According to 2020 OKCupid data on 6,000 people shared with mindbodygreen, 62% of people think you should say I love you as soon as you feel it, whereas 22% think you should wait several months, and 3% think you should wait at least a year. On average, research has found men take about three months to say I

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For example, more than half of both men and women surveyed said that they would wait at least three months before admitting the depth of their feelings to their partners. That being said, men are reportedly more than twice as likely as women to say I love you after having known someone for just one week.