S/O: Those three little words.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · February 2010

This is based on Kate#'s "very curious question" post.

I'm assuming you've all said it and had it reciprocated at least a few times, even if you don't say it a lot.

ohwhynot · February 2010

It took him about 3-4 months longer than it took me to say it. I think I said it around the 5-6 month mark. So I had to say "other."

shellydiane820 · February 2010

The first time he said it, I said "thank you". I didn't realize he was serious. I felt like a chump.

noelle24 · February 2010

It took us 9 months. We started dating young, and the relationship moved slowly.

jajph1974 · February 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_those-three-little-words?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:e48e9494-7fbb-4313-acdf-e15ab763a719Post:d974d776-f015-486a-80dd-272a375e2c15">Re: S/O: Those three little words.</a>:
[QUOTE]The first time he said it, I said "thank you". I didn't realize he was serious. I felt like a chump.
Posted by shellydiane820[/QUOTE]

Aww. I think that's sweet.

PsyDet 2155 · February 2010

Embarassing story: we went out that night and had a few (many) drinks. We were laying in bed and I turned and said "you know you love me" in a cutesy, not I LOVE YOU type of way. He's like "um...of course I do." Ackward but luckily we talked about it the day after and loving feelings were shared

impslave · February 2010

FI blurted it out one night while we were watching tv, we were about a month into dating. That's when he told me that he had those feelings for me before we began dating and were just friends. Took me about two weeks after that for me to be sure I felt the same way.

Kati0105 · February 2010

I said it first, after about 6 weeks. He didn't say anything at first which freaked me out, but he eventually said it later that same night. I guess he just didn't want it to come across as "I'm saying it because you just did."

opalsky007 · February 2010

Six days. His family says is very affectionate, and they say it to each other all the time.

So he said it to me, I was a little shocked, thought about it for a minute, and said it back. Then he turned really red and explained that he hadn't meant to be that serious yet, and that he didn't want to "wear those words out". But we've been saying it ever since.

louisvillebride21 · February 2010

I said it on NYE, so 5 months in. I was tipsy and said, "I don't want to start another year without you knowing I love you". I didn't expect him to say anything back because I knew he didn't love me yet. He said it in Feb.

NuggetBrain · February 2010

I don't remember. I know it wasn't smack dab at the beginning, but it wasn't as long as a year in either.

amlaplante · February 2010

We were showering together the first time he said it. Haha! I said it back right away.

Shawnee11507 · February 2010

I said it first. He told me when he said it he would be sure he really meant it...then said it 5 minutes later.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · February 2010

I should have asked if there was an awkward time gap between when he said it and you said or vice verse.

FI and I said it about 3 months after we started dating (LDR). He said it and I didn't want to say it back right away because I didn't want him to think I was reciprocating rather than actually meaning it. So I decided I would tell him when I dropped him off at the airport Sunday night. Well, he messed me up because he said it again at the airport! And that time I said it back to him. That was also the time he cried because he didn't want to leave me.

sarahmk5 · February 2010

FI said it about a week into our relationship. We were young, and he was loose lipped. I just said it back - I had no idea what else to say.

AmoroAgain · February 2010

We were laying in bed, talking and joking around. And he said something like "Oh, well, I like you, so you can stick around." I tickled and said, "Oh, you just LIKE me do you?" he got serious and kind of whispered, "I love you, too." I was really shocked and gave him a big fat kiss and then told him I loved him back. I'll ALWAYS remember that. It was the first time I'd dated someone who was comfortable in saying it first.

I chose the 3 months, but it was actually somewhere between the 1..5-2 month mark.

LauraT25 · February 2010

It was a week, maybe two, for us. I could have said it the first day, though, because we are one of those couples that was 'just friends' for way too long - we were in love with each other before we started dating.

sarabellam · February 2010

Oh, yeah, there was an awkward pause. I wasn't looking for love, at all, and I was NOT ready to hear it, either. But, here we are.

