First of all, though we had been going out for a few months and were clearly very fond of each other, he had not said it to me. I think that many girls would not dare being the first one to say those words.

Second, we were both drunk, and in a very seedy, sweaty basement nightclub in Soho, London. We both had graduated that day and were in the mood to celebrate. In a bid to extend these celebrations, my friends and I had ended up there, ignoring the signs that the night was reaching its sell-by date.

We were sitting opposite one another, at a table, in a small room that was cut off from the rest of the club. If I remember correctly, another couple was slobbering all over each other at the other end of the room. 

I can't remember what we were talking about, but I do remember the sudden burst of affection that I felt in my heart for that man, and the intense urge to tell him how I felt. So I told him, "I love you", without letting the possible consequences of this enter my head. He told me "I love you too" and kissed me. 

Fast forward a couple of months, where we found ourselves alone in an idealistic snow covered forest. We were acting like two kids, throwing snowballs at one another and trying to use tree branches as snow catapults, but failing miserably and getting covered in snow. We paused for a moment, and kissed, and he said "Now this would be the right place to say I love you" - clearly contrasting it with my Soho declaration of love.

I thought for a moment, and said, "Well, if anybody told you that they love you here, of course you would say I love you back, it's so beautiful, who would not feel like they were in love here? I was testing you before, in that dingy nightclub - if you can say 'I love you' in a place where romance is dead, then you can say it anywhere, and you must truly mean it."

Of course, I don't truly believe that, I definitely wasn't thinking that in Soho. What is important that if you have the opportunity to tell someone that you love them, take it, and deal with the consequences later. Hopefully they will be happy consequences anyway.