I am physically tactile but not verbally so.
Never said I loved my mother, but was forced to by mrs sqad, mother then said "I didn't realise sqad had a softer side to him".....bleedin hell....I never said I loved her again. She died last year and I never grieved.
Never knew my father, so no sweat there then, brought up my grandparents who were very working class and I never heard them say "I love you" to anybody.
Use whatever words you like and whatever words make you happy................actions speak louder than words.