Can attraction grow stronger once verbalised?

[ProfessorOptics]

Can attraction grow stronger once it has been admitted? Both to yourself, and to the other person? Or does admitting you attraction, destroy it?

[Garcon1986]

If you are professing your attraction directly during the first few dates, it very frequently comes off as desperate to the lady. Those first few dates are fickle and dependent on taste/ if she gets the right feeling. Later on in a solid relationship you might get a good result if you tell your lady you really like her.