Joshua Ackerman, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management writes in the Scholarly Journal, Let's Get Serious: Communicating Commitment in Romantic Relationships, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, that some commonly thought expression or communication of love may not be correct. I love you statements have helped men survive wars; patients survive a deadly diagnosis and have brought down entire kingdoms. Nowadays those words can be a signal for the beginning of a romantic relationship and can indicate a desire to move from casual friendship and involvement to intimacy. In the journal with information provided by various studies conducted shows that most people believe that women are more likely to express love first in relationships, but it is males who more often express love verbally. This also shows that males feel happier hearing such confessions. According to the diary, men plan to say it a month and a half before women do. He says the reason is simple, because they are not facing the same kinds of costs or evolutionary characteristics. It states that men face a higher cost if they miss out on a romantic opportunity. Males want sex because it is a necessary step in spreading their name and legacy. Females, as power holders in sexual relationships, need time to evaluate the quality of their potential mate. reactions should or could be more or less dramatic depending on what the person wants or needs from the relationship. "A pre-sex confession can signal an interest in pursuing a re...... middle of paper... if I were about to start a family without a husband or lover. In my personal relationship with my wife I feel I have thought about the expressing my love before her thought.I finally expressed my love to her with the three simple words of I love you.For a long time I thought I was the exception to the rule as in society everyone hears about a woman falling in love of a man and he simply can't see the forest because of the trees This journal has shown a new light on the fact that men in general may have a deeper thought and understanding of the concept of love than previously thought. It also helped me understand that using normal publications, newspapers, magazines is not enough to create an informed decision on something so important. You need to support their discussions with factual information, not with something designed to sell to the masses.