I'm confused and i need advice

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Hi i'm a libra and i recently started seeing an aquarius man a few weeks ago. The first time i met him was awhile back through friends of mine. He told my friend he thought i was attractive and i said the same about him.
Anyway, we hung out with our mutual friends together about a month ago and it was great. He was only focusing on me and would randomly hug me. According to my friend, he was extremely nervous(which isnt like him) and he was constantly trying to show off. He ended up kissing me and asked for my number and he texted me the minute i left. He even told me he missed seeing me already.
We texted for a week straight with him initiating everything. We got to together that week and ended up having sex. We also have a ton in common and agree on a lot as well. He told me abiut his family, dreams, likes, dislikes, etc. he told me that night that he only wanted a friend with benefits and i felt fine with that because we both agreed that when we like people it takes a long time(and we both fall hard for people). He said he didnt want to hurt me, which he wasnt.
We texted for another week straight, with him saying such sweet and funny things. He asked me to hang out about two weeks ago and told me he wanted me to meet his parents and his brother. It went great and i ended up staying the night this time.(Even told me that i blew his mind haha). Before i left he told me that he wanted to see me again (even later that day) and wanted to meet my family as well. He texted me immediately when i left and said he loved having me sleep in his arms (which is funny because we both dont like sleeping next to people).
Well he never contacted me after that and i texted him last week saying i hope he has a great day and didnt respond. I texted him asking to come over tonight and he said he probably couldnt since he was busy.
We both dont like clingy people but i dont know how not clingy aquarius men are? Im developing a crush in him and i dont want to get too carried away for nothing. Also, my friend said he doesnt act like that atound girls he doesnt like. Yet he just stopped talking to me? Usually im good with reading people but ive never been with an aquarius man before and just need a little advice to whether he maybe likes me as well? Or not? Sorry this is so long haha. Thanks in advance.
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Posted by J_suzanne14
Hi i'm a libra and i recently started seeing an aquarius man a few weeks ago. The first time i met him was awhile back through friends of mine. He told my friend he thought i was attractive and i said the same about him.
Anyway, we hung out with our mutual friends together about a month ago and it was great. He was only focusing on me and would randomly hug me. According to my friend, he was extremely nervous(which isnt like him) and he was constantly trying to show off. He ended up kissing me and asked for my number and he texted me the minute i left. He even told me he missed seeing me already.
We texted for a week straight with him initiating everything. We got to together that week and ended up having sex. We also have a ton in common and agree on a lot as well. He told me abiut his family, dreams, likes, dislikes, etc. he told me that night that he only wanted a friend with benefits and i felt fine with that because we both agreed that when we like people it takes a long time(and we both fall hard for people). He said he didnt want to hurt me, which he wasnt.
We texted for another week straight, with him saying such sweet and funny things. He asked me to hang out about two weeks ago and told me he wanted me to meet his parents and his brother. It went great and i ended up staying the night this time.(Even told me that i blew his mind haha). Before i left he told me that he wanted to see me again (even later that day) and wanted to meet my family as well. He texted me immediately when i left and said he loved having me sleep in his arms (which is funny because we both dont like sleeping next to people).
Well he never contacted me after that and i texted him last week saying i hope he has a great day and didnt respond. I texted him asking to come over tonight and he said he probably couldnt since he was busy.
We both dont like clingy people but i dont know how not clingy aquarius men are? Im developing a crush in him and i dont want to get too carried away for nothing. Also, my friend said he doesnt act like that atound girls he doesnt like. Yet he just stopped talking to me? Usually im good with reading people but ive never been with an aquarius man before and just need a little advice to whether he maybe likes me as well? Or not? Sorry this is so long haha. Thanks in advance.
Youg guys agreed to a FWB and he invited you to meet his fam? that's odd imo.
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If he invites you to meet his family, you created a very good impression in his heart & he must have liked you a lot! Aquas do not just invite somebody to meet their family unless he/she is special. I would have to say do not worry too much, carry on with your day & wait for him to contact you. You can still text him in the day but not too frequent that it disrupted him 🙂
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@justagirl
I agree. I thought that was very odd as well haha.

