He loves her , but doesn't know it yet?!

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I have been seeing a man for 5 months, last night I met his mother at a social gathering. His sisters and brother were there also , however I had already met them previously. I hit it off with the mother , we seemed to get on really well.
Ended up having a lovely evening, wine was flowing we all were a bit merry.
The man I'm seeing and I haven't said I love you yet ( this is part of the story)
I feel I have fallen for him however I am very cautious with throwing that word around in early stages especially & I'm not ready to say it.

So we were all on the dancefloor and I said I was going outside for a vape as giving up smoking , I then thought I'd go to the toilet before heading back to dance floor

I walked into the bathroom, one cubicle free.

As I was mid flow 🙈 ... the boyfs mum and one of the sisters walk into toilet, they start talking about me, awkward...... thankfully it was all in a positive light, mum said shes lovely really lovely , I was so nervous tonight about meeting her but shes so nice, sister went yeh I know , I like her ( sister comes across alot tougher than mother so this surprised me and felt amazing to hear)
The mother then said do you think she makes him happy? The sister then said this .... Its hard to tell with "sam" but what I think is He loves her , he just doesn't know it yet. They both went into thier cubicles and I quickly escaped without anyone knowing I had over heard a thing.
I'm just trying to understand what this means?
I've never heard anyone say ... loves her or him... just doesn't know it yet?

Any words of wisdom over this meaning please people?

It’s positive! Just means he’s not ready to say it yet and doesn’t completely know if this is it, similar to how you feel!

It will be the way he speaks about you, they way he acts with you in front of people, sometimes it is quite obvious to others how a couple is getting on -eye contact, touching, looking after each other.

Maybe he is a bit shy, maybe he thinks this is too good to be true, maybe he is like you and not quite ready to say it.

Personally (and we are all different) if I got to 5 months and I didn't feel comfortable saying I love you to someone I would start to question if this is what I want, and question the relationship. Last time I said it for the first time was a lot quicker, and I actually said I think I am falling in love with you as a sort of halfway statement, she replied the same and we went from there.

It's all positive OP so don't over think it! They think he's falling in love with you but he just just hasn't realised it yet. Thank god they didn't say anything horrible, that would have awful and really awkward!

I think he almost said it a few times. Were both quite shy and introverted, very similar actually.

Thanks

Would of been awful wouldnt it?
Thanks

Maybe he is not quite sure of the response he would get - doesn't want to scare you off or anything, do you feel it? Would you say it first?

Ah it's good! My DP and I didn't say it until 8 months in - felt it alot sooner but I wanted it to be sure. Then the sod didn't say it back for a week!! 😂But we are 3 years in and very strong together. All sounds really good.