A year sounds like an awfully long time to wait for the L-word.
My husband and I were together for 4 months before he could bring himself to tell me he loved me. He would only say that he cared about me.
I knew he loved me (and still does), but I was so hurt by the fact that he wouldn't put it into words, that I considered breaking up with him. He must have realized this, because one day he burst out with, "I love you... No, really, I mean it. I love you."
