Oh and I never asked him if he liked me. I simply explained to him that I had these feelings for him...the only thing I asked him was if he was comfortable being in a friendship with me knowing that. I mean, I tried really hard to make it plain that these were my feelings and I didn't have any expectations that he returned them, nor was I trying to put him on the spot by asking him if he did. I almost didn't tell him at all but in the end I felt like I could trust him enough with that information and that it was important enough to share...which is pretty much exactly what I said to him.
Neither one of us has ever mentioned it again after he replied. I was worried when I put that out there, that he would change or get weird. He didn't. There was a little distance for a month or so, and I think it mostly came from him letting me take the lead, and then it was right back to our friendship.
