<human>: Give me a shortened version of the text

I went through a really nasty breakup a while back that left my self esteem in the gutter.  For a while I felt like I'd never love again, and eventually my friends told me I just had to start dating people. So I did!

It was fun.  There were some cool people I met and enjoyed hanging out with, a few of them were cute and fun to hang out with and I still do that kind of stuff.  We would text flirtatiously and the like, make out, mess around, go on dates, etc...  But to be honest, I hadn't met anyone I really fell in love with for a while.

Now after having dated many people I've finally met someone I really want to pursue seriously.  But I'm a little confused about how to go about it without being a jerk.  I didn't ever promise the other people I've been seeing anything exclusive, and I didn't make any hints at wanting to be a boyfriend: they were just people I was seeing and was hoping a spark would develop, but then didn't.

The problem is that the other people I've been seeing (three or four at varying degrees of frequency) really are good and fun people, and it's not like I want make them feel bad.  It's just that I want to pursue things with this woman I really love.  I took a look at myself after having come home from one of my dates and thought about what it would be like to be with someone I wasn't really in love with and it made me feel trapped and worried.

So how do I break it off with these other people without overly hurting their feelings?  I have various questions (e.g., I don't want to waste their time and break up with them in person after making them get dressed for a date and leaving them hanging) about the mechanics of this that have popped up just because I've never done this before.
<bot>: Having to cut it off with people I've been seeing less seriously because I found someone I really liked and don't know how to do it without being rude or hurtful.