Aqua guy being distant....is he really interested?

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This is my first time here so I'm officially a newbie, please bear with me. 🙂 Aqua man and I (Sagittarius) have been chatting online for almost 2 years now, we've talked...texted...emailed...you name it. We send each other presents on holidays and little gifts here and there...just because. We've been friends in the first 6 months or so and gradually it grew into something more-than-friends. He has been hurt in his previous 2 serious relationships so he was reluctant to start anything with me, but here we are and we get along beautifully. Few bumps here and there (I'm still learning to accept and adjust to his unique self), but we always willing to communicate and move forward. He shares few info about his family and personal life, but whenever I ask him about anything personal he would answer everything without hesitant. He says he trusted me (and I know he doesn't trust a lot of people).

We live in 2 different states and we've discussed of meeting up one of these days. He has always been up front about his fear of getting hurt again so he'd like to take things slow, which is perfectly fine with me. We are like best friends, nothing too romantic....yet we both know that we have feelings for each other. He's there whenever I needed him and vice versa.

Beside calling me 2-3 times a week, text every morning, and chat privately with me for 2-3 hours everyday....he doesn't show me any other signs that he's interested. No terms of endearment, no sweet/romantic words, he teases me relentlessly, and here's the kicker...he never once asked me when my birthday is or send me anything for Valentines Day, etc... So here's my question: are these behaviors typical of an Aqua man having feelings for someone? He said that he is serious about US, but he also said that it takes him quite some time to get close to someone. I'm just hoping he's not stringing me along because I truly respect him and think we *could* be a good match (after meeting face to face, of course).

I'm quite confused and hope you all can give me your thoughts. Any comments are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Please don't be too harsh about the online thing, this is my first time chatting with anyone online so I'm weary enough of the situation as it is. 🙂 It was by chance that I ended up in this chat room, and of all the people there...he would be the last person I thought I would be interested in. Yet here we are...🙂

Thank you so much in advance.
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Hi welcome! i'm barely on this thing (trying to get better at it ha)

umm i laughed out loud when i read "
Beside calling me 2-3 times a week, text every morning, and chat privately with me for 2-3 hours everyday....he doesn't show me any other signs that he's interested." i guess because as a aqua and sorta talking to another aqua male atm...

THAT IS how aquas show interest..when they wanna talk to you and get to know you. We are also deep individuals that don't bother with the social fluff of things. Things that are expected we hate! birthdays? i barely know when my good friends and family dates are. Valentine day? i think its another gimmick in society where we have to purchase lies in a shape of cards, chocolates, booze, just to get laid or get attention. Shouldn't love be shared anyways regardless of days? new years? eh. get my drift? we care about deeper things. If we aren't interested you barely get any time with us...we make no time for people we are not interested in (whether it be for friendship or romance) we just give the bare minimum and expect others to understand (e.g. making excuses, living our own life not including them)

We also are very "here and now" and tend to be tricksters..we somehow come across aloof, cold , distant, dumb, socially inept or osmething on and on..then bam like a lightening..we have this immense capability of suprising people: we suddenly become joyous and romantic, loving, caring, good listeners, compassionate, and then out of nowhere we remember so and so's birthday and want to do something exciting on valentines day just because. Who knows! he may have something up his sleeve! Now that is why dating a air sign is scary..you just never know when.

As for the birthday situation of him not asking...perhaps you could ask him when his birthday is? and get that conversation flowing. As aquas, we are direct and expect others to be direct with us in their wants, needs, and desires. We hate babying people and taking all the responsibility and carrying that weight. It takes two to tango!

Anyways, its so hard to say since you guys haven't met yet in person right? Aquas tend to have the "out of sight out of mind" thing going on. I know he has thought of how it would be like to meet you and that thought causes excitement and anxiety. Who knows if you guys meet and all your questions will be answered 😄

All in all it just seems like you want more but unsure how to achieve it.
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Posted by candi3bb
Hi welcome! i'm barely on this thing (trying to get better at it ha)

umm i laughed out loud when i read "
Beside calling me 2-3 times a week, text every morning, and chat privately with me for 2-3 hours everyday....he doesn't show me any other signs that he's interested." i guess because as a aqua and sorta talking to another aqua male atm...

