Did I Just RUIN things with my AQUA boyfriend??

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So I've been seeing this aqua guy for 4 months (Aqua sun, cap venus, sag mars, libra moon). Things have been going really well, but I think I may have blown it last night... He's 45, I'm 31 (and a Virgo- Libra cusp). I currently am living with my parents due to a recent divorce. My mom has been hounding me for about 2 months about meeting him or me bringing him by to say hello. I've felt that it's way too soon and don't want to send the wrong message and scare him off.

But last night, I gave into my mom's pressure and let him know that my parents requested that he stop by to say hello some time. He never answered, but quickly changed the subject so I left it alone. I spent the night at his house and everything was normal, but this morning as we're getting ready he brings it up again. He tells me that he'll have to think about it because of what it implies. In his culture (he's a foreigner), for a man to introduce to himself to a girl's family is sending the message that he has plans to marry the girl. I'm not sure what impression you've been giving your parents so I don't know what they're expectations are. So he will have to think about it. I tried to explain to him that my parents (my mom in particular who's been requesting this) did not mean it in that way, but just felt that out of respect he could stop in and casually say hello.Then he tells me, if he did come to meet them and doesn't marry me, it would be considered high disrespect in his culture. We discussed it a little further and I told him I understand where he was coming from, but my mom did not mean it in the way he is thinking. When it seemed resolved he was sort of quite, which I didn't think much of at the time because he can get like that when we hang out. But now thinking back through the events of this morning- I'm worried about what the silence meant. I continued with a little bit of small talk, which he participated in.

My dad is from the same country as he is and when I told my parents his response. My dad said, you should tell him your mom is an American and says she is sorry because she was looking at things from an American's point of view.

I'm getting ready to go visit my best friend in 3 days. When I left he told me "Have a good time in NYC" and gave me a hug then he helped me get the front gate open because I had a lot of things in my hand. So he obviously doesn't plan on seeing me before I leave town...

Have I completely scarred him off- or caused him to take a step back? If so , what can I do to fix things? Should I just give him time and let him come to me? Or should I send him a text telling him what my dad said? Please help!

Btw- we've been seeing each other for 4 months and still no talk of official titles or discussion of what our intentions are...
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So I've been seeing this aqua guy for 4 months (Aqua sun, cap venus, sag mars, libra moon). Things have been going really well, but I think I may have blown it last night... He's 45, I'm 31 (and a Virgo- Libra cusp). I currently am living with my parents due to a recent divorce. My mom has been hounding me for about 2 months about meeting him or me bringing him by to say hello. I've felt that it's way too soon and don't want to send the wrong message and scare him off.

But last night, I gave into my mom's pressure and let him know that my parents requested that he stop by to say hello some time. He never answered, but quickly changed the subject so I left it alone. I spent the night at his house and everything was normal, but this morning as we're getting ready he brings it up again. He tells me that he'll have to think about it because of what it implies. In his culture (he's a foreigner), for a man to introduce to himself to a girl's family is sending the message that he has plans to marry the girl. I'm not sure what impression you've been giving your parents so I don't know what they're expectations are. So he will have to think about it. I tried to explain to him that my parents (my mom in particular who's been requesting this) did not mean it in that way, but just felt that out of respect he could stop in and casually say hello.Then he tells me, if he did come to meet them and doesn't marry me, it would be considered high disrespect in his culture. We discussed it a little further and I told him I understand where he was coming from, but my mom did not mean it in the way he is thinking. When it seemed resolved he was sort of quite, which I didn't think much of at the time because he can get like that when we hang out. But now thinking back through the events of this morning- I'm worried about what the silence meant. I continued with a little bit of small talk, which he participated in.

My dad is from the same country as he is and when I told my parents his response. My dad said, you should tell him your mom is an American and says she is sorry because she was looking at things from an American's point of view.

