Couples Share the Sweet Story of Their First “I Love You”

When you’re in a relationship, saying “I love you” can be super intimidating and scary. Like, super. But alas, there’s always a point where a partner just blurts it out whether it be in the middle of sex or a drunken night out. And when this happens... Well, they either get an "ILY" back or things get really awkward really fast. Fortunately for these folks below, things fell into the former. Per Reddit, couples share the sweet story of their first “I love you.” D’aw.

User “RemoteLlama13.” "I said it first, several weeks into the relationship. We lived an hours' drive apart, and only saw each other once a week, so we talked on the phone every night after I got home from work. One night, we were saying goodbye, and I said, 'I love you.' She hung up. A couple of minutes later, she called back and said, 'Did you just say 'I love you’?' I said yes. She was quiet for a moment, then said, 'I thought that was what you said. I love you, too.' Last Sunday was our 29th anniversary.”

User “Lifeiswhatitis.” "She did, about two months in. I said it back, reluctantly. She cheated on me twice during the two years we were together. Actions are the only things I take seriously now. Words mean nothing.”

User “anachronarcissist.” "He did. Four months in, he woke me up in the middle of the night and said he couldn't wait any longer, that he had to tell me he loved me. Now every year on that date he does the same thing.”

User “FruitCup-kun.” "Technically she did, about 4-5 months in. Just as she finished laughing at some awkward thing I did she said, 'I lov-' and realizing what she was saying she walked out of the room. I just kinda sat there and said, 'Well, now's the time.' I did end up completing that sentence first though.”

User “PotRoastPotato.” "We were friends for about five years before we started dating, and when we started we knew it was serious. On our second date I told her 'I pretty much have always loved you' and she said the same. That was about 12 years ago... we've been married 10 years and have kids."

User “Zephsace.” "I did just about 48 hours in. It was dumb, it really was. We had just spent our first weekend together to see what the feelings we had towards one another were the same, and holy hell, they were. He walked me to my bus that Sunday, and as we're waiting for me to be checked in, I blurted it out. Yeah, smooth move, dropping the 3 word bomb onto a guy I just spent the past 48 hours with drinking, eating, walking around the city, and other deplorable acts in the hotel room with, and I said 'I love you’.

He said it back to me with the biggest, dorkiest smile ever, gave me a kiss, and put me on my bus. We celebrate 5 years in a few weeks. Best stupid move I have ever made.”

Anonymous. "He said it first about two weeks after we started talking. My immediate response was to laugh and say 'No you don't'. He didn't bat an eye and just kept saying it over the next couple weeks and I'd roll my eyes at him. He got me wrapped around his finger and I finally said it back. Our third wedding anniversary is this Monday.”

User “kt8150.” "He did. We were dating for maybe two months? We were still in high school at the time and I was crying because I had a C on my midterm (LOL - I was trying really hard to get all A's and B's okay?) He had just left and he immediately flipped back around when he learned I was upset. I hid in my mom's bathroom because he had never seen me cry and I was embarrassed. I eventually let him in the bathroom, but made him keep the lights off. At the time, his parents were really strict about an 11pm curfew and I knew that he was going to be late getting home so I asked him why he came back and he said '...because I love you'. I swear I could hear his heart beating, it was that loud.

5 years and 7 months together today :)”

User “grungevalue.” "He did 5 months after we started dating on Valentines Day. But I was thinking that I was in love with him weeks before that but was afraid to tell him because I've been burned before. He said that when he went out of town a couple days before he realized that he missed me and wished I was with him all the time and asked his friends if that's what love is and they said yeah probably.”

User “Fenwicked42.” "About 3 weeks in. Both of us clearly felt it but were holding back because it felt too soon. One night, lying in bed cuddling I asked 'Would it be crazy if I said I loved you?' She said it wasn't crazy at all and she felt the same way. About 30 minutes later I felt a storm brewing due to the Mexican food we'd had earlier. I said I had to go and I could tell she was worried that I was freaking out about the I love you's. Didn't want to tell her I just had to sh*t, so I said 'I have to go... because reasons.' She pushed the question and I said 'Because... Chimichanga reasons.' She laughed and told me to go on home. Still very happily together 3 months later.”

User “CabbagedHorse.” "Probably like a month, month and a half for the actual 'I love you', but I got a lot of 'I hate you' in 'I love you’ situations, because she was waiting/afraid to say it so soon.”

User “SatishBBanger.” "She did, after 2 months. It was midway through sex, in fact mid-thrust. It was a slightly awkward at the time but sweet in hindsight. We've been together a year and a half.”

User “Syrup_Chugger_3000.” "We weren't technically dating at the time I nonchalantly told her I loved her. We had known each other since we were kids prior, had dated years before (long story), so it's not like I pulled a Ted Mosby or anything.”

User “Haiku_lass.” "My fiance did, pretty early on. I'm not sure if it just slipped out or was intentional. We were having sex or just finishing and he just said it, it caught me by surprise so I just said it back. I didn't want to ruin the moment or make him feel bad, but I felt ready still. I want to say it was only a month or 2 in, but i dont remember. It's been 5 years :)”

User “Curiousconcoctions.” "I said it about 5 months in after realizing I loved him at about 4 1/2 months. We were laying on his bed and he had rolled over to kiss me and I was about to open my mouth to say it but decided not to cuz I was rightfully scared. But he knew I was about to say something, so he kept asking me 'what?' And wouldn't leave it alone. So I said 'i think I love you', and he just smiled at me and laughed a little and kissed/hugged me. Of course all during this I was like wtf why hasn't he said it back, I messed up. Buuut, I guess after letting it sit in his system for a few minutes he was ready to say it back, which he did, so it all turned out okay!"