What do I do if a man loves me too much? He watches me, with the earnestness of a boy, smiles and is so sweet with his words and lets his soft soft heart be seen. He gives it to me so freely I can barely stand to take it. But he was brash in our prior frie

Love him as earnestly as you can. Don’t deliberately hurt him. Be so fucking grateful that he can adore you so openly. Sometimes he’ll get hurt indirectly but he’ll forgive you for that. You’ll be okay, you’ll be okay. That fear of hurting him? That’s what’s going to stop you from doing it.