Is there a wrong or right time to say ‘I love you’?
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have fallen hard for one another. Although they sometimes refer to the other as “a friend”, the two aren’t shy about sharing their real feelings when they think they’re out of the media’s eye. In fact, they say “I love you” all the time! But is eight months into a relationship too soon to really know how you feel?
While shopping at Armani Exchange’s 51st and Fifth Avenue location in NYC June 28, the two repeatedly dropped the “L” bomb. “Justin and Selena were holding hands as they shopped and said ‘I love you’ to each other not once, but several times in public. Everyone could hear them,” a source tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “I guess they want to share their love with the world. They were at the store about 5:30 p.m. and stayed for about 20 minutes or so.”
Adds the insider, “Justin’s bodyguard wouldn’t let anyone get to close to them, but that didn’t stop them from showing off their affection for each other. They were just in their own world…dazed and in love!”
But is eight months too soon? Well, take Justin’s pal Kim Kardashian as an example. Her entire relationship — including saying the “L” word and a marriage proposal – occurred within six months. Just to make myself clear, that’s two months less than Justin and Selena have actually been dating. So yes, it is totally OK to throw “love” around in this time frame.
In fact, I believe it’s OK to tell your man I love you any time after you hit the three-month relationship mark. Of course, this depends on a) whether you actually feel genuine love or not b) how fast your relationship is progressing and c) whether he says it first. NEVER be the first person to tell him you love him — let him tell you, or you are going to freak him out and potentially drive him away.
We don’t know when J&S first started confessing these massive feelings for one another, but if they did only happen really recently, then there’s a very, very good chance the two have a shot at lasting for a long time. Emotions that build over time are the best, as they’re genuine.
Regardless, it’s a wonderful thing when your feelings are reciprocated. All you need (to hear) is love, right?
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Posted at 10:18 AM on June 24, 2012
You saying that if a girl says she loves a guy first before he says it would drive him away is promoting misogyny and hatred for women, why should a women have to hold back her feelings because of a socially inputted fear of being left? why should a women be the one to have to wait around for a man and why wouldn’t a man potentially drive away a woman by saying he loves her too fast, something that i personally would run kicking and screaming if he said it anywhere NEAR three months, hello psycho? i think that true love would be completely mutual, and if you’re feeling it and he isn’t than you know what get it over with, say how you feel, and if he leaves you it obviously wasn’t true love because true love is infinite and mutual you morons. my feminist human rights teacher once told me that women can be the most sexist people in the world, even over men, and i see it true here.