because I've built up a level of trust and comfort with him with an unstated agreement that sexual thoughts and feelings will not enter into our relationship. If he expresses attraction in me, that level of trust is broken and I know that I can't trust him like I would a brother or other male family member.
That seems a bit much. Just because someone is interested doesn't mean you can't trust them. And "unstated agreements" have this curious habit of not actually being agreements, just
de facto realities for the moment.
Hold it, Spot. You make an unstated rule of the whole friendship thing...you pretty much not even tell them until after you rip the guy's guts and balls out. If you want a level as you would a brother....then go to your brother. This is why we guys don't want to be friends, since you made this STUPID unstated rule you go by. We don't want to be your friends, since any chances with someone like you are gone and dead, and not even knowing it. And believe it or not, ,some attractions build over time....sometimes things don't happen over the course of 5 to 10 seconds. Call me crazy, but I prefer to date someone I've known for years....shocking, ain't it, then some stranger that I just met....F*CK mystery. And let me also say that guys want something more than friendship....there's dating, relationships, sex, etc. Be it jocks, nerds, geeks, goths, emos, skaters, preps, thugs, etc.
So, as a bit of advice, drop the unstated agreements, that's worse than fine print, and don't assume everyone has the same psychic ability you have. Otherwise, those people will tell you to do something physically impossible with your unstated agreements.
So, in short: We do NOT want to be your brother, we do NOT want to be your girlfriend, and we do NOT want to be your gay male friend.