When was the first time you said “I love you” to someone in your life other than family?

[coachTanthony]

[jennifer_bloom]

I don't think I ever told somebody I love them cause I was raised in a family where emotions are felt and not verbalized. I did have people in my life I loved but I never verbalized it, it was implied. Our family is not affectionate, we do not hug or kiss and when my parents say they love me I get angry, cause I don't think they have a right to say that to me when they disrespect me hundreds of times every single day. They are like roosters trying to bake apple pie, they are not qualified to talk about love cause they have too many issues that make their behaviours and words and thoughts unloving.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

15 years old to my first husband/ ex, boyfriend at that time/ age 🤣

[TonyMetal___86]

A naughty 15 year old sponge 🤣🤣
Saying "i love youuu" 🤓 he didn't knew that after 40 years he will end up winching the sponge's ice cream mini van and checking her batteries, he was wondering if he charges the sponge's battery, will he be able to charge her heart again so she say "i love youuu" one more time 😂😂

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

@TonyMetal___86 nah he married ( to his brother’s ex🤣)

[TonyMetal___86]

Wow, that's complicated 🤔

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

@TonyMetal___86 I’d use a different word😁🤣

[exitseven]

I dated a girl I met in college. After freshman year we both transferred to different schools. She came out to spend a couple of weeks with me that first summer. We drove out to visit some people we both knew from school. It was night by the time we got there. I parked in front of this kid's house and shut the motor off. The radio was still playing as I put my arm around her and pulled her close to me. I mouthed the words once for practice and then i softly spoke in her ear. "I love you". I really did not know what to expect but she replied "And i love you." then she kissed me on the neck.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO

[FunkyMonkee]

I MIGHT'VE said it to someone when I was little and just don't remember it but, far as I can tell, my first time was in late June, 1982, probably the 26th.

[Cynicaldreamer]

Been a long time to say the least. Probably my ex? (Over 15 years ago then, sheesh)

He was whining that I never told him I loved him, so I did to appease and shut him up-

It felt VERY forced to say the least. And before anyone takes petty on said guy or accuses me of being heartless? Don't. He cheated.

I'm not the sappy, romantic type, and when in relationships, I don't say that phrase. I believe in, "actions speaking louder than words." If you love someone, how you act and treat them will speak for you- not words that someone could say but not mean.

[Rei13]

I had to think about it for a moment it has been a long time. It was around Thanksgiving and I was at my ex-boyfriend’s parents house. We were watching James Bond with his dad. His dad went upstairs and I just remember feeling so much anxiety. I am pretty sure my face was bright red but I turned to my ex and said “Hey I have something to tell you…I love you! Now let’s get back to watching the movie” and then immediately went back to watching it, his dad came back down, and later whenever we were leaving my ex told me that he loved me too. I was 19 at the time. I just remember being so scared that he would either reject it or feel obligated to say it back, luckily it went pretty well

[A_Bell]

I am a sucker for it, but I didn't truly understand it and mean it until I met my husband and even more so after I first held my first baby girl after a long labor.

[WhitneySnow]

I was 13 but it was just puppy love. Well, actually it was real friend love but I wasn’t ready for what she wanted which was a deep romantic love (I guess I hadn’t fully accepted that I was bi/pan back then).

[Nxtawm]

I’ve said like “I love you guys” to my friends before I think of something like that. But I’ve never said “I love you” to someone else

[JosyJosy]

When some islam terrorists blew up bombs at an airport. I told my Muslim friends I loved them, cause if it wasn't for them I would have turned into a hater a long time ago.

[strateguy632]

just don't read their religious texts.

[Little_Bumblebee]

I say it to my close friends pretty often. I don't remember when exactly, maybe a few weeks ago.

We never say it in my family.

[Little_Bumblebee]

Ah, I misread the question... I don't remember the first time... Maybe it was my childhood friend

[BCRanger10]

Before I knew what it really meant? Maybe 14.

To my wife? Around this time in 2017.

[Sweetsurprize]

Good one. I've said it lots of times to my many exes lol. Don't judge.

[Sweetsurprize]

That said. The tone counts too though hehe. I should be more picky in who I say it to from now on I guess lol.

[EmyyWolf]

I would never say that shit cause that’s a fairytale that doesn’t exist. It’s a fairytale meant to destroy women.

[DancingQueen16]

It was a little over a year ago when my now boyfriend asked me to be his girlfriend

[smilelots]

I say that to my closest friends a fair bit. last time was on the weekend just past

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

My cousin before we go to bed

[Redstang88]

Last ex, only girl I’ve said it to and only one I’ve really loved

[Anonymous]

Does it count if I said it to a random person on the internet who I don't even know and I said it as a joke?

[Mac-One]

Don't recall the exact time. Only said that to one girl and it was after we had dated for some time and had the mutual feeling for each other.

[anon1903]

Does love you count, coach?

You're really putting me on the spot 😭

[TonyMetal___86]

I was 15 and said it online to my girlfriend because we had an LDR...

Love was just magical back then...

[Nikki1989]

Too long ago to remember for sure.

[AnusNdaPainus]

I don’t know what that is.

[strateguy632]

love is a feeling that you want to give whatever someone needs.

[AnusNdaPainus]

@strateguy632 that’s illogical