Will do, MJ. Although I think I usually act like that when I go out with my girlfriends. I never act all excited and happy, more "cool". I can almost guarantee what he is going to say, "You look good. A little too good. Make sure you don't flirt with any boys. Have fun." That's what he always tends to say and then he sends me on my way. And he's always fast asleep when I come home.
So, my theory does mostly hold true. When you act kind of bunny, he acts kind of Alpha/Daddy/St.Bernard. I mean the line you predicted that he would use could have been cut right out of an episode of "Father Knows Best". Okay, why don't you take it one step further. For instance, before you leave ask him to do something directly that is in protect/cherish mode. Like ask him if he thinks your tires are okay or signal for him to help you with your coat as you leave. Then thank him with some kind of chaste but physical bunny gesture. The point here is to make him "aware" of you physically without being assertively monkey but also without being comforting Cow. Bear in mind that I'm not suggesting that you act "fake" bunny any more than I would, for instance, suggest to Chrome that he act "fake" wolf. It's more a matter of being comfortable with appropriately manifesting the animal that already exists.
I may be totally off-base in saying that this is an accurate Mars to Venus translation of the advice BF has been offering but I do know that part of the problem that people have with sexuality in LTRs is that parts of the "dance" that just occur naturally when you interact with somebody new in a dating/mating situation are forgotten or neglected or skipped over.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
