My experience has been that actual togetherness is the only way
to know a person best.
Most perceptive but often forgotten.
I've found that most women embrace their feelings rather quickly.
I am often told they love me on first meet and while I know it might not be what I consider love, inside, they really do think they love me.
I can't speak for other men, only me.
For me, I have reserved feelings considering love.
Call it wisdom or fear, it needs to be just right before I'll say it because what I say has importance, especially when proclaiming my love for someone.
From a man's point of view, which is the only view I can possess, I realize that many women wear their emotions on their sleeve.
They react to thosde feelings as it feels natural to them.
At that time, I don't doubt they feel love.
For me, love is more than a fleeting emotional feeling.
It sets into my foundation.
When I feel it, I feel nothing else for her.
It is complete.
Knowing that I am weird when compared to others, I can completely understand why someone might proclaim love without substantial backing.
People NEED love in their lives to feel complete.
People are 'programmed' for immediate gratifications nowadays.
But, as is often found with immediate gratification, it wanes in a very short time.
That 'love' turns out to be not what is expected because there wasn't enough time and 'time on target' to actually confirm those feelings.
This oftan leads to terrible consequences due to hurt feelings and bad decisions.
9 months with my current GF, still haven't proclaimed "Love" yet.
Still not quite sure.
She has told me she loves me since we first met.
She knows I will say it when I feel it.
She knows love is there, in the things I say and do but till I actually come out and say it, she is okay with waiting. This is because like me, she's weird and can accept me, faults and all for who and what I actually am.
So, saying "I Love You" before meeting you doesn't make him a liar, just makes him HUMAN.