HAHAHAHAHA~
You're beautifully naive my friend. I don't mean that in an insulting way, but you have to understand that is definitely not a trait in males.
You could just have add, problems focusing and what have you, I can assure you with the utmost certainty though, you if anything else are
in that struggle alone moreso then it being equal within our shared sex.
I recommend paying attention to her more, women in a lot of ways strive for attention from the ones they love, just a little bit of attention can go miles.
Why I bet any money, if you said exactly what you said the first time she asked and not the third, she would be the happiest little woman on earth for the
entire day. Why? The one she loves said she was beautiful of course! How happier can you get? I bet she wasn't mad, rather I can only assume from your
response/reaction that she was hurt, she had to ask three times, and then you were reluctant to give her the answer she wanted all along? From what
I read you came off as horribly animatronic, void of feeling concern and sincerity. Simply try listening more, with your ears and your feelings, that's all you need.
No more, no less. You don't need to come off as feminine to express emotion, you can be just as masculine, gentleness is not a sign of weakness, I'd argue it's a sign of strength. You can only truly be gentle with others once you are gentle in regards to yourself. Scorn it all away as a sign of feebleness and it's going to, like I'm sure it has, bite you in the ass.