No I love you to each other after 8 months

[Purplehoneydew]

Hello all, after a bit of advice
Feeling a little deflated today
I've been seeing a man for 8 months now , we see each other regularly, I've met his mum, brother sisters.
We plan things together, we go out , were not just seeing each other in our houses, so I'm not a secret or anything like that.
I'm starting to feel a bit fed up as it doesn't seem to be progressing.
Feel like I'm giving him all of my free time yet none of us have said I love you to each other yet.
I felt he was going to say it the last time i saw him but he didnt, not sure if I have imagined that though.
Is this wierd?
Would a man say he loved you by now in a normal relationship?

why... in this day and age where everyone is yelling for equality, why does he have to say it first..

if she feels it, she feels it... if he replies saying the same, then the OP will need to decide if they are going to trust the reponse.

seems a silly game for adults to play... 'i'm not saying it until you say it first!'

What a load of shit 😂

How far ahead do you plan doing things together? Can you assume next year's summer holidays, for instance?

Regardless of what's said, I think this is the true measure of a relationship. You start off just assuming next weekend, then next month, then Xmas etc..

There's a lot contained in the expression 'I love you' - but it's mostly "I want to be with you forever".