Aries here..... gotta say, Cappies are one of my favorites. One of my best relationships was with a Cappy, and even though it ended, he is someone who taught me alot and I know I taught him.
Currently, I have a Cappy that gave me the abrupt cold shoulder when I wouldn't sleep with him (we work together, and that's not how I roll). He has the reputation of being a man whore, which I know it's more because of his intense sexuality versus being a slut hussy, but he literally preys on the new girls that start working. I was warned about his behavior when I started working, but being an Aries, I form my own opinion, and we developed what I thought was a great two-way working relationship that had the benefit of bs-ing after work.
After a few months, he did one night lay it on the line infront of other co-workers, but we were in a social setting, and we had been drinking, so I played it off versus playing into it, due mostly to his obvious reputation. Did he lay it down heavily? As heavily as a reserved Cappy would in a social setting, and maybe my mistake was to not take him seriously?
Needless to say, I got the cold shoulder, the abrupt silence, the non-existing see through stares. Couldn't even muster an acknowledge "hello" from him, even under professional settings. Problem is, we work in close proximities that requires interaction due to our line of work. So, it became very difficult working with him, at which point, I started to see the dickhead side to him, which pissed this Aries girl off, because no one is going to unjustly treat me wrongly.
One day, it did come to a head, and we got into an argument, one that was sought out by him and he kept pushing my buttons. With that argument, we were able to "re-connect", so to speak, but my guard was up and once he felt that, his guard went up. So, we remained cordial towards each other, remained professional, but avoided social contact when out and about.
That was working fine, up until recently..... now he is starting to play games. Mean games. What I would consider sabotage, since we are at work. It's like he's constantly trying me, setting me up for certain situations, not following through with other work related situations, (he's a manager, I'm training to be a manager so he's the one who is training me), saying really passive things to me, dismissing me at every opportunity he finds (which is rare, because under these circumstances, I go out of my way to minimize these occurrences aka avoi
I go out of my way to minimize these occurrences aka avoid him unless I really have to interact with him).
Once again, it came to a head this past Friday..... he sought out another argument with me, during service when we were busy, infront of co-workers, and he attempted to minimize me with passive sarcasm. Problem was, I was asking for help, and the GM over heard his interaction with me. The GM asked me a few days later what was going on, why he and I aren't getting along. At first I played it off, but he kept pushing the issue, considering Cappy's action caused loss of product since he left shit out. He tried to pin it on me, which I didn't know was the case, but other co-workers vouched for me, which prompted upper management to discuss our interactions with each other.
Finally, I told the GM the bigger picture, which given this Cappy's reputation, he understood. But he told me that I need to sit down with him and discuss things and sort things out. I would much rather to avoid the issue, but overall feel that if anyone should initiate the conversation, it should be him since he has been pretty strong towards me and has instigated the situations.
Since then, he has been nice to me, acting like nothing has happened, kidding around with me, trying to make jokes, etc..... which, at this point, I'm dead silent towards him, because he is so unpredictable and I don't trust him. His current actions indicates that he is sorry, but I feel that he needs to explain himself in order for me to be able to move on.
I want to move passed this, but with him being unpredictable, untrustworthy, dishonest, manipulative, and directed efforts to discredit me, I'm thinking the best course is to just keep my head down and progress forward, but that breaks my heart because that means I have to take a step back in doing what I'm passionate about and minimize who I am as a person. As an Aries, it's in my nature to just talk about it, get over it, and hold no grudges.
I've worked with many Cappy's, dated a Cappy, and never have I experienced this level of disruption from one. Quite on the contrary, I find Cappy's even-tone a soothing effect on my firey over-tones, one that actually makes me think twice about what I'm doing.
Should I just wait for him to make the efforts, or should I just bite the bullet and hit the issue head on?
Sorry for the long post..... thanks for any feed back
Currently, I have a Cappy that gave me the abrupt cold shoulder when I wouldn't sleep with him (we work together, and that's not how I roll). He has the reputation of being a man whore, which I know it's more because of his intense sexuality versus being a slut hussy, but he literally preys on the new girls that start working. I was warned about his behavior when I started working, but being an Aries, I form my own opinion, and we developed what I thought was a great two-way working relationship that had the benefit of bs-ing after work.
After a few months, he did one night lay it on the line infront of other co-workers, but we were in a social setting, and we had been drinking, so I played it off versus playing into it, due mostly to his obvious reputation. Did he lay it down heavily? As heavily as a reserved Cappy would in a social setting, and maybe my mistake was to not take him seriously?
Needless to say, I got the cold shoulder, the abrupt silence, the non-existing see through stares. Couldn't even muster an acknowledge "hello" from him, even under professional settings. Problem is, we work in close proximities that requires interaction due to our line of work. So, it became very difficult working with him, at which point, I started to see the dickhead side to him, which pissed this Aries girl off, because no one is going to unjustly treat me wrongly.
One day, it did come to a head, and we got into an argument, one that was sought out by him and he kept pushing my buttons. With that argument, we were able to "re-connect", so to speak, but my guard was up and once he felt that, his guard went up. So, we remained cordial towards each other, remained professional, but avoided social contact when out and about.
That was working fine, up until recently..... now he is starting to play games. Mean games. What I would consider sabotage, since we are at work. It's like he's constantly trying me, setting me up for certain situations, not following through with other work related situations, (he's a manager, I'm training to be a manager so he's the one who is training me), saying really passive things to me, dismissing me at every opportunity he finds (which is rare, because under these circumstances, I go out of my way to minimize these occurrences aka avoi