My dad has also been saying he loves me for about the last year or so, something he never said before. I also don't know if I believe it. With me, the situation was somewhat inverted to yours, but the outcome remains the same. My dad was always distant and cold when I was a boy and I never thought he loved me. To hear it now makes no real difference, I've already grown up to be a man, so love or no love from him - makes no difference now.