Normal to fall in love after 6 months?

[Berteau]

I’ve only had 4 serious relationships, but in everyone the girl fell in love with me and wanted to marry me after 6 months. Is this typical?

[Sunlight72]

No, it is not typical. Highly unusual in the US. What part of the world do you live in though? In some cultures, people generally expect to be heading toward marriage if they get past 3 or 4 dates, so then I would say yes it would be sensible there.

[smackie9]

I disagree. A lot of people talk of marriage sooner than that. But it happens because it's the honeymoon stage of the relationship where everyone is infatuated. I always try and talk people down, and tell them it's all talk and shouldn't be taken a promise. People talk about the future, give their future kids names....it's all because of that damn dopamine (the love drug) releasing itself in the brain.

[BaileyB]

I knew I loved my boyfriend and wanted to be with him after six months of dating. We had both said “I love you” by that point.

 

That doesn’t mean that he bought a ring, or proposed, or that we moved in together... but, we knew we were on our way to a committed relationship.

[mortensorchid]

Unusual? Well... I wish I could say yes or no but I have known some absolute trainwreck people in my lifetime. I have had 5 LTRs in my lifetime (counting my high school sweetheart). Some people just refuse to say it because they don't want a serious relationship. Some people say they don't want to be with you because of some other stupid reason, some say they are bored to death with you and hitch their wagons to trashy girls. And I have known people who stole gfs/bfs from others, met a guy in a bar and moved in with him after knowing him for one WEEK!

 

I think it's alright to say "I love you" after 6 months. At this marker is when infatuation starts to wear off and then you're in the relationship. Whatever you do, don't move in with them.