if you don't feel loved enough at the beginning of your
relationship don't expect to be loved enough later on. It may simply be
that he does not love you and if that is the case then you should think
very carefully about committing yourself to this man on a long term
basis. If he has never had it said to him by a parent or significant
other as he was growing up then he might not be able to say it.
Alternatively if he has grown up without love then he may not know what
it feels like to be loved or to love someone else. In this regard he may
not know that it could actually be safe to love someone and not be let
down or disappointed by that person to whom he may have bared a very
vulnerable part of himself.