Asking him if he meant it when he said, “I love you,” doesn’t confirm he does.

Were you to ask him about that, you run the risk of him telling you what you want to hear.

You already know you love him.

Secretly, you have been hoping to hear him tell you that he loves you, so that you heave a sigh of relief in knowing he feels likewise.

You finally heard it.

It is no wonder that you want to ask him whether he meant it.

Being that you are in a situationship with him, your relationship with him isn’t defined.

There are moments where it has felt like you two were on the path to establishing a committed relationship with a strong label to it, and moments where the humdrum of monotony has stubbornly persisted.

This has left you with undulating emotions.

Sometimes, you are overjoyed at the prospect of transitioning into a committed relationship with him, and other times, you temper your emotions, so as not to be disappointed should your situationship never transition to a committed relationship.

Now you have finally heard the words you were hoping to hear and in your exhilaration, you want to ask him if he meant it.

Don’t.

Be mindful of your emotions, especially now you have heard him say that he loves you.

The temptation would be to let your emotions get the best of you.

This leads to you having expectations that your situationship is finally about to transition to a serious, committed relationship.

These expectations are premature.

There is a possibility that he has been sensing you pulling away a little.

Perhaps as a result of the uncertainty of your relationship with him.

A guy who is happy with a situationship and doesn’t want it to end, gets desperate when he has the notion that the woman is pulling away.

Saying that he loves the woman is his strategy of buying time.

He doesn’t mean it per se.

But he wants the situationship to continue and will say whatever he thinks she wants to hear to keep it going.

You mustn’t read too much into what he has told you.

The proper way to know whether he meant it when he said he loves you is in how he behaves from here on out.

Does he treat his relationship with you any differently?

Is he now introducing you to his friends and family and wanting to be introduced to yours?

Is he talking about future plans with you and setting up said plans?

Has he completely cut off every woman he may have been seeing on the side?

Is he taking you out on proper dates?

These are a few of the areas that give you a veritable idea on whether he meant what he said.

Remember, when it comes to guys, it isn’t about what they say, it is about what they do.

Observe his behavior henceforth.

Where his words don’t correlate with his deeds, he didn’t mean it when he said he loves you.

He said it to string you along and nothing more.