[color:"purple"]i agree! sometimes, in an effort to not be pushy, we end up looking like we're not really interested.
you two definitely need to have a conversation!!!!!
how about starting it off with 'remember when you said *you fill in something he said* and i replied with *you fill this in with whatever you said at the time*? well, i wasn't being completely open about how i felt about the subject and i think my *lack of enthusiasum* *reply* *changing the subject* (pick whatever is accurate for what you did at the time) gave you the impression that i did not feel the same way that you did about this. i'd like to discuss it.
if you don't talk about it, you'll end up drifting apart or staying in the same pattern that you are now in. either way, you'll both end up dissatisfied.
someone has got to take the first step...sounds like he did at some point previously and now it's your turn to return that in kind.
if you are sure he's 'the one' and that he feels the same way about you, then, there's nothing to lose with opening a dialogue! honesty is always the best policy. also, if you consider him a friend (and a close one at that) then you owe it to yourself and him and the friendship between the two of you to do something to get things out in the open!!!! [/color]