I don't believe you can put a time restriction on love....if you are in tune with your gut feeling or intuition you may know love sooner than others, and not even know how or why. My boyfriend and I met online, and were only friends for several months online only, with no intention to meet. Then something told me "maybe he is the one"...and I almost passed him by thinking it would never go further than the internet...this guy is too good to be true. Well as it turns out he was thinking the same thing. Once we did finally go on a date, it was like love at first "date" lol. He asked me to be his girlfriend that night before I left his house. he told me he had a very good gut feeling about me/us and didn't want to ignore a good gut feeling. The words "I love you" have not been said yet (4 months later) but I don't need him to say the words, I know how he feels, as he expresses it in many other ways, and in other words :) I don't want to put any time line on when those words should or should not be used.If he didn't love me he would not be with me...he knows his worth and he knows I know my worth.