@Angmodurian
Thanks i hope that's the case! How often should i text him to let him know im interested?
You can probably text him during these time slots: early morning before work, lunch break & after work night. Probably give him 2 text per day so that hes aware of your presence & you are there to show interest 🙂
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Thanks for the reply(: i will try that out. What if he ends up not replying again? Should i just let him be? I really dont want him to think im clingy or desperate. Before we hung out he even asked my friend if i was clingy because he can't stand girls that are. Does clingy to him mean two texts a day? Or does it mean me always bothering him to commit to me, like me, etc.?
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It doesnt matter if he doesnt reply, he definitely has read it. 2 texts a day are acceptable & means that you are still there. Although we love our space & retreat, we actually still want to feel your presence around.

The thing is aqua loves his other half to be confident & unquestioning of his love. As of right now, you guys agreed to be friends so its not at that lover stage yet, hence do not rush & take it slow. However, since he has showed you to his family, you most likely are special to him. He needs time to assess you & its best if you show your natural self, confidence & thoughts because personal uniqueness draws aqua a lot. The assessment might take quite some time, so you need to have patience really. When he's sure that you are the one, he will approach you himself without you doing anything.

As long as you dont constantly shower him with texts & checking his whereabouts thats not considered clingy. Show genuine care & concern in your tone when texting him, he will appreciate that effort 🙂
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Lmao i shouldnt be revealing some of our secrets haha, but being mysterious is really one of the ways we attract females. Just imagine it, right now he's just like a magnet with the poles that are drawing you in. If you want to draw him fast, turn your magnet the other way & use your own poles to draw him closer like a fly trap. The more aloof & confident you are, the more interested they will be 😉
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@Angmodurian
Hahaha give me all if your secrets, i need them(;
That's good to know though. He is mysterious and that makes him so much more attractive to me. Aquas drive me crazy in a good way. Do you know what kind of texts i should send him? I'm ok with him not responding, but i don't think i should just say hi all the time. What would you want a someone to text you to make you think about them?
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Given he's the one who suggested pursuing a fwb relationship maybe he suddenly distanced away because he's possibly developing a crush on you as well and isn't sure how to cope with that? I mean he did invite you to meet his family.

As the others mentioned, just give him some time. Don't be too aloof... most of the time Aquas' aloofness is enough to cover for both parties :/ For this very reason Aquas can be attracted to stronger communicative signs to balance them. As Angmodurian mentioned, he's definitely reading your texts. Since you sent a couple already, wait a few days to send another one just letting him know that you hope he's doing okay and stuff because little things like that reinforce who we should make effort to keep in touch with even if we don't respond. I personally think 2 texts a day is a bit too much for someone who isn't replying back, he might feel bad with every additional text you send him that he can't bring himself to respond back to during the moment.
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Given he's the one who suggested pursuing a fwb relationship maybe he suddenly distanced away because he's possibly developing a crush on you as well and isn't sure how to cope with that? I mean he did invite you to meet his family.

As the others mentioned, just give him some time. Don't be too aloof... most of the time Aquas' aloofness is enough to cover for both parties :/ For this very reason Aquas can be attracted to stronger communicative signs to balance them. As Angmodurian mentioned, he's definitely reading your texts. Since you sent a couple already, wait a few days to send another one just letting him know that you hope he's doing okay and stuff because little things like that reinforce who we should make effort to keep in touch with even if we don't respond. I personally think 2 texts a day is a bit too much for someone who isn't replying back, he might feel bad with every additional text you send him that he can't bring himself to respond back to during the moment.


Makes complete sense. I don't think i'll text him twice a day since that isn't something i would do anyway, but i'll wait a few days and shoot him a quick text like you mentioned. Thanks for helping (:
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As long as the time spacing on the text is great enough its fine eg Afternoon once & nightime once. At the very least a text per day is suggested. To only text once a few days might give him the signal that he is just a normal friend to you. A text per day will remind him in a good way you're interested & concerned about his well being which is greatly appreciated by aqua males. Unless he is openly displeased with it, there is no problem with this.

The thing people always messes up is not because aqua males hate to be disturbed but their being pressured to respond or to do something. As long as you can show your affection without suffocating & forcing him it will be excellent.
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Posted by Angmodurian
As long as the time spacing on the text is great enough its fine eg Afternoon once & nightime once. At the very least a text per day is suggested. To only text once a few days might give him the signal that he is just a normal friend to you. A text per day will remind him in a good way you're interested & concerned about his well being which is greatly appreciated by aqua males. Unless he is openly displeased with it, there is no problem with this.