I'm getting ready to go visit my best friend in 3 days. When I left he told me "Have a good time in NYC" and gave me a hug then he helped me get the front gate open because I had a lot of things in my hand. So he obviously doesn't plan on seeing me before I leave town...

Have I completely scarred him off- or caused him to take a step back? If so , what can I do to fix things? Should I just give him time and let him come to me? Or should I send him a text telling him what my dad said? Please help!

Btw- we've been seeing each other for 4 months and still no talk of official titles or discussion of what our intentions are...
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It's just a cultural difference. Just keep acting normal and I'm sure he'll relax and things will go back to how it was.
Do you think I should just more on and not bring it up again. Or should I just send him a text briefly apologizes for any miscommunication and that my mom interpreted things differently. But that there's no pressure about meeting them or anything?
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Haven't you said that already? I would leave him alone with this. Unless you want to lighten up the subject, like "Mum said she was not ready to meet any fiance yet. Just that she would be sleeping at night more peacefully having seen who I was with."
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It's just a cultural difference. Just keep acting normal and I'm sure he'll relax and things will go back to how it was.
Do you think I should just more on and not bring it up again. Or should I just send him a text briefly apologizes for any miscommunication and that my mom interpreted things differently. But that there's no pressure about meeting them or anything?
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You already explained it to him....don't harp on it. He needs to know you can roll with the flow.
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It's just a cultural difference. Just keep acting normal and I'm sure he'll relax and things will go back to how it was.
Do you think I should just more on and not bring it up again. Or should I just send him a text briefly apologizes for any miscommunication and that my mom interpreted things differently. But that there's no pressure about meeting them or anything?
Haven't you said that already? I would leave him alone with this. Unless you want to lighten up the subject, like "Mum said she was not ready to meet any fiance yet. Just that she would be sleeping at night more peacefully having seen who I was with."
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You're right, I have already said that. And I did tell him last night that my mom just thought it was more of a respect thing to know who it is that I've been spending a lot of my time with.
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It's just a cultural difference. Just keep acting normal and I'm sure he'll relax and things will go back to how it was.
Do you think I should just more on and not bring it up again. Or should I just send him a text briefly apologizes for any miscommunication and that my mom interpreted things differently. But that there's no pressure about meeting them or anything?
You already explained it to him....don't harp on it. He needs to know you can roll with the flow.
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Ok, right. Makes sense
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As the others wisely said, just act as usual, dont bring it up again and most importantly, dont think about it!! Dont let this ruin your happiness 🙂 If you think about it, just tell yourself: so what? not a big deal and he shouldnt make a big deal of it either, culture thing or not..... how long he has been living in America?
He's been in the US for for about 10 years.
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Well he seems like a retard for not meeting your parents, of course after being married and recently being divorced would leave you vulnerable to naturally your mum would like to see who her daughter is investing her time with....

Having said that he would definitely feel that things are moving too fast for his liking, he likes your company and wants to enjoy it without any pressure to become a hero in shining armor in your parents eyes, something most Aquarians hate is pressure and not having time to smell the flowers.

We can overlook a lot of things! but some things make us run the other way, so long as you're not pressuring him to do anything you should be fine, my concern is that you're moving way too fast, you're recently divorced which means he is the rebound and you've only been seeing each other for 4 months and it seems already that you think your time is too precious to give up if you think he is not willing to commit in the end, which is a huge fail, because long commitment relationships with Aquarians develop over a really long time, also you think he doesn't adhere to your culture, american culture isn't culture, its where culture goes to die and be miscuonstrued by media and regurgutated through the TV and be accepted be sheep.....if he comes from a country where there is an actual real culture to learn then you should take your time to do your research
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So after not hearing from him for 2 days, I just sent him a message wishing him a Happy Fathers day bc he sent me a really sweet one for mothers day. He replied "Thank you!!" right away. So then I asked him how his weekend was. and he said "It's been great. I'm with the kids. Heading into Church now". So I said "Nice! Hope you enjoy your day 🙂"

My plan was not to contact him at all, but when I realized it was fathers day I figured I should at least wish him a happy Father's day. But did I go too far with asking about his weekend? Have I made things worse?

