Poll: dropping the "L" word

[georgeharrison]

in the anniversary dinner post below, dropping the L word was mentioned. When did you and/or SO drop the L word the first time. How long into the relationship and what were you doing?

[georgeharrison]

My answer is kinda embarrassing.

We were had known each other less than a month. We were making out. I said it first.

(Our relationship moved crazy fast - not recommended - we were engaged one day less than three months from the first time we met.)

[Deleted]

Um, I had wanted to say it to H for a LONG time. I was talking to my friend about it and she said I should say it while we were rocking the barnyard so I could play it off as more of the moment if he didn't reciprocate. I didn't, I said it just after...and he said nothing. He just pretended not to hear me I think that was somewhere around 4 months.

[mkate710]

Ha! I said it first, and quite by accident. We'd been dating 6 weeks.

it was the night before V-day, and he had big plans to take me to dinner, give me a diamond necklace, and drop the L word. I had no idea. Anyways, I had a really horrible migraine the day before and had to go to bed early. He was tucking me in, rubbing my head, and being really sweet and in my drugged migraine stupor I just kind of melted and was like I love you... then I was like crap! I'm sorry! I wasn't supposed to say that yet! Dont' say it back! not till you want to! Then the next night, he said it. I was embarrassed but we had a good laugh about it later.

[madDawg228]

I said it like 3 months-ish into the relationship, it was right after a sweaty afternoon romp in the sack in his bedroom at the frat during summer quarter. He replied "I like spending time with you too." ^o)

[Deleted]

He said it to me after we were dating about 7 months.

We stayed at the Inn at El Gaucho after my 26th birthday party, the we woke up the next morning and he dropped the L word while we were lazing around in bed.

[Deleted]

Hahaha some of these are hilarious. I love it!

[georgeharrison]

Oct 9, 2012 18:24:49 GMT -5 madDawg228 said:

He replied "I like spending time with you too."

Burn! ;D

[dawnyp]

This is a giant point of debate between H and I. I claim he said it first, he claims that I did. In either case it was late at night right before we went to sleep. It was about 2 months into the relationship. We moved relatively quickly as well. Engaged at 6 months and married 14 months after meeting.

[Deleted]

I said it first and said it really early into the relationship. I don't remember the timeline though.

[tacocat]

Ummm, after we had already moved in together. It was also during sex. I like it klassy!

We didn't really drop he L word until almost a year yet moved in together before 6 months...

[Deleted]

DH said it, and I believe it was after we had known each other for 4 weeks. We were in a LDR so it was on the phone. I remember it seeming weird at the time but in the end whatever

[jennlin]

h and i discussed saying it before we were officially dating (we had been friends for a few years before dating)....we had said "yeah, i definitely love you as a person"...stuff like that...but when it came down to it...i said it first, 1 month into our relationship, after we got home from a skiing day and we were exhausted and cuddling....he said "thank you". haha. it took several months..i never stopped saying it. but when he first said it, it was 6 months in...i said i love you...and he said.."say it again"..so i did, and he said "i love you too". i think that was easier for him. but whatever. he told me he even though he had known for months...he was scared because he had never ever ever ever said it to anyone before (even his parents).

[hallows]

We were 16 and I said it first. We were on a study abroad trip in Japan when we started talking. We hit it off really well, and I hugged him one night before our group split up and went to different areas of Japan to stay with host families. I knew I was going to marry him when I hugged him. When we got back to the US, we weren't officially dating, but we spent a lot of time together. I had wanted to say it to him for a few weeks, but with previous boyfriends, the word was kind of tossed around and I wanted it to mean something. One night we were up talking all night and somewhere around 1am, I just blurted it out. He didn't skip a beat and said it back. But then I was like, "No, you don't have to say it back. I just want it to mean something." We count that as when we started "dating."

[sarack]

we had been dating for 2-3 years.. we had sex for the first time. after we were done, h said it to me. i didn't believe it him because although we'd been dating, mostly on, but sometimes off, i just thought he said it so we could have sex again! lol. but he says that he was in love with me way before that.

[sarack]

also, i didnt' say it back.

[fiddles]

I know I was the first one to say it. We were in bed ha (seems like a trend). Perhaps like 6 months into our relationship.

[karebear219]

I said it first. I knew I was in love with him after about three weeks of dating. I was trying so hard not to say it. I think I made it another three weeks. I said it also while we in bed after sexxy time. I was just looking into his eyes and blurted it out. He didn't say it back. He said he wasn't sure. That night when he was leaving he kissed me and said he loved me too.

[MrsH2010]

He said it first about 6 months into our relationship. I said it a couple months later. We had already had several conversations about what it meant to us and that we didn't want to say it until we truly meant it.

[BlackCanary]

We were hanging out in his room and I said it first. He told me he was actually going to say it on Valentine's day which was a few days later. Oops...sorry to steal your thunder DH!

We had been dating for about three months.