how long is too long? Options

[teeners4]

my boyfriend and i have been dating for a year now.
we have yet to say "i love you"
for the first few months it was alright actually it was good to not say "i love you" because every other couple has and we rather wait until it is "real"
but now it's been a year and we haven't said it yet.
i've brought it up yet and he said he does like me a lot, but he isn't going to marry me. and in his perspective he won't call it love until he knows he wants to marry the girl.

so i don't know. i think i love him. but i guess we just see it differently. i don't think i'm going to marry him either. i mean we're both only 18 right now. just started university i don't want to plan that far ahead.

but i don't want to be in a relationship where it's not going to progress anymore emotionally.

so how long is too long for you?

[yaamakoh]

he's got some morals in him. it's a good thing that he's not saying it too soon into the relationship. the fact is that you're together for a year, and still stable means one thing, and marriage does roll around a guys head from time to time.
when the time comes, he will say it, and when he does thats when the real love starts happening.
it's hard to find those types of guys around now, so stick with him and don't give up hope