THAT IS how aquas show interest..when they wanna talk to you and get to know you. We are also deep individuals that don't bother with the social fluff of things. Things that are expected we hate! birthdays? i barely know when my good friends and family dates are. Valentine day? i think its another gimmick in society where we have to purchase lies in a shape of cards, chocolates, booze, just to get laid or get attention. Shouldn't love be shared anyways regardless of days? new years? eh. get my drift? we care about deeper things. If we aren't interested you barely get any time with us...we make no time for people we are not interested in (whether it be for friendship or romance) we just give the bare minimum and expect others to understand (e.g. making excuses, living our own life not including them)

We also are very "here and now" and tend to be tricksters..we somehow come across aloof, cold , distant, dumb, socially inept or osmething on and on..then bam like a lightening..we have this immense capability of suprising people: we suddenly become joyous and romantic, loving, caring, good listeners, compassionate, and then out of nowhere we remember so and so's birthday and want to do something exciting on valentines day just because. Who knows! he may have something up his sleeve! Now that is why dating a air sign is scary..you just never know when.

As for the birthday situation of him not asking...perhaps you could ask him when his birthday is? and get that conversation flowing. As aquas, we are direct and expect others to be direct with us in their wants, needs, and desires. We hate babying people and taking all the responsibility and carrying that weight. It takes two to tango!

Anyways, its so hard to say since you guys haven't met yet in person right? Aquas tend to have the "out of sight out of mind" thing going on. I know he has thought of how it would be like to meet you and that thought causes excitement and anxiety. Who knows if you guys meet and all your questions will be answered 😄

All in all it just se
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Beside calling me 2-3 times a week, text every morning, and chat privately with me for 2-3 hours everyday....he doesn't show me any other signs that he's interested. No terms of endearment, no sweet/romantic words, he teases me relentlessly



No signs of interest? Lady you've gotta check the other threads out here when people say their aquas have disappeared for weeks and months with no contact! lol! We simply don't make time for people who we don't find interesting. I don't use terms of endearment either I feel like it's out of place and just awkward but that's just me. I never ask for birthdays either.

Why are you confused? Was he the one who took it to the next level? Is there really no signs of interest? If not then how can you really tell you like each other more than friendship? Doesn't make sense in my brain. Unless he's already agreed to try it out and that'll happen when you guys meet then isn't that a definite sign? After all he IS serious about it right?

Nothing related but my Sag ex also disliked the fact that 'conventionally' I wasn't romantic. I think you have this idea in your head what romance should be about and he's not quite living up to your standards in that department.
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What candi said. What are words and grand romantic gestures when the heart is all you ever need? The birthday thing i think is a common problem among aquarians, i dont even remember mine unless i put a reminder on my phone or something. Baby? Cupcake?... who dat? Lmao. Im not into sweet names myself, i call my men by the names they gave me when we 1st met. If your name is not Pumpkin then dont expect to be called Pumpkin. But i must admit thou, i did call one Baby and i had to check my pulse & temperature every time i said that. It felt like an OBE... strange, lol. I was inlove, dammit!
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Candi3bb,

Thank you for your post. Your insights of the Aqua traits are quite interesting and explain a lot of the things I've been thinking if whether I've invested more in this thing than he had. I do want more out of this but I do respect his space and don't want to push him into anything he's not ready yet. As he put it, "let things progress naturally". Now who can argue with that statement? 🙂

