>>323307448
No, it makes me feel like I'm taming a stray cat and the results speak for themselves.
Got another friend to agree to part with the good old "love you, bye" whenever we speak on discord and it's great. We both admitted that it feels nice to say and hear it. 

>>323307591
Neat! Hope it'll work out. Over the past few years I've started to open up more to people about my feelings and needs and you'd be surprised with how often it works. Some just don't want to admit that they want to act mushy, for a lack of a better term. Joking around about it and being over the top with it at the beginning tends to help.