More than one person close to me has pointed out that I do not need to "confess" my feelings because the are so obvious. They say that once I drop the barriers that remain in place in public, you can read what my feeling are about anything just by looking me in the face.
That may be slightly exaggerated, but true enough. When I am comfortable with a person, nothing is hidden from them unless it is for their own benefit not to know.
Its sad that there are as many people uncomfortable knowing and accepting another's feeling as there are those uncomfortable disclosing them.