CCBelle · February 2010

I think it was about 4 months into our relationship... we were on the beach late at night and I'd had a lot of wine at dinner... he said "I love you," and I replied "Are you sure?"

JanoBean75 · February 2010

We both kind of knew, but I waited to tell him until he told me! We tell each other "I love you" all the time. Not a day goes by without saying it or texting it several times.

baystateapple · February 2010

He said it first. I knew it was coming. As soon as he said it he started babbling and trying to cover any awkward silences. Then I said it back.

abbalish · February 2010

I'm the lone "more than a year" response.

Our first year was pretty rocky. We dated for 3 months, broke up for a month, dated for 6 months, broke up for 2 months, and then got back together. We said I love you around 2 months after getting back together the last time. I think we both were hesitant due to our past.

pooh8402 · February 2010

right about the 3 month mark. over the phone, ugh. we had a very LDR at first. no awkwardness though, we already knew.

On_Cloud_Nine · February 2010

FI and I said it after about 7 months of dating.

He had gone to winter formal for my co-ed fraternity with me, so we were all dressed up. We came home, went up to my room, and we were just kissing when he suddenly pulls away and says "I love you". I just kind of stood there for a moment- I couldn't believe he had finally said it!- and then I told him I loved him too. And we kissed again. But then it was really funny because he started apologizing for waiting so long to say it, but he wanted to make sure he really loved me and he didn't want to say it without meaning it, and that I took too long to answer back! It was really sweet.

I could had said it months before that, though. But I was hesitant to tell hiim because I had been "burned" before. I wanted him to be first, so I was happy to wait. I knew my feelings, I just wanted to know his first!

kd.joseph · February 2010

We'd been together for a few months I think. I told him over breakfast that I'd had a dream that I told him I loved him and he didn't answer me in my dream. He just said you know I do. Not really "I Love you".
That came a few months later. But once we said it, it's something we say a few times a day.

polichik · February 2010

FI said it after a week. I was like, "WTF?" I told him that I wasn't ready to say it back.

The next day, I just felt it. I told him that night

We both meant it at the time, but it means something different and much more complex now. Kinda like first love v. mature love.

tlv204 · February 2010

H said it first, in the middle of drunken sex. I didn't respond at all because, you know, it was drunken sex, but the next morning we chatted about it and both told each other

kimheartsscott · February 2010

Because we started dating so young, we didn't really have a clue what we were saying, and he said it to me, in an arguement, before we technically started dating. Probably about 2 weeks before our first date. It took us about 4 months before I said fuuck it and kissed him though. A bit backwards.

mags0607 · February 2010

We had one of those awkward pauses, where he said it before me.

We had been out drinking one night about a month after R and I started dating. We were laying in bed joking around playing "20 questions" I said "Tell me a secret" He said " I love you, and I have for a while." My response, "Tell me a different secret."

We were both so drunk, and were hungover the next day, so I was hoping he didn;t remember saying it. I was going out of town for the weekend with friends and he was watching my puppy. Right before I left, he pulled me close and whispered. " I really meant it when I said I loved you last night." I just said thank you and awkardly left. When I got back from the trip, it was the first thing I told him, because I realized while I was away from him that even though I was scared shiitless, I really loved him.

Ishaba11 · February 2010

He also said it when we werent dating yet. We were both in relationships (mentally checked out for both of us). I was close to getting engaged to my then boyfriend and he was engaged. He told me he loved me probably within a month of us being friends. Thats when we knew we couldnt be with our significant others anymore. It took a couple months after we said I love you for us to finally be together but it was just meant to be. I was always told when you meet "the one" you just know and thats exactly what happened.

evabee · February 2010

I said it first. We were laying in bed looking at the ceiling and we had been laughing really hard and I said "I love you...fvck [starting to cry]" and he laughed and kissed my forehead and said "Don't curse. I've loved you all along."

It was the only moment in my LIFE that would be beautiful in a movie.

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