I need your thoughts on this ladies. I don’t know if he’s serious about me

My boyfriend and I have known each to her for 9 months but have officially dated for 6...

He hasn’t ever said the words “I love you” and my friends think this is a huge issue.

But today, he had a family event at his house and I got no invite. I thought this was odd. I get that people are different in relationships but I’m starting to feel a bigger issue here which I believe to be is that I take this relationship more seriously and am on a different page than he is

What are your thoughts? How do I go about fixing the relationship?