I recently told my boyfriend of eight months that I love him but his response was just, “I know”. What does that mean?

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has he ever said "i love you" before this? because 8 months is already considered a long time for couples to say "i love you" to each other..which means he is just maybe not that interested in the first place? but you have to judge by his normal behavior too, as in is he really that inexpressive? if he is normally inexpressive, then maybe there's nothing to worry about..you'll just have to say "i love you" more so that he gets use to it and eventually some day say it back to you too..
but if its the other way around, maybe you should just straight away ask him what's wrong..

I think most guys not knowing how to put their emotional in words. So may need to slowly encouraging him to express his emotional thinking towards this love relationship as mentioned.

i think that guy is not taking anything serious and maybe don't wanna be committed right now.. you can't force someone to be in a relationship! the feeling must come from within..

-peace-
hema

It depends...Some boys will showing his love to you by action rather than saying...

don't expect to much from him

my ex used to be like that too...
I thought maybe is hard for guy to express their feeling but I'm totally wrong!!!
Just he seldom said " I lOve you" because he never love me before..

Man are not used to say emotional stuff, so relax and just enjoy the togetherness. We girls will know if he is sincere or not (gut feeling!). Men will not directly tell in words but they show in action. Try to be more observant on his actions and you will know. :-) Love is not that blind actually. all the best !

Perhaps he isn't ready or he's just being too ego to admit it. Either way, give it time.

He know, and if he don't reject it, means he loves you too. don't worry girl!

Sometimes, guys prefer not to show off the real feelings, which is kinda hard for us girls.. But, yeah, maybe he needs more time to give an answer with the word 'TOO'.

give him space and time.. it just a beginning of relationship.lets both of you know each other..after a few times,your bf will know how to appriciate your love,and he will say more than i love you to you..good luck :)

Myb it will be great if just show it & not to say it.

Action is better then talking only.

Just give him some time.. maybe he's not ready to say it because not all guys have the courage to say it out loud.
You have to understand that it's hard for guys to commit on something if they are not completely ready. Just give him time and space to see himself clearly about the relationship. He might not expressed his love through words but he might expressed it in some other ways.
"Action Speaks Louder Than Words."

taking u for granted

he may love you but still haven't ready to say so..

He does love you,but sometimes guys just don't good at expressing themselves especially to their loved one.Keep observing him and probably he would suprise you one day,right.And girl,time will prove everything.So,cheer lady!

I wouldn't mind if I'm in Jane's shoes. Some people prefer to just say it when they're in the mood to say it. But once they say it out, they really really mean it.

It could be he perceived words without action is just not enough...
Why not ask him why?

After 8 months and he's still not ready? I'd say that'll rings alarm bells for me. I would start questioning on whether he's not ready or not sure.

He is not ready to admit it yet

meant he dont want u to be rush or push the realation if u are steady with him.. because men doesnt like girl to push them they are ego..

ARGH! I typed a REALLY long one and it got deleted for some reason. Anyways, babe, you really took it slow and steady huh? It's good that you did, not rushing into saying I Love You - cos I know my guy said it to me first and I was SO skeptical about it and i started doubting his sincerity but he was. We've only been together for about 4 months now but we say it everyday to each other. It's not a sentence filler or anything, it comes from the heart. For your guy to keep saying "I know" what's that suppose to mean? Of course he knows you love him but what's stopping him from even saying the shortened version, "Love you" or like some of my friends say "Me too" back to their partners. All I'm saying is, be careful with this one k? He doesn't seem to be quite ready yet even after 8 months. Good luck! :)

he's just not that into you.

Guy is slow in expressing their true feeling towards girl esp the one that he likes. After all, it is in their genes. If I'm in Jane's case, I will become disappointed with the lame response but will get through it if the guy treats me well

My boyfriend reacted the same way. We say "I love you" to each other everyday, but this kind of reaction still bothers me.
I guess, if he never said "I love you" yet, he's not ready to say it.