I'm so glad to see you understand what I was describing about my Aqua's attitude towards our "friend-ationship", it was quite frustrating in the beginning but as I get to know him over time I figured that's who he is and accepted most of his quirks. The aloofness is what confuses me the most. There are weekends that he wouldn't ping me even once to stay in contact, being in long distance is hard enough...I don't want it to be exactly like you said "out of sight, out of mind". Yet there are times that he would call me 3-4 times a day, 4-5 days a week. It's very unpredictable when he's in such mood, he is truly the "expect the unexpected" type of guy. You Aquas are so intriguing!!! Drive me nuts sometimes...but I'm so hooked!!! 🙂 haha

I do know his birthday (it was known within the chat room) but I don't feel comfortable telling him when is mine because I don't want him to think I'm "hinting" for any gifts or anything, I don't want him to have that misunderstanding. I sent him a bday gift last year, he thanked me and that's that. If you say Aquas are not into these b-day, V-day stuffs then I can live with that...for now 🙂 It's just so different than what I'm used to in the past with my ex-es, that's all (ie. showering me with attention, gifts, sweet nothings, etc...)

BTW, for Christmas he got me a silver necklace from Hawaii while on one of his business trips. It's a nice gesture and simple gift, I can't help but to assume that it means *something* since he's not the sentimental type. 🙂 What do you think?
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@The OP:

I'll tell you what hadn't been said. I don't want to be mean but here's the truth....you're a random woman to this guy. Someone to play around with. He hasn't given you what you want because he's not interested in you. Sex maybe but no commitment. Your instincts and vision serve you well. He gives you a carrot of attention to extract what he wants. Uses your expectations and attraction to him against you. The conversations may be sincere but if he's not concrete or there's no action...then you have your answer.

So, my suggestion is to bounce and don't contact him. Not to say you're weak but its how you appear to him. When you demonstrate backbone that's when someone becomes the pursuer. Answer his phone calls and texts on your own time. He'll either step up or disappear altogether.
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Posted by beautifulsoul74
@The OP:

I'll tell you what hadn't been said. I don't want to be mean but here's the truth....you're a random woman to this guy. Someone to play around with. He hasn't given you what you want because he's not interested in you. Sex maybe but no commitment. Your instincts and vision serve you well. He gives you a carrot of attention to extract what he wants. Uses your expectations and attraction to him against you. The conversations may be sincere but if he's not concrete or there's no action...then you have your answer.

So, my suggestion is to bounce and don't contact him. Not to say you're weak but its how you appear to him. When you demonstrate backbone that's when someone becomes the pursuer. Answer his phone calls and texts on your own time. He'll either step up or disappear altogether.



I'm curious as to how to came about your anaylsis.
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Posted by PetiteSadge
My last post was in reply to Aquasnoz's post. I tried to add Aquasnoz's quote into my post but didn't know how. 🙂 Sorry...this is my first newbie's mistake. 🙂



Probably deleted some lines of code when you hit the 'quote' button. *shrugs*

I can only say for myself to be honest although I am interested to see his placements. I tell girls I'm serious about all the time that I'm a slow mover. What he said about letting things unfold naturally is something I'm big on. I can't blindly say he will fall for you. I know it's stupid to bring up at the very start but I have a tendency to do that because I don't want to be this idea or concept in someone's head that I'm perfect.

If I feel like there's a connection then I will state that, I will actively spend more time on that person and include them into the things I do and I'd feel more inclined to keep them updated on my current situations if I feel like they need to know. Trust is something I don't throw around either.

The difference here is that I DO need something physical, I need to 'feel' you and your energy so to speak. For what it's worth I think he's putting in a hell lot of effort to keep things going.
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Posted by PetiteSadge
My last post was in reply to Aquasnoz's post. I tried to add Aquasnoz's quote into my post but didn't know how. 🙂 Sorry...this is my first newbie's mistake. 🙂



Probably deleted some lines of code when you hit the 'quote' button. *shrugs*

I can only say for myself to be honest although I am interested to see his placements. I tell girls I'm serious about all the time that I'm a slow mover. What he said about letting things unfold naturally is something I'm big on. I can't blindly say he will fall for you. I know it's stupid to bring up at the very start but I have a tendency to do that because I don't want to be this idea or concept in someone's head that I'm perfect.

