in love with you? Because it's true."

So thats the first time I heard (read?) it from him. After that we started saying it to each other, but that text broke the "i love you" ice.

beharrington

I had been having a tough run with relationships (DH included).  I was his first girlfriend (he was a gymnast in high school and didn't have time for much else) and we started dating when he was 23 and I was 25.  I've told him I love him pretty much since we started dating but didn't ask him to say it back.

Our relationship:

- Met in December Year 1

- Started dating in January Year 2

- He says "I Limbo You" (cause it was more than like but not quite love) in March 2007

- Broke up in July Year 2

- Became roommates in February Year 3 (cause I was soooo over him and we were just friends)

- He moved out in February Year 4 (that was a very difficult year)

- Hated each other for six months or so of Year 4

- Best friends again late Year 4

- Early October Year 6, we have the talk.  He had moved a computer into my townhouse, we were sleeping together, and yet "just friends" and I was done with it

Mid October Year 6: The joke around my family was that my dog is so possessive of me that God was waiting to send me my husband until after she dies.  (It was an attempt to make me feel better about being single.)  My dog was spending the night at my parents house.  I had turned my phone on silent and gone to bed.  DH (not even BF then) was spending the night at my place as we tried to figure out if we could live together again after the disastrous roommate year.  My mom calls him in a panic and asks to speak to me since she can't reach me.  He denies that he's near me till Mom tells him she's not stupid and to wake me up.  My dog had gotten into something and they'd been at the vet but now needed to take her to the emergency 24hr vet.  Mom wanted me to meet up with her to get the dog and take her.  DH wakes me and tells me and I rush to wake up/get dressed and get out of the house.  He kept telling me that he's coming with me and I kept telling him I didn't need him to come.  He then said "I'm coming with you because I love you."  I screamed at him that he'd just killed my dog.  She turned out okay and is still around even though we're married.  

A few days later, I looked at him and said "wait, did you tell me you loved me????"

ETA: taking out actual dates

harper0813

We were having sex. 

pinkcow13

We said it early on. Less than a month in. We were both wasted (college) and I had just finished barfing all over the bathroom, and he was holding my hair back. He then told me that he loved me, and he never felt that way about anyone before. I told him that he was wasted and that's why he felt that way. The next day, we were in bed, and I think we were drunk or something (college). I LOVED Eminem and one of my favorite songs was "Superman." We used to call each other dude, so I was like "I think I love you dude" and he responded "I think I love you too."