how long is typical for guy to say "i love you?"

[Anonymous]

The thing is, what do you mean by love? There's "in love" like this person makes my heart speed up, gives me butterflies. Then there's "love" like he's done such nice things for me, he puts my interests ahead of his own, he's kind, caring. One is more physical, and the other reflects more about what the person is really like.

In the op's case, depending how much of the 6 weeks you've spent with him you could love him at this point, I think that's enough time to have found out the important aspects of someone. But I think it's too soon to tell him. Also, you could just be rebounding onto him. After the end of a long apparently bad relationship you might be just giddy at being around someone who is actually nice to you.

If you don't really know someone that well though you are just "in love," in chemical love, and it peters out after a year or so. It needs to grow into real love in that time, otherwise the relationship ends.