With his response, does anyone have an opinion on where he stands right now?? I'm so confused and don't want to make a wrong move.
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You are over thinking. . He's busy with his family. You didn't do anything wrong. Stop over thinking and you go out and smell the flowers instead of worrying about being yourself. He's living life you must also go live life so when you finally talk you have something to talk about because right now your thoughts are consumed with him. That's pressure. They hate pressure.

If you continue worrying about small things like this you going to be obsessed with pleasing him that you forget to be yourself. And that's a turn off for anyone...
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So after not hearing from him for 2 days, I just sent him a message wishing him a Happy Fathers day bc he sent me a really sweet one for mothers day. He replied "Thank you!!" right away. So then I asked him how his weekend was. and he said "It's been great. I'm with the kids. Heading into Church now". So I said "Nice! Hope you enjoy your day 🙂"

My plan was not to contact him at all, but when I realized it was fathers day I figured I should at least wish him a happy Father's day. But did I go too far with asking about his weekend? Have I made things worse?

With his response, does anyone have an opinion on where he stands right now?? I'm so confused and don't want to make a wrong move.
Do you always second guess everything you do?
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So after not hearing from him for 2 days, I just sent him a message wishing him a Happy Fathers day bc he sent me a really sweet one for mothers day. He replied "Thank you!!" right away. So then I asked him how his weekend was. and he said "It's been great. I'm with the kids. Heading into Church now". So I said "Nice! Hope you enjoy your day 🙂"

My plan was not to contact him at all, but when I realized it was fathers day I figured I should at least wish him a happy Father's day. But did I go too far with asking about his weekend? Have I made things worse?

With his response, does anyone have an opinion on where he stands right now?? I'm so confused and don't want to make a wrong move.
Do you always second guess everything you do?
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I guess not until recently with this Aqua...•
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So after not hearing from him for 2 days, I just sent him a message wishing him a Happy Fathers day bc he sent me a really sweet one for mothers day. He replied "Thank you!!" right away. So then I asked him how his weekend was. and he said "It's been great. I'm with the kids. Heading into Church now". So I said "Nice! Hope you enjoy your day 🙂"

My plan was not to contact him at all, but when I realized it was fathers day I figured I should at least wish him a happy Father's day. But did I go too far with asking about his weekend? Have I made things worse?

With his response, does anyone have an opinion on where he stands right now?? I'm so confused and don't want to make a wrong move.
Do you always second guess everything you do?
I guess not until recently with this Aqua...•
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OP, any update?
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I went to NYC on Tuesday and while there was busy having a good time. After speaking with my friend about the whole situation she was like maybe you should call him just because he could be feeling like you disappeared and have been distance since we had that convo and so it might seem like I'm backing off since he didnt't agree to meet my parents. So I called him and just talked about all the things I've been doing in NYC and we had a great convo. It was like nothing ever happened. He told me that over the weekend he was at a local resort with his kids for fathers's day and he took a bunch of photos with them. He told me he wants to show me the photos when I get back in town! So it seems like everything is back on track. I spoke with him last night. I was supposed to be arriving back home last night but my flight got delayed so I was stuck in Charlotte overnight. So we just talked about my trip and the whole flight fiasco. When I landed this morning,, I sent him a text letting him know I made it and asked if he wants to meet up for dinner tonight... That's all for now 🙂
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So after not hearing from him for 2 days, I just sent him a message wishing him a Happy Fathers day bc he sent me a really sweet one for mothers day. He replied "Thank you!!" right away. So then I asked him how his weekend was. and he said "It's been great. I'm with the kids. Heading into Church now". So I said "Nice! Hope you enjoy your day 🙂"

My plan was not to contact him at all, but when I realized it was fathers day I figured I should at least wish him a happy Father's day. But did I go too far with asking about his weekend? Have I made things worse?

