Tact

What I've learned: don't tell a girl that you like her in a way that makes her feel obligatated to verbally reciprocate--here's the catch--before you have a developed open relationship. Seriously, ask her on a date. Take all unneeded pressure off the relationship. It is not necessary at first! And don't allow yourself to get emotionally involved. Ask her on a date, and reject the enamored, strong first feelings of liking.

I did; I did all these things I am now telling you not to do because in these ways I became emotionally involved. I unintentionally demanded reciprocation (just by telling her how I felt in an open dialogue) and now it feels like I lost her (just how it feels). I scared her away! Like a rabbit appoaching a field of carrots only to see a hawk, staking the territory. "Flee!!!" she must have thought, "Retreat to the hills!!!"

I feel very silly--so, though the blog entry is less related to purity that the other posts, my advice: use tact. Tact may also help guard your own heart not to plunge head first into intimate expression of "feelings." <--hate that word.