If I feel like there's a connection then I will state that, I will actively spend more time on that person and include them into the things I do and I'd feel more inclined to keep them updated on my current situations if I feel like they need to know. Trust is something I don't throw around either.

The difference here is that I DO need something physical, I need to 'feel' you and your energy so to speak. For what it's worth I think he's putting in a hell lot of effort to keep things going.
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***Thank you Aquasnoz. Reading what you said, it's like I'm reading what he has been telling me all along. I have much better understanding now of how Aquas are like as individuals, and have even more respect for him for being his true self all this time. It doesn't mean that I will go into this blindly, but I trust him enough to give him the benefit of the doubt and see where this journey will take me. I think the journey is just as important as the destination, no? 😛


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Hmm...he obviously likes you. But perhaps more as a friend. :-/

Has he ever talked about a possible date?

***No date has been set yet. We agreed that we will meet this year, but we'll see. I don't want to force him (or anyone) into anything, but I do know my time limit of what is reasonable and what isn't. If he still doesn't want to meet then I got my answer of how serious he is about this. 🙂

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@Aquasnoz:

Two years and not even a bus ride, flight, or Forrest Gump jog across the country to see her. Yeah they talk alot, and have exchanged gifts but two years without even trying to see her is a bit long in the tooth even if you've been hurt. They're good as friends but she wants more and he knows that. He gives her the appearance of wanting to commit without following through. I've seen it plenty of times from men. So no, he's not interested in her commitment wise but still gets what he wants. That simple.
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@Aquasnoz:

Two years and not even a bus ride, flight, or Forrest Gump jog across the country to see her. Yeah they talk alot, and have exchanged gifts but two years without even trying to see her is a bit long in the tooth even if you've been hurt. They're good as friends but she wants more and he knows that. He gives her the appearance of wanting to commit without following through. I've seen it plenty of times from men. So no, he's not interested in her commitment wise but still gets what he wants. That simple.

i am thinking the same but dont want to assume the worst. like i said earlier two years is extreme.
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I like your attitude PetiteSadge! I always find the journey a lot more fun whether it leads to disappointment or happiness. I do hope for your sake things kinda work out because it's quite a long time to invest in someone on both your ends.

@Beautifulsoul
I admit it's a long time but think of it in context. 6 months was establishing rapport and then came the getting to know each other and liking each other part. You can take it both ways in that he told her about being slow to love as a form to manipulate in which most likely would lead to your analysis or he actually means it and time is what will solidify this friendship and continue on to be something more.

Just given the way the OP constructed and wrote out her questions I didn't get a feeling she was too attached but genuinely curious otherwise I would've also said to leave it alone because he needs to work himself out.

Sorry if I'm seem like I'm on the defensive for this Aqua guy but I do have a beef when someone jumps to a negative conclusion. To me it's not truth, it is your opinion.
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@beautifulsoul74, @EvilTurtle, @The_eleventh_sign_11, @steponscorpionsCRUNCH:

Thank you for your insights of the "other" possibility. You could be right that he *may* be stringing me along *sigh*, but I guess I'll find out eventually. This is the reason why I posted on this forum to get everyone's take on the situation, he is an interesting man and I just want to understand if this is an Aqua thing or something else. I'm planning to talk to him about meeting up this summer (it will be 2 years then) and see how he reacts. My take is: if he still isn't ready to meet by then I don't think he will ever be ready. I don't know a lot about Aquas, but from what I do know about men....if they want something/someone...they will do anything to achieve their goal. I'll have to wait and see, I guess.

