Thank you note wording- What to say?
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Who was the first to say 'I love you'?

posted 2 years ago in Relationships
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  • poll: Who was the first to say 'I love you'?
    the girl : (48 votes)
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    the guy : (112 votes)
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    I couldn't remember who said it first.  I thought it was me but then I asked the DH and he said he did.  Hmmm....

    Shoot.. just realized I voted for "the girl"  Oops... how to I change it?  (Maybe I can't... oh well.)

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    He definitely did. He said it about a month before I did. I felt bad about it at the time, but I'm glad I waited :-)

     
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    He said "i love you" a week into our relationship.

     
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    Blueshoes2    June 2010   PA

    He said it first, and then I said it right back :)  I had already been thinking it in my head, but I was hoping at the time that he would say it first... and he did!

     
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    grace8367    September 6, 2009   Chicago

    He did, a few weeks before me.  I felt terrible about it but was so unprepared.  It all worked out though ;)

     
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    SkyBeauty37    July 3, 2011   Washington D.C

    I was first even though it was too early and I probably didnt mean it, lol. The first real, meaningful, deep, I love came from him much later in our relationship.

     
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    Wow, this is really interesting.  Guys saying I love you, first??? 

     
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    cannotwait    February 1, 2009   TX

    I waited, bc I wasn't sure how he felt, but I basically guilted him into it...oops!

     
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    MissHelen    November 20, 2010   California

    He did. Though it was more of a mouthing, just in case I didn't feel the same way. I did though :-)

     
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    Jessie516    May 16, 2009   Ann Arbor, MI

    I waited it out because I wanted him to have to say it first.  We were friends for a long time before we started dating, but I wanted him to be the one to say "I Love you" first.  After over a year of dating on New Years Eve, we were having a conversation about our relationship.  He said something along the lines of "Well, of course I love you..." and I was like "well, I DIDN'T know that because YOU didn't SAY IT!"  :)  It's kind of a joke between us now.

     
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    motto    10/23/09   Los Angeles

    I was totally the first and it slipped out! I was leaving him a message on his answering machine about something and before I hung up I said "I love you, bye!" It came out of nowhere! Sooo not the romantic moment I had hoped for but he loved it and thought it was so natural and genuine. And he told me he loved me the next time we were together in person. We still laugh about it though.

     
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    elephant    April 2011  

    I knew it first, but I didn't want any awkwardness so I waited to say it out loud until he said it.  It's funny because we were talking and he went through this whole realization that he had (while talking to another friend) and told me "I think I love you" so I said "think?" and he said "no I know".  I'll always remember that.

     
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    Minutiae    May 2011  

    He was. My previous boyfriend and I said it ALL THE TIME, and I didn't have any interest in throwing around the phrase.

    He said he was falling in love with me a few weeks after we started dating, and said he loved me almost immediately after. After the first few times, I would respond with "And I love you." It wasn't until at least six months in that I worked up the courage to say "I love you" to him without prompting! Crazy.

     
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    lemondrop    March 13, 2010   Arizona

    Yeah, I did. Embarassed It accidently slipped out after about a month of dating.  He followed shortly after.  Whew!

     
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    HunnyBear    September 11, 2010   New Jersey

    We were dating for maybe three weeks when he texted me 'Olive Juice' when I was boarding a plane for a business trip.  I didn't get it at first, but my coworker said it was a sneaky/shy way of saying I Love You without actually saying it.  Didn't really work via text lol.  When I came back from my trip tho, we had dinner one evening and he gave me a poem he wrote me where the last line said I love you.  How sweet right?!..oh...where is that romantic now?! lol jk he's still just as sweet as ever if not more

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    i said it. i was used to saying it a lot because i had been in a really long relationship before him, and i was ready. but he hadn't been in a serious relationship... ever. and i think he was kind of weirded out and not ready. it all worked out in the end though!

     
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    tea       norcal

    he said it first a week after we started dating. it was exhilarating. Laughing

     
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    mrbee    March 5, 2005   New York City, New York

    I said it first... :-)

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    he said it first, over webcam (romantic, I know :P)

    My response? "I wondered if we were going to do that over webcam or wait...  I love you too."

     
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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    I did....but he wanted to say it first and told me i beat him to it...lol

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    In my situation...he said it first :)

     
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    CurlyDreamer    patiently waiting   Bay Area

    It was him. We were actually somewhere pretty cheesy and very busy. I still smile when I think about it because when he said it that was like all I could hear.  But, I suspected he felt that way before he said it and my mom told me MONTHS before that. I guess mom does know everything!

     
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    iggies    March 2011  

    i said it first between us, but then i tried not to say it again because i felt like i was pushing him to say it when he didn't mean it. when he eventually did say it, it was so romantic. i was staying over his place and falling asleep on the couch and he whispered it into my ear. it was about a month after i had originally said it.

