For me love is indirect. It is subtle. My love shows in my actions and not in my words. It is okay to say those magical ‘three words’ at some point of time in your relationship to make things official.
But for the most part it is subliminal. Love is god, it is every where but you can’t see it. Your actions prove it. Your reactions justify it!
You will like to communicate more to whom you love, want to meet them more often, want to do things for them more often. All this shows in your actions.Your vulnerability, your jealousy, your love!
If it all is there, then those three words are just a formality.