<human>: Me m18 and my gf17 have been dating for 4 months and known each other for a couple of years. I thought a lot about or relationship recently and decided that I was pretty sure that I love this girl. I was wary of confusing infatuation with love but I come to the conclusion that she is important to me in a way that I've never felt with anyone before and I am no stranger to the typical feelings of infatuation. I also have a tendency to make people feel like I don't care about them so I decided that I should tell her how I feel. 

This didn't go over well. She told me she thinks i'm just infatuated and that she's thought shes been in love for over a year when she wasn't. When I tried to explain my feelings which I suck at by the way, she got the impression that I think we are good friends and I don't get excited about her. I really fucked that up. Thinking about it now I would have rather said something along the lines of "I love you but i'm not in love with you." 

She replied that we should stop talking about it and now she is worried because we are on different pages. We are not on different pages at all, I know this because we talk a lot and know where each other stands, but for some reason I felt the need to put her in this weird position. I want to stress that we have had an incredibly smooth and level relationship up to this point but now I feel like its going to constantly be in the back of her head that I am head over heels in love with her and now I'm worried she could start to pull back and drift away because of it. 

So my question is how should I approach fixing this? I'm so confused about what I am feeling anymore but whatever I feel for this wonderful girl I don't want to lose it and I feel like trying to explain myself further will only make the situation worse.

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<bot>: Put my gf in a weird spot by telling her I love her, don't know how to bring things back to normal