     
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    He said it first about a month after we started dating. We were actually at a concert for our favorite band and during one of the songs the line says "I love you too..." and he said it right after that. It took me a minute to respond because I was in shock. I couldn't have imagined a better way for it to be said.

     
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    AzinAugust    August 2010   Sedona, AZ

    He said it first, largely by implusive speaking, he meant to say " I really like you" but what came out was closer to home :o)

     
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    floridabeachbride    05-28-11   Melbourne, FL

    We argue on this. He'll say I said it first and I think he did. I have e-mails/letters from him that said he was falling in love with me while he was deployed, but apparently I was the first to actually say it outloud or something like that.

    But, I guess, I did than, because I don't really remember. lol

     
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    I bit my tongue and waited!

    He was the first boyfriend that I said "I love you" to and it wasn't just an answer because he'd said it first.  I thought a lot about loving him/how to know I loved him/how much I wanted him to say it before it happened.  We actually even had one rediculous "false start" (involving his roommate and MSN - we were in a long distance relationship).  Funny in HINDSIGHT.  I was not amused at the time.

    It was such an amazing thing to wait to say and I was on a high for days after he said it.  Ah...blissful.

     
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    scissors    June 19, 2010   Atlanta, Ga

    He was, but I said it immediately afterward!

     
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    Superstitions    July 25, 2009   TX

    My husband told me he loved me after we had been seeing each other for 25 days. He proposed 5 days after that. I didn't say I love you until about 4 months later. There were times before where I wanted to say it, but I was just too scared to get the words out. 

    My ex-boyfriend and I said it all the time, and I went through a period where I didn't want to say it again until I absolutely 100% meant it. I didn't think I had meant it with my ex about half the time, so it was terrifying to say it again.

     
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    lkbphmd    August 7, 2010   MN (ceremony in Omaha, NE)

    He said it first, when we stopped for lunch on the way home so he could meet my parents.  In a very smooth move, I said, really, you love me? as a response.  A few minutes later he got a much more gracious and meaningful response!

     
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    Redeemed Rebekah    May 8, 2010   Ont, Canada

    He did.. I had a bad experience with my ex.. who I said it to first, but he never did. (we dated 2 years - duh! bad life choice after knowing he didn't love me - not that he treated me bad or anything)

    So I wanted to wait this time and when he said it so did I ...  :)

     
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    Rosie Girl    September 18, 2010   Montana

    He said it. But it wasn't like just straight out, I love you. We were talking and he said something about he thinks he loves me. And I was like you think? and he said I do love you! :) makes me smile thinking about it! :)

     
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    Jaxx317    July 17, 2011   Brooklyn, NY/wedding in the Hudson Valley

    wow - i am sooo amazed to see how many guys said it first here! sooo awesome! my guy said it first in a kind of jokey way (we were in bed and he said it in a very silly high-pitched voice, and i was like "huh?"), so i didn't actually say it back until he said it again for real.

     
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    krissybee    October 15, 2011   :: chicago IL ::

    omg, i honestly can't remember! Embarassed i'll have to ask him!

     
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    Kittyachi    August 2010   New York

    He said it about a week after we started dating. We were, errrr, in bed, let's say, so I wasn't sure if it was legit or not and I didn't say it back, but then he said it again and I knew it was for real so I said it back.

     
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    jaylii9    September 5, 2010  

    FI said it first, but if you ask him he claims he doesn't remember when it happened!

     
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    twinstar    September 18, 2010   Southern California

    Oh goodness, our 'I love you' moment was anything but romantic.  I said it first after a year of dating.  I loved him very early on in our relationship, but we had both been put through the ringer before.  Neither of us were in a rush, but I felt it so strongly one night so I said it, and he said.....nothing!  Not a word!  I was humiliated.  I demanded that he take me home because I felt the entire year we had been together was a sham!  I was done done done.  I wasn't about to waste another second on someone that didn't feel the same way I did.  I know, that's harsh, but my ex really screwed me over.  Poor guy felt so badly.  He told me he loved me too and when I got home that night I had a text message from him with at least 20 'I love you'.  Even though it wasn't like I had envisioned it, I wouldn't change a thing. 

     
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    Cole B    October 16, 2010   Northern Indiana

    I said it about 3 weeks after we started dating and he said it the following week.

     
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    futuremrsgreen    June 5, 2010   Palos Verdes Estates, CA

    I had been wanting to say it but couldn't! When he did say it first, I still couldn't say it back right away. I guess I was afraid and competey caught off gaurd by how strong my feelings were for him. But, I think I knew he was the one the first night we met.

     
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    Iruska    June 2010   DW in Puerto Rico

    He said it about 3 months into us dating. Actually he wrote it in a love letter and left it under my windshield on my car one early morning. That just made cry!  I said it back a year later (got burnt before, so really wanted to make sure this time:)

     

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