Do you necessarily have to...

You see...some relationships are felt but not necessarily expressed. Saying - 'I love you' is always a positive comments and feeling. But when you say you love someone....your deeds and gesture will convey it more than your mere words that you love him/her. Love, I believe is felt from the heart, even if words are not expresseed for the same. And I think, repeatedly saying - 'I love you' is not going to help...untill you truly love someone from heart. Hope you would have got the point, what I wanted to convey. Deepak

I think when someone says "i love you " hope they expect the same from others too.And more over its a mere satisfaction when someone gets such a cute reply of me too or i love you from other.

No i don't have to always because my husband knows that i love him & it can be seen from my face & feel from his heart.Even if he don't say i know that he loves me very much & the way he looks at me i can feel it.But when he says i do like that.

you complain about your bf being not too showy but you yourself is not being showy as well..lolzzz..hun, you must say it back to your bf when he says he loves you..sometimes men dont say that things to their partners its either their not showy or they are not used of saying it..you must give back love hun..sometimes even if they feel it they needs words appreciation..but saying you love them too..my partner always say that to me and once i dont say it back he feels i dont love him anymore..

Well you should only say it if you mean it, but I think it just depends. I got married a month ago and I allways say it back to my husband even if it's a text message, but we are apart. He's in the military we don't see much of each other right now, so I would be said if I said it to him and he didn't say it back to me over the phone. Now in person he has said it to me and I have just smiled or said something cute back, but just dating I think it's ok not to say it untill you really really mean it.