Quote Originally Posted by DarkNeko
My boyfriend first said he loved me about 9 months into the relationship...but you see, he was my first boyfriend, and he was forced to be very patient with me; he admitted he had wanted to say it for a long time, but he didn't want to upset me, and make me think he was only saying it for the sake of having his carnal desires fulfilled.

But now, as I enter a zone of turbulent rifts in the relationship, those words have lost their emotional power; I sadly do not feel my heart is in my voice when I tell him that I love him...cursed emotions. Love sucks, does it not?

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But anyway, as people have said, if it is YOU that wants t say it, then do it when your heart says you're ready. You don't have to wait; if you're nervous about making that move, that is understandable. My boyfriend made all the moves because I wasn't sure what he wanted.

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Darkneko - a fool formerly in love

I feel that when you give up on the promise of love, it can become self fulfilling. It can be difficult to overcome pain, but I belive that you respect yourself more by having such strength and others can tend to respect you more as you respect yourself. Be fair to yourself and others. These things seem to tend to self fulfill, it seems to me.