I dunno. I think it was about 6 months.

Wouldn't it differ with every relationship? My husband--less than 2 months. Previous serious relationships all took a bit longer.

did they also study the rate of women who felt it but didn't say it until the man did, thus technically making him the "first"?

It depends. It was different for each relationship.

I think that men definitely fall for women quicker. People don't realize it because movies and tv make men seem so hard to crack but deep down I think they get emotionally attached quicker. Obviously this is a generalization and theres plenty of men that don't fall in love quickly and on the contrary there is plenty of women who do. I think I remember reading a study in college that talked about this as well. I also saw this question posted on another site where men and women were debating the thought. Here is the link to that...

http://www.leftos.com/forum/view/366

It took about a month for my boyfriend to say it. I was a little caught off guard and said it back. We have been together for seven years now.

he said i love you within two months,i didnt say it back, i wasnt really into him in the beginning, but a month after, he didnt come see me for two days and i really missed him, then he stopped visiting alltogether because i didnt say i love you back, so i decided to go to his house instead, and i told him i loved him that night and we've been happy for 2 years since then.

my fiance said it after only a week, lol. Took me a bit my surprise, didn't know what to say, so I said it back. Turned out ok

It took my boyfriend about 3 months, me about 4... it definitely depends on the relationship

I'm very surprise it take women longer to fall in love, one would think is the other way around...interesting.

My boyfriend and I loved each other before we were in a relationship, but we weren't really "friends" before the relationship, just acquaintances. One night we had some very long talks and it just reaffirmed my feelings and that I wasn't really kidding myself. Two weeks later, "I love you" was said, and it never happened that way for me before. We're going on 3 years now.

In one of my previous relationships, a boyfriend said it after 4 months, and it took me until the 6th month mark to believe him and repeat it.

My fiance said it to me about three weeks in! We had a few drinks that night, and were just laying down to go to sleep. It thru me for a loop, and I asked him if he "was sure". He said he was. I said it back. Not sure that I 100% meant it then, maybe I did, but it seemed so quick for me. Regardless, things moved quickly, and we were very in love. Moved in after 16 months and things slowed a bit after that, got engaged at 3 years and are getting married in June.

It took me 8 seconds. It took him just about as much, but another couple of months before it sank in and made its way to his mouth (and I said it AFTER him, even if I FELT it before him... so their study means nothing...!)

My boyfriend and I are still in this stage...he has said it after 3 months and I feel the same way, but he wants me to wait at least another 2 months before I actually say it, he says he wants me to be "sure" even though I actually knew before even he did, I think.

Same story as Chrstine. My boyfriend and I were friends and in love way before we even considered dating, but when the time was right it took us about 3 seconds to fess up. It's been 3 months and 3 years! In general though I tend to fall in love pretty easily.

i knew after a month

One year. Woahh it took me so long compared to everyone else haha.

My boyfriend said I love you a couple months after we met!! lol He did say it first!

Depends.
My last relationship, like 6 months.
The man I am with now, about 2 months.

we met and actually knew what we felt for each other.. but we didnt want to rush in so we waited until a month or so.. but was mutual.. he said that he wanted to say it from day one, so was i! and we have been together for 2 years now!

In both of my serious relationships (my ex and my husband), they both said "I love you" after two months of dating. With my ex, I said it back but didn't really feel that way until maybe a month later; with my husband, I said it back and meant every word.

It depends. Only took me about 6 weeks with my current partner, but it's taken longer.

I knew after about a month, but I let him say it first. Took him about six months.

I think my boyfriend and I said it within the first couple weeks.

And we've said it to each other every day since for almost two years now.

I'm with you tayrose it took me sometime too.

weird question!

I was the one who said it first because my boyfriend is a chicken. We KNEW when we got together that we were in love (we've been friends over 3 years) but it was me who had to make the first move. ;p

I told him after 3 months because I COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.