It wasn't that long ago that when I said those words, she would look distressed and reply "I just don't feel that way about you" or "I can't love you the way you want to be loved"
So be ready with a loving reply: "I didn't tell you I loved you to hear anything in return. Just wanted to tell you for my sake."
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.