that people (women..) are willing to say "I love you" to a man after one date, but choke on saying "I love you" to a friend after months?

...or is it just me?

I honestly had trouble say I love you to my sisters also until I moved to Germany

Im not the type of woman that would say I love you to a man after a 1st date. It took me 4 months to say it to DH who was DB at the time.

I don't say I love you to anyone right away but once I do feel that way, I say it all the time. I lost my sister and niece a few months ago so I make sure the people I love know that I love them.

I don't have a problem with saying I Love you to my family/friends before than a man. It all depends. If I feel it I'll tell you and if I don't then I don't.

I have lots, too many amazing friends at a young age. They all knew that I loved them and I have no problem saying it. I also have to say it to my family, even if I am upset. And for my kids...they can never get enough kisses and hugs and "I LOVE YOU" My daughter could say I love you by 14 months. I was EXTREMELY proud.

I'm more likely to say it to my family and friends and make the guy wait. DB was no exception. He said it and then I made him wait until I felt it before I said it.

:dunno i tell my close friends that i love them all the time.

I don't normally tell my friends that because I am always scared that it will sound weard (sp?) but dh was the only guy I have ever told that I love him so I guess I just don't say it much to anyone

We dated for 4 months before he said it to me, and it was another month or so before I said it. We say it ALL the time now! :)

I tell my friend I love them ALL the time.

I actually think I have a harder time saying I love you to DF than a few of my friends. I have no problem saying it to him when i'm in trouble (nothing bad). I'm just not a very open person period.

I don't say "I love you" to friend because I don't feel comfortable doing that. I also didn't say I love you to my DH or until I knew. Like around 6 months. I wanted to make sure it wasn't a no relationship like the last one.

I have no problem with telling my friends that I love them...

I tell my real friends that I love them all the time. Sometimes it's "I love ya", "I love you girly", "love ya girl" and sometimes "love you" but they all know by my actions that I (L) them anyways. :)

It's really hard to tell anyone I love em and it sure as hell doesn't happen after one date...

I honestly cant remember how long dh and I had been together before we said I love you. It was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long ago (over 10 years lol) but I do remember saying it to my 8th grade boyfriend that I had only been with for a week maybe at the time :giggle but in my defense I had no idea what love was back then. But yeah I only say I love you to maybe 3 of my friends...the rest I'm not that close to

I don't have a problem with it!

I LOVE you! (L)(L)

:attack :teehee Ok, not that kinda love.. But, I DO Lurvvvvvvveeeeee you! All of you :D

I have trouble saying I Love You to anyone actually. It's not something my family said on a regular basis, and it's not something that I feel necessary to say every time you speak to someone you care about. I might be in the minority, but I don't need for someone to tell me they love me every time I see or speak to them, just to know that they do. In this case, I believe actions speak louder than words ever could.

I don't have a hard time saying I love you to family and friends but i would not tell a man that after one date. Unless I never wanted another date with him.

i never tell a guy I love them first.

but with my friends, they know I love them!

I think it depends on the friend though, like my roommate and I are really close, she is one of my best friends, and i love her, she knows that but we arent like huggy, tell each other that type of friends.

i will occassionally text my friends "loveeee youuu!" just bc I know it is good for people to hear

I tell my friends I love them all the time. My mom died suddenly when I was 12 (and in the room with her), I am a true believer that people need to know how you feel. I want the people that I love TO KNOW that I absolutely love them.

Oh, but I am veeeerrrrrryyyy careful before I tell a man I love them. I have to mean it, and with those kind of relationships, I do not throw those words around like they don't mean anything.

I do not say I love you to anymore too soon...that phrase means so much to me I am not willing to throw it around...It takes me FOREVER to say it

No, I'd rather tell my close friends I loved them then a guy after one date. I wouldn't tell a friend that wasn't close that I loved them though, just like I wouldn't tell some guy I barely knew that I loved them. I don't like to throw that word around unless I mean it.

I've only ever said "I love you" to one man...and that is my current DF. It took me quite a while to say it, as well. As far as friends go...I've said I love you to my best friends for years. Every time they leave I say it.
I have a harder time for some reason saying it to members of my family. I think it's because my parents never really said it growing up. When my parents divorced they both started telling me more...and it felt quite odd!

I don't have any problem telling my friends, or DH for that matter. I tell my best friend I love him every time I see him (my best friend is a boy and my DH and him are totally cool, my best friend refers to himself as "Katy's Bodygaurd" while DH is away, he's so funny he will yell at people for checking me out and tell them I'm married)!

im weird i find it awkward to tell my best friend i love her even though i do and she knows it i jsut feel strange saying it out loud...i dunno like i said im weird:P

i have a real hard time being affectionate with anyone. It is a lot easier to tell DH I love him than my own parents or close friends. I guess its because I live with him and feel close and know he isnt going anywhere. I've actually had this discussion with my psychiatrist and he says its all apart of my neglect issues from my childhood.:dunno

I have a really hard time with that, and being affectionate in general. I have neglect issues in my past, as well as people who would "force" me to be a certain way and do certain things for a long time, so, I got to where with few exceptions I don't like people touching me, and over think being affectionate back... and where "I love you" became just a phrase with no meaning that I didn't say.

Now, I'm working on that. I still have issues, but I'm opening up. Working on being more physically affectionate, and it may take me a long time to say those words, but once I do, it's real, it's forever, and pretty much any chance I get, because you never know what can happen in life.

It depends on the friends with me. I think part of it is just that when I was growing up, my father (whom I am closest with) was just not an affectionate person. We still don't feel a need to say I love you because we just know we love each other. But, then again, I am weird! On the flip side, DF is super affectionate and I don't think I can tell him that I love him enough. But him and I were friends for years before we dated and so we are just unique I guess.

I say 'i love you' to my friends all the time!
... GOOD friends.. not people i JUST met...

but with men... it takes a long time... I dont think Andrew and i said 'i love you' for at least 5 months.