The thing people always messes up is not because aqua males hate to be disturbed but their being pressured to respond or to do something. As long as you can show your affection without suffocating & forcing him it will be excellent.
Ahh that clears so much up now!! I'll initiate texting him this week and just see what happens i guess? Thanks again, you have been extremely helpful (:
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Hahaha give me all if your secrets, i need them(;
That's good to know though. He is mysterious and that makes him so much more attractive to me. Aquas drive me crazy in a good way. Do you know what kind of texts i should send him? I'm ok with him not responding, but i don't think i should just say hi all the time. What would you want a someone to text you to make you think about them?
If you want to impress an aqua, be very attentive & observant of them. Look out if they have any health issues etc...eg i have weak gastric due to stress, i will be very impressed if the girl texts me asking me to eat light & watch my diet each day. Of course this is provided that he has communicated with you those info.

If the day is cold, just send a simple text like: Hi there, the weather is cold please keep youself warm. (Yes a simple text like that actually moved me)

You do not have to really worry about the text, i would have to say be as natural, as genuine will do the trick. Be very attentive of what he says & remember it. If you bring it up into concern double extra points. I can pick up emotions even in text i think other aquas can. They might not say it but its already a positive mark in their assessment of you. Those type of texts do not carry any pressure too, so they dont have to respond if they are in their detached mode. Aquas way of showing love is very subtle & a lot of people dont get it. If i bring you a hot sandwich in the early hours might mean you are very precious to me. You can show your appreciation of him with actions & patience. Good luck lol 🙂
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Thanks for the reply(: i will try that out. What if he ends up not replying again? Should i just let him be? I really dont want him to think im clingy or desperate. Before we hung out he even asked my friend if i was clingy because he can't stand girls that are. Does clingy to him mean two texts a day? Or does it mean me always bothering him to commit to me, like me, etc.?
Once or twice.... then with no response, I'd let it go and move on. I always gave someone two weeks, then I'd really move on. Even if they came back around, I'd have moved on. Their loss.
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Hahaha give me all if your secrets, i need them(;
That's good to know though. He is mysterious and that makes him so much more attractive to me. Aquas drive me crazy in a good way. Do you know what kind of texts i should send him? I'm ok with him not responding, but i don't think i should just say hi all the time. What would you want a someone to text you to make you think about them?
No, you're NOT okay with him not responding. Otherwise you wouldn't have created the post.

Not responding is rude and selfish of him. Why should you put it all out there and he sit there and do nothing? Why should he get away with that? Don't text him every day. Give him time to miss you (this is key!!). Let him wonder what you're up to and let him be the one who's confused. Be friendly when HE contacts YOU, let him know you're happy to hear from him - either in words or tone of voice.

The early stages with an aqua are confusing and frustrating. Just keep living your life. Be fabulous. Be the independent, fun woman he craves.
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Exactly what TrueCap said. Write him something funny or crazy, not a boring: hi, how are you....... not even: I hope, you are OK

Texting 2x a day without response? I wouldn´t do it........ wait a few days. let him miss you..... if he contacts you, then maybe answear with something unrelated?

Aqua boys IME like to suffer a bit and day-dreaming about their special girl (sometimes from afar)


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@angmodurian and @truecap
I understand what both of you are saying so thanks for replying and helping me! There does come a point where i say enough is enough and move on but personally two weeks is a little short for me to say so given the fact that aquas take more time with everything. But, i wont go on liking him if he keeps ignoring me. And i'm more confused as to why he wouldn't respond. I havent met someone who gives me attention and then starts ignoring me haha. If he continues to ignore me over text then i will most likely confront him about it in person (nicely of course),
@pandora101 i'm not one to text everyday with no resonse anyway so i agree (: thanks!
@aquanextdoor my best friend is an aqua girl and she said the same thing. So i'll just wait it out a little but longer.
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I don't know how long it's been since he's contacted or responded to you. I just suggested after two weeks of no contact to move on.

