I am an Aquarius age 30 and boyfriend 40 next month. We have been together for 8 months. He can be so good then in the next minute he is a different person. I have asked him to come eat with me on a Saturday on my lunch break. He said no we didn't have the money then he takes his Aunt & Uncle to eat and paid for it. I asked him about this. He said he didn't feel like driving that far, which is only 20 miles. He would be staying home anyway. He lied and told me he couldn't take off and go with me to my daughters baccalarte(sp). Come to find out he was off and I called him on it and he got very angry. I have caught him in other lies and he gets very upset. He never has a good answer except, we need to go our seperate ways because its not going to work out. He is very quiet and makes me feel at times he is being secretive about something. Everytime I ask him for us to do something, he says no and comes up with a lame excuse. I have noticed he looks at porn on the internet. Asked him about it because he doesn't want to have sex. He says he wasn't. No one else lives in the house. He makes me feel like he is ignoring me at times. He acts like he is bored with me. He looks said and unhappy all the time. Don't know what to do to pull him out. We are totally oposite in personalities. He acts like he tries to play mind games with me. He is always happy when his friends are around but goes back to normal when they leave. He acts selfish and like a kid. If you are upset, he won't comfort you. He has no emotions. He tells me he loves me but I feel he doesn't. I do small things for him, like leave sticky notes all over the house when he comes home, give him random cards and so on. He never says thank you or acknowledges he got anything. Our first Easter together, I got him a basket full of stuff, he got me nothing. He is not one to take blame or apologize. I had a old pickup with 286,000 miles on it. I would leave to take my daughter home, which is 1hr and 1/2 one way. He never called me to make sure we were not broken down. When I got home, I asked him why he didn't, he said if you needed me you would have called. Told him I couldn't call if I was hurt seriously in a wreck. He had no reply. He has recently got us a car. For mothers day he did get me roses, a card and crockpot. I sometimes wonder why I am still here. Someone please help.
I need help understanding my Gemini boyfriend
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U don't know how much I appreciate u getting back. He does not like to talk. He doesn't like arguing either. I don't know what to talk to him about. What he thinks is important. I am an officer and he tows vehicles, don't know if he feels intimidated. He has made comments like, I can't just get off when I want, I don't get paid or must be nice to be off several days. He only works mon thru fri 6 to 5. There have been months like now I would only get a day a week off. Ask me anything, I want to be able to understand him and help.
I also work nites and see very little of him. His dr said he was depressed and put him on medicine.
How long have y'all been together. How have u dealt with him or has he gotten better with time.

I think he's moving on, but doesn't have a heart to tell you yet. I act like that when I don't care anymore. You have been only 8 months with him, for a 40 year old man, that's not so much at all.
The lies part - maybe he's just not telling you everything. He doesn't have to. You have only been together for a few months. You can't expect a grown man to admit that he is in financial difficulties either. If he made plans with his familiy ahead...well., honey, that's his family, and be thankful that it comes first, because should he have a wife, she would come first, before his friends.
I don't think he's depressed. I think he's detached. The only thing you can do is give him some space. Maybe you are too available and maybe you are hovering over him too much.
Really, I act exactly the same when I feel suffocated.
Calling him out on lies - well, maybe these are lies to you, but maybe he has his own reasons for not telling you all the truth. Calling out a Gem on something that appears like a lie to you, but in reality really is not is a turn off. It means you are putting him on a spot to explain a situation he has already made decision on and justified it.
Gems don't hurt people on purpose.
The mothers day gifts - are gifts. Gems are generous and feel obligated to special dates.
The mind games - is he setting you up for something? or is he not telling you everything and trying to get his own space without actually telling you to your face that he may need space.
I don't know the whole situation, but is seems to me that he is wanting some space, you seem like you are onto him for things he decided to do on his own. I would back away and make myself busy with my life and he will come around when he sees you are gone.
Gems are easy like that.
The lies part - maybe he's just not telling you everything. He doesn't have to. You have only been together for a few months. You can't expect a grown man to admit that he is in financial difficulties either. If he made plans with his familiy ahead...well., honey, that's his family, and be thankful that it comes first, because should he have a wife, she would come first, before his friends.
I don't think he's depressed. I think he's detached. The only thing you can do is give him some space. Maybe you are too available and maybe you are hovering over him too much.
Really, I act exactly the same when I feel suffocated.
Calling him out on lies - well, maybe these are lies to you, but maybe he has his own reasons for not telling you all the truth. Calling out a Gem on something that appears like a lie to you, but in reality really is not is a turn off. It means you are putting him on a spot to explain a situation he has already made decision on and justified it.
Gems don't hurt people on purpose.
The mothers day gifts - are gifts. Gems are generous and feel obligated to special dates.
The mind games - is he setting you up for something? or is he not telling you everything and trying to get his own space without actually telling you to your face that he may need space.
I don't know the whole situation, but is seems to me that he is wanting some space, you seem like you are onto him for things he decided to do on his own. I would back away and make myself busy with my life and he will come around when he sees you are gone.
Gems are easy like that.

oh, and another thing, my Aqua ex had the same complaints as you do about me. without a base.
Just relax, and give him some space. He will miss you.
Just relax, and give him some space. He will miss you.
I work nites so I don't see him but two saturdays and sundays out of the month. He gets plenty of space. He acts like he has 2 personalities. He acts like a child and pouts. I have asked him several times before he even went to eat with them.
He has also mad the comment in the past that he wish they would put me on days. He throws mixed signals like he is confused. He lived with a female for 5 years and they have been broken up for 2 yrs now. I think he isn't over her.