With his response, does anyone have an opinion on where he stands right now?? I'm so confused and don't want to make a wrong move.
Do you always second guess everything you do?
I guess not until recently with this Aqua...•
OP, any update?
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Just to clarify, I called him on wed night, so 3 days since I had last heard from him.
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New Update!

After I got back from NYC, my aqua has been calling me so much more than he ever has. Then yesterday morning he calls me to see what I was up to. I told him I'm getting ready to drive my kids to camp in a couple of hours and he asks if I can stop by before I go because he has something for me. When I get there, everything feels back to normal we eat breakfast together, and hangout watching a soccer match. Then he asks me if I noticed these tow boxes sitting on a table and if I know what they were. It turns out they were 2 hover boards that he got for my kids because he remembered me telling him that my kids really wanted hover boards a couple of months back.

Then a few minutes later he brings up the conversation about meeting my parents. He tells me that he understands my mom's perspective, but he can't ignore what that means to him culturally. Then he says "It may very well come to that point where he will meet them". Then he paused, and repeated it again. Then he adds" And I will probably even meet them before then in a more casual setting like to come in and say hi when I'm picking you up, or if they have me over for one of their dinner parties." I just nodded my head while he was talking and told him "I understand". And was unsure what he meant by " It may very well come to that" so pretended like I didn't catch what he was trying to say. Then I just told him that I feel better, because I thought he may have taken the situation the wrong".

But what do you think he meant by that? And did I play that situation right by not making a big deal of it?

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New Update!

After I got back from NYC, my aqua has been calling me so much more than he ever has. Then yesterday morning he calls me to see what I was up to. I told him I'm getting ready to drive my kids to camp in a couple of hours and he asks if I can stop by before I go because he has something for me. When I get there, everything feels back to normal we eat breakfast together, and hangout watching a soccer match. Then he asks me if I noticed these tow boxes sitting on a table and if I know what they were. It turns out they were 2 hover boards that he got for my kids because he remembered me telling him that my kids really wanted hover boards a couple of months back.

Then a few minutes later he brings up the conversation about meeting my parents. He tells me that he understands my mom's perspective, but he can't ignore what that means to him culturally. Then he says "It may very well come to that point where he will meet them". Then he paused, and repeated it again. Then he adds" And I will probably even meet them before then in a more casual setting like to come in and say hi when I'm picking you up, or if they have me over for one of their dinner parties." I just nodded my head while he was talking and told him "I understand". And was unsure what he meant by " It may very well come to that" so pretended like I didn't catch what he was trying to say. Then I just told him that I feel better, because I thought he may have taken the situation the wrong".

But what do you think he meant by that? And did I play that situation right by not making a big deal of it?

You did everything right by not making a big deal of it, like everyone said here, its a best option. Now be calm, if this issue resurfaces and act casually about it. No big deal, remember? 🙂



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" It may very well come to that" means that he is in love with you and is now pretty much all set to meet your folks, cultural considerations aside, meaning you are more important than cultural handicaps.

Also, presents for kids... those things don't just appear with an aqua unless it's serious!

All good news 🙂
Yay!! That's exactly what I wanted to hear! 🙂
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New Update!

After I got back from NYC, my aqua has been calling me so much more than he ever has. Then yesterday morning he calls me to see what I was up to. I told him I'm getting ready to drive my kids to camp in a couple of hours and he asks if I can stop by before I go because he has something for me. When I get there, everything feels back to normal we eat breakfast together, and hangout watching a soccer match. Then he asks me if I noticed these tow boxes sitting on a table and if I know what they were. It turns out they were 2 hover boards that he got for my kids because he remembered me telling him that my kids really wanted hover boards a couple of months back.

