How long before you say how you feel?

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I'd really like some advice about my relationship. I met my boyfriend online last June and we started off dating quite casually before it progressed. We are very much a couple but he's never said anything about his feelings. He's very affectionate and caring in other ways but he never puts it into words. He's lovely and plans nice dates for us, bought me sweet gifts for Christmas and valentines etc. He will write "lots of love" in a card but he's never actually said "I love you" or anything.

I do get the feeling that he's a bit awkward expressing things verbally as his dad seems quite similar too. But I'm not sure what to do about it, my ex was the opposite and would say it all the time.
I just wondered if anyone else had met someone similar and what happened?

My boyfriend has never said it either
Been together one and half years
I don’t think he’s capable of speaking those words !

I don't think I would be worried if my partner couldn't say the words, but could express his feelings in other ways. What has been toxic for me in the past is the feeling that I couldn't express emotion without enraging the boyfriend of the moment and/or frightening him away. A lot of weird, repressed guys out there, but if your DP seems normal and loving then he's probably fine.

Do you feel loved? If yes, then you probably are.

Words really are the least of it.

Old adage but, very valid. Talk is cheap. What he does & his actions are far more of a representation of how he feels