Look. Two weeks without contact - he's flat out not interested. That's why I drew my line at two weeks. In my opinion, if a man reaches out once a month or makes very little effort, then he's only keeping you interested enough to be an option for him. Two weeks was my time frame because I refuse to be just an option. I have more respect for myself. I deserve the whole package, not just a crumb.

Aqua or not. An aqua distancing for space usually doesn't go for weeks and months at a time. A few days, okay. More than that. pfffft! There are better options out there than a man who's not into you.


Of course, you can set your own standards, timelines, tolerance level.

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Hope OP is not confused by these different opinions. It really depends on whether the aqua has really matured. Playing hard to get isn't really my type of thing. Showing concern each day doesnt make you clingy or desperate. You guys make out aquas to be so complicated lol, we are in fact so simple we just want genuinity in people. I do agree that he should not be not responding at all, for me 3 days usually are a limit if its not something serious. Usually if u show genuine concern, he will reply immediately or within the same day.

You can say your concern & live your life confidently. I have already used the magnet analogy which is actually in tandem with what truecap says & it basically sums up what is needed to get the aqua dude (use your own magnetic force to draw him in) Not criticizing anyone's view but i am just saying my opinion. Its your call OP what to do 😉



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I dunno about showing so much concern so early on. It seems a little "girlfriendly" or "wifely" to me.

I dated a cancer guy who would do that. "Be careful on your way to work" every single morning and afternoon (I had a long drive) or "don't forget to wrap your outdoor faucets, it's going to freeze tonight", etc and it felt SMOTHERING to me. All I wanted to do was get away from him. Sure, maybe I should have been appreciative that he cared but it felt to husbandly to me. We had been only dating for a month. I'm an aqua mars, so I didn't like being told what to do and I didn't like someone having their thumb on me. Had we been an official committed couple, it wouldn't have been so bad.
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Hahaha give me all if your secrets, i need them(;
That's good to know though. He is mysterious and that makes him so much more attractive to me. Aquas drive me crazy in a good way. Do you know what kind of texts i should send him? I'm ok with him not responding, but i don't think i should just say hi all the time. What would you want a someone to text you to make you think about them?
If you want to impress an aqua, be very attentive & observant of them. Look out if they have any health issues etc...eg i have weak gastric due to stress, i will be very impressed if the girl texts me asking me to eat light & watch my diet each day. Of course this is provided that he has communicated with you those info.

If the day is cold, just send a simple text like: Hi there, the weather is cold please keep youself warm. (Yes a simple text like that actually moved me)

You do not have to really worry about the text, i would have to say be as natural, as genuine will do the trick. Be very attentive of what he says & remember it. If you bring it up into concern double extra points. I can pick up emotions even in text i think other aquas can. They might not say it but its already a positive mark in their assessment of you. Those type of texts do not carry any pressure too, so they dont have to respond if they are in their detached mode. Aquas way of showing love is very subtle & a lot of people dont get it. If i bring you a hot sandwich in the early hours might mean you are very precious to me. You can show your appreciation of him with actions & patience. Good luck lol 🙂
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Hot diggity damn! Spot on! It's the little acts of care that melts my lil black heart. You will buy me out with those lil things.
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Well, angmodurian is the aqua male and I'm only a cap female who's been in a long term relationship wtih an aqua. His advice has more weight than mine.
Haha everyone is trying to help her including you too so dont say that. Your valuable insight is nice, besides i have heard every aquas are slightly different too so hearing more opinions wont bring harm 🙂
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Hmmm the same thing happened to me with an Aquarius (minus meeting the family, that's pretty major)...it was about two years ago and I never heard from him again. I'm like you and like to think I can read people well, he seemed a lot more interested than I was and was doing all the initiating, called me the morning we were planning to hang out again to confirm we were still on and I said of course and we set a time and he was supposed to text when to come with his address and I never heard from him again. I swore he had to have died but alas, he did not.

My Aquarius friend prefers minimal contact, especially over texts. She just got done dating another Aquarius who she thought things were going VERY well with, meeting families, planning trips, etc and he asked her to meet for tacos one night (just a couple days after telling her he was so into her and couldn't stop looking at her and being proud she was his "woman") and he broke up with her saying he didn't see a future there.

These men baffle me.