Then a few minutes later he brings up the conversation about meeting my parents. He tells me that he understands my mom's perspective, but he can't ignore what that means to him culturally. Then he says "It may very well come to that point where he will meet them". Then he paused, and repeated it again. Then he adds" And I will probably even meet them before then in a more casual setting like to come in and say hi when I'm

picking you up, or if they have me over for one of their dinner parties." I just nodded my head while he was talking and told him "I understand". And was unsure what he meant by " It may very well come to that" so pretended like I didn't catch what he was trying to say. Then I just told him that I feel better, because I thought he may have taken the situation the wrong".

But what do you think he meant by that? And did I play that situation right by not making a big deal of it?

You did everything right by not making a big deal of it, like everyone said here, its a best option. Now be calm, if this issue resurfaces and act casually about it. No big deal, remember? 🙂



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Ok perfect, I can handle that!
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Posted by starwars
Ive learned with aquas, the only don't is to never pressure them.

being a virgo i know how we freak out about not doing the right thing, but try to relax, because aquas are naturally more nervous than virgos, they are just good at hiding it..if they feel some preassure on them they freak out. you need to put them at ease (regardless how chill they appear to be) by not being nervous and demanding.

suggest what you want and expect then leave it, never bug or nag. once you tell an aqua something, they spend their '"alone' time thinking about it. you dont need to remind them, quite similar to us. you dont wanna remind them or make them feel like youre questioning their intentions. all the ones ive met were geniune people who cant fake their feelings or do things they dont wanna do.

my two best buds are aquas with libra moon....the more light hearted and at ease you are the closer they get.



sound like a nice man, good luck!

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Posted by starwars
Ive learned with aquas, the only don't is to never pressure them.

being a virgo i know how we freak out about not doing the right thing, but try to relax, because aquas are naturally more nervous than virgos, they are just good at hiding it..if they feel some preassure on them they freak out. you need to put them at ease (regardless how chill they appear to be) by not being nervous and demanding.

suggest what you want and expect then leave it, never bug or nag. once you tell an aqua something, they spend their '"alone' time thinking about it. you dont need to remind them, quite similar to us. you dont wanna remind them or make them feel like youre questioning their intentions. all the ones ive met were geniune people who cant fake their feelings or do things they dont wanna do.

my two best buds are aquas with libra moon....the more light hearted and at ease you are the closer they get.



sound like a nice man, good luck!
Ok, I've been doing a pretty good job of not being demanding-- I'm just naturally that way (my venus being in libra maybe?) I do need to remember to be at ease more. Sometimes when Im unsure where he stands I get a little bit of nervous energy when I'm around him. I can be myself really easily with him- so the nervous quality usually overshadowed.

He is definitely something special!
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the aqua sun/libra moon/ cap venus guy, starwars.

my man has fire mars, so I understand the fire mars, but with that libra moon, he's gonna go back and forth.

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sorry for the OT, but what is going on with this new posting system? nearly all responses everywhere seem to be added to to original post, so you are not sure what is the quote and what is the answer... weird
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it has been kind of weird.

even when I click the lke button it doesn't seem to respond.
same. it take me to pms ??
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I don't know what happens ...it just doesn't register. *shrug* ah well.
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good one on the aqua sun/libra moon/ cap venus guy, starwars.

my man has fire mars, so I understand the fire mars, but with that libra moon, he's gonna go back and forth.

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sorry for the OT, but what is going on with this new posting system? nearly all responses everywhere seem to be added to to original post, so you are not sure what is the quote and what is the answer... weird
dxp sucks
it has been kind of weird.

even when I click the lke button it doesn't seem to respond.
same. it take me to pms ??

I don't know what happens ...it just doesn't register. *shrug* ah well.
won't the cap venus ground him?
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I hope so!! but it's squaring isn't it??

O___O

it'd be nice to have some MEN around here with some cap square libra in their chart to tell us.
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So after I feel like I'm making progress with my aqua... he disappears again : \ After everything that happened on Sunday- we've had one exchange (through text). So frustrating! I'm starting to miss him 😢
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