He knows I want more than friendship and he has verbalized as well that he wants the same. He has said that with his last ex, it took >3 years for him to be close to her. I'm guessing (from what I've read so far) this is an Aqua thing, or it simply be HIS thing. I don't know for sure. We're still in the getting to know each other phase, so far so good. If it meant to be then it will be, if not then it's another lesson under my belt 🙂

Thanks all once again.
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Posted by aquasnoz
I like your attitude PetiteSadge! I always find the journey a lot more fun whether it leads to disappointment or happiness. I do hope for your sake things kinda work out because it's quite a long time to invest in someone on both your ends.

@Beautifulsoul
I admit it's a long time but think of it in context. 6 months was establishing rapport and then came the getting to know each other and liking each other part. You can take it both ways in that he told her about being slow to love as a form to manipulate in which most likely would lead to your analysis or he actually means it and time is what will solidify this friendship and continue on to be something more.

Just given the way the OP constructed and wrote out her questions I didn't get a feeling she was too attached but genuinely curious otherwise I would've also said to leave it alone because he needs to work himself out.

Sorry if I'm seem like I'm on the defensive for this Aqua guy but I do have a beef when someone jumps to a negative conclusion. To me it's not truth, it is your opinion.



I understand. Yes it's my opinion and your observations are yours but basically everybody agrees that what I said is more or less accurate and likely to be the case. Sorry if you were offended.
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i don't fully agree with what candi said about aquas. I remember birthdays of my closest family members, and do get hurt if they dont remember mine. Other people, not so much. People like acquaintances (ie, co-workers, ect) and even if i'm out of sight/out of mind, i'm actually thinking and worrying about the people i love if they live far away. i make sure i call them up weekly and find out the current events in their lives.

as for what beautifulsoul said, there is some truth in there....and then there's also the truth that perhaps this guy just wants to have his cake and eat it too? It's negative i know....hey i have alot of negative planets. :/ mostly earth influence so ...sigh i'm gonna have to agree that there's guys who won't even take the next step because they are just waiting for someone or something BETTER to come along. But then there's guys who can't afford to even get a meal outside of their parent's homes. There's plenty of situations. He could be seriously disabled in many ways and can't get to you. It may take a lifetime but that's the investment on your part, OP. You knew months, even the first couple months what to expect. If you weren't going to get more solidity in a month, or expectations. That's just how the ball rolls. It's your choice.
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I'm just worried that you are already way too committed to this relationship in your head.

Two years with never meeting, sends a red flag to me. You said he doesn't talk much about his family or personal life. Another red flag. Hmmmm....could be married or have some other reason he can't meet up with you. Married men play on-line pretending to be single, while feeding their egos.

Don't get me wrong. I think he likes you. And their may be an emotional connection, but you need to find out more about him.

Do you date other men? If not, you should be. In my opinion, cold as it may seem to you, if you haven't met in real life, then it's not a real relationship.

Something just seems off to me.

Then again, I don't see the point of having a long distance relationship either. Too many logistic issues to deal with and I want to see my man more often than that.

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Posted by beautifulsoul74
@Aquasnoz:

Two years and not even a bus ride, flight, or Forrest Gump jog across the country to see her. Yeah they talk alot, and have exchanged gifts but two years without even trying to see her is a bit long in the tooth even if you've been hurt. They're good as friends but she wants more and he knows that. He gives her the appearance of wanting to commit without following through. I've seen it plenty of times from men. So no, he's not interested in her commitment wise but still gets what he wants. That simple.




I agree. I have a friend who met her guy online. As soon as they thought it was right between them, they knew within 2 weeks, they met and that was it. No games. They're still together, it's been 3 years. Something doesn't sound right about you guys not meeting yet. That's way too long.
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HAHA I feel that way exactly! When people call me sweetheart or darling or baby or whatever. I'd be like WOAH easy there tiger that's not my name. Obviously not out loud 😛 just give a sheepish smile!

@Beautifulsoul: No apologies needed, I think it's different perspectives on how advices should be given and I do see the merits of what you say. I'll admit and say I'm quite a positive person but not to the point where I ONLY give out positive advice.