gemini64
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You presented a strong image, did not show your feelings and took responsibility.
You give us the impression this was a facade. To him, he believed you were strong enough to take the criticism and become refined from it. If you showed your true feelings, he would have sympathised.
Either that or he knew you were soft and was trying to get you to stop pretending and show it.


Posted by lildol
Caj, this was actually her first post on the coach topic, you responded to her 2nd, which she posed with a rather different slant... in essence I suppose these posts are in-fact two different questions -
Post #1 "Did my dreamy coach have a thing for me?"
Post #2 "Why did my coach criticize me all the time?"
As I see it, the 2nd post was a manipulative strategy to get the answer she wanted to hear on the first post.

Posted by gemini64
lildol:
my gemini curiosity wants to know why you are such a snip? seriously, i posted my first post the other day and since then, you've attacked me and my integrity?
other posters responded with their opinions, which i appreciate, but didn't go after me as if i was some hated enemy. you did. just what about my post(s) makes you
so pissed off? it's almost comical to read your responses.
and FTR, i posted this thread a few days ago; i noted there weren't any replies, and thought perhaps it was due to the fact my post was too lengthy etc. so i posted a second one making in more concise and with one question.


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When I was 16, I introduced myself to my Tennis coach and asked him if I had a chance to make the girl's varsity tennis team. He basically set out the parameters of what I needed to do etc., and that was it. So I busted by butt and made the team.
During our practices, I noted when we were running suicides/doing drills, he would often glance my way and smile. Once in a while, he'd compliment my effort while smiling. But it was very subtle. I would just chalk it up to him appreciating my hard work, nothing else. I was a very intense, driven and dedicated athlete.
More so than my team mates. I often felt like a stuck out like a sore thumb, but that was just my nature. He used to say, "you have a killer instinct" and smile.
During road trips, we'd talk about a variety of topics, but never anything personal. He guarded that completely. I started feeling a chemistry with him, but didn't really understand why.
I often wondered if he felt the same chemistry? He once looked at me with a smile and said, "You look Irish" after I told him I had Irish heritage as he did. Being adopted, that made me feel good. Generally, he was very calm and receptive to me and we seemed to click. The exception was ONLY AFTER we'd lost a hard match and he would ask my doubles partner and me about how we felt about that match. My partner would start crying and clam up. I would look my coach in the eye, and in a very non emotional manner just tell him how I felt and what I could have done better etc. But here's the kicker. EACH time I would do this, he would come back with a very berating comment which made zero sense and seemed to question my character. I was the ONLY one he treated this way. The next day, he acted as if nothing happen. Is this reaction a typical male Virgo reaction? I thought Virgo's wanted honesty.
The last day of tennis, I thanked him personally, gave him a hug, and he had glistening eyes/huge smile the entire time. I often wondered if he had feelings for me deeper than I realized at the time. If he really liked me, why was he so mean to me? Are all Virgo men like this?
Thanks for any input