I said it after spending 2 weeks with my current girlfriend, she stayed at my place for 2 weeks and it was time for her to go home. at the train station before i left her i just felt i needed to tell her so i said " i have fallen in love with you, i hope you will be coming back". It just felt right for me, i had spoken to her for some weeks on the net, on the phone before she came to stay with me and i just loved being with her them first two weeks. Might be a bit soon for some people (usually myself included) but i just decided to run with the feelings i had at the time and i didn't regret saying that afterwards either, so all was good for me and her ;o)

I had a guy once tell me he loved me and my response was "umm, yeah, thanks, thats sweet...umm..." then, when pushed, "sorry if you were expecting the same back, but it would be a lie" Thus endeth said relationship...yes indeedy very awkward!

Edit (added) : I did think at the time he was a tad unfair not to give me more time to feel the same way...who knows, I might have eventually, eh? I'd only met him in public places (coffee shops and the like) a handful of times over a few weeks. Instead he got all uppety and upset and arrogant and stomped off like a silly little boy, which made me think "well, I doubt I EVER would have fallen for such a muppet anyway after all"...!

I can honestly say I have been in love in my whole life about three times.

The last time I fell in love was over 12 years ago.

Not that I am sad about it though, cos the love lasted for 12 years.

So, I can't really remember when I said it to be honest, but I remember the feelings that came along with it, and the feelings it left behind afterwards too....

As for the future, I don't even know if I will EVER say it again, but I do find myself thinking about love and relationships more often lately.

Now I am beginning to sound depressing......

Choochio - I was in a relationship like that. I told him I loved him on the odd occasion, mainly when he asked me, but I did at the time truly believe it was true, though i was aware it wasnt "in love"...we;d been friends a while and kind of drifted into a relationship. I was with him for 5 years, he dumped me to get married to his 'friend' and apart from the initial shock and hurt and anger, after literally a few days I was thinking "thank God for that, why did I wait all this time and why did i wait for him to leave me?" Once i was out of it, i realised i didnt even LIKE him very much, but we'd gotten into this thang where we spent each weekend together and it was really boring!
Like i said, when i was with him i suppose it was a kind of 'love' -- or not?