Me (F19) and my boyfriend (M23) have been together for a little over a month but have known each other for a year. He made it pretty obvious that he liked me and at one point he told me.

He's a really nice guy, very attentive and caring. He'll soon have a stable job and overall is nearly perfect. Maybe too perfect. He just isn't my type but 'no problem' I thought. I thought that maybe if we spent more time together and I got to know him better, I'd start feeling the same but I don't.

He really likes me, told me many times how every one of my messages make him smile. He said he fell in love the moment he saw me. He worries easily and always offers to take care of me when I'm not feeling well. Maybe he's doing too much and it makes me feel sort of trapped? I'm not used to someone treating me this way.

Either way, I feel guilty. I don't like him the same way he does me and I have no idea how to tell him. I'm a people pleaser and on top of that have social anxiety. I struggle with holding conversations and I know I need to tell him because the longer I wait, the worse it's going to get but I just don't know how I'm supposed to do this.

Due to some circumstances we're both in the same class (this is how we met) and next week are our finals. I'm afraid that if I tell him before that, he might feel very down and potentially fail the exams which would ruin his entire future.