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___________________________________________._________________
__(your loved one’s name), I’m aware that I really want you to know that
_____________________________.

With regard to our relationship, I want to _________ _______________

and I want you to ____________
___________________________________________.

I imagine that if I told you everything I’ve noticed and written in this
exercise, you would ___________
___________________________________________.

If I described to you face to face how much I love you, I imagine you would
__________________________.

__________________(your loved one’s name), I’ve just imagined you will

____________________________________________if I express to you
my love.

The advantage in holding on to my imagined idea about how you will react

if I express my love to you is that you, __________________(your loved
one’s name), will _____________________, and I will
___________________________________________.

If I take the risk to be uncensored with you, then you might
______________________________________.

And then I would feel
_____________________________________________________________

________.

I haven’t the foggiest notion whether you’ll get a hug, a slap, or a blank
stare if you actually express yourself this way to someone you love, but one
thing is for sure: your gremlin would like nothing better than for you to opt
for the status quo. Remember, he loves preconceived notions and hard-and-