Why would you even want someone like that?
You are being counselled to give him what he wants, until he decides to want you. And that sounds like that is exactly what you want.
You want to do whatever it takes, on his terms of course, to get him to want you .... irregardless of your esteem or worth.
The guy is a loser, you've made a whole 2500 character long thread describing that he's a buttcrack and has no desire to respect you .... and you just want to know how to get the dickhead to want you.
wtf is wrong with people
You are being counselled to give him what he wants, until he decides to want you. And that sounds like that is exactly what you want.
You want to do whatever it takes, on his terms of course, to get him to want you .... irregardless of your esteem or worth.
The guy is a loser, you've made a whole 2500 character long thread describing that he's a buttcrack and has no desire to respect you .... and you just want to know how to get the dickhead to want you.
wtf is wrong with people
I'm not a quiter. I'm just one of those that put all I have into a relationship. If the time comes for me to leave then I will know I did what I could. I hate seeing him miserable, I just want to put some joy in his life. I feel God puts everyone in your life or path for a reason. Call me a sucker if you want.

Posted by Jen0149
I'm not a quiter. I'm just one of those that put all I have into a relationship. If the time comes for me to leave then I will know I did what I could.
You should've stopped right there. The person that you're talking to has no idea what the hell that even means. She's been with a Gemini man, and some years back would say all kinds of mean shit about him (excluding herself of course.). Now she trolls the Gemini boards looking for people like you, hoping she can find a victim to feed on. She's pathetic, pay her no mind, at all.

^this as well.
He was on zoloft for about 2 months. Dr. Took him off it and put him on wellbutrin twice a day. He has issue with sex. Says he doesn't want it and nothing arouses him. Found this morning where he was look at porn again. If nothing arouses him then why the hell is he looking at porn. When we do have sex he acts skiddish, like he doesn't know what to do to or for a women. He has a 18yr old daughter and was with a lady for 5yrs, so I don't get it.

:::: shakes head ::::
Well, it looks like you are suffering just fine .. keep it up .. you might allow yourself to break one day.
Not to worry, you can always claim it was his fault.
Well, it looks like you are suffering just fine .. keep it up .. you might allow yourself to break one day.
Not to worry, you can always claim it was his fault.
How can I help him. He is taking from our sex by not wanting to.

Posted by P-Angel
:::: shakes head ::::
Well, it looks like you are suffering just fine .. keep it up .. you might allow yourself to break one day.
Not to worry, you can always claim it was his fault.
LOL
Its a wonder some of these people on here have friends much less a husband or boyfriend 🙂 LOL. Ur miserable so u want others that way.......

jen im sorry im just laughing at P because sometimes she can be brutally honest. its just how she is...dont take it personally
Anyway I would go with my gut feeling and take some time away from this guy. Its obviously you are hurting and you need sometime on your own to think things through. Dont let him eat away at you like that because Gemini men can be some heartless human beings. And the sex part...thats got to be emotionally draining by itself.
I often wonder about guys that cant get sexually aroused...like they have to have something nasty to get them off...its not worth it.
Anyway I would go with my gut feeling and take some time away from this guy. Its obviously you are hurting and you need sometime on your own to think things through. Dont let him eat away at you like that because Gemini men can be some heartless human beings. And the sex part...thats got to be emotionally draining by itself.
I often wonder about guys that cant get sexually aroused...like they have to have something nasty to get them off...its not worth it.

Dward, look at it like this:
It's societal. Men and Women get bombarded everyday with sex, whether it be light porn on the tube, to X-rated lyrics in music. If you drink alcohol everyday for years on end, then at some point you will develop a tolerance. Then, you'll find yourself just drinking hard liquor till you transform into something ugly. Same thing with sex, so much of it's in your face the only way a lot of men can get it up is if they do something drastic. :/ Which is why Burlesque is the way to go. 😉
It's societal. Men and Women get bombarded everyday with sex, whether it be light porn on the tube, to X-rated lyrics in music. If you drink alcohol everyday for years on end, then at some point you will develop a tolerance. Then, you'll find yourself just drinking hard liquor till you transform into something ugly. Same thing with sex, so much of it's in your face the only way a lot of men can get it up is if they do something drastic. :/ Which is why Burlesque is the way to go. 😉

Either he's really depressed, or he may want to end thing's, or you did something to make him distance himself from you. I know if i feel someone is a threat or trying to plot and plan something against me i will stay away from that person until i sense the threat is gone from them...But the way you are describing everything it seems like he's depressed!!!

I'm not going to give you advice what to do - but I will tell you what not to do, or you can and will most likely lose him.
you know, I'm reading all this, and all the Gems are looking for excuses for this guy. Frankly, I think he has other things on his mind. Not necessarily another woman, just his life. There is 10 years difference between you. He is much different than a 30 or even 35 year old guy. He may be looking out for #1 right now, he may have a soft spot for you, but to be very honest, he seems like he wants to get his life in order. You on the other hand as much as you are trying everything in your power according to you to make things work and easy...you may just need to step away. Let him know that you are there and are concerned, but don't keep questioning him or try to trick him into saying something you want him to - admitting to things, or giving you heads up on his plans and such. It's not going to work. He will sniff it out. Depressed or not, Gems are more intuitive than smart at times, and he will know what's up your sleeve before you even know yourself.
Talk to him - communicate with him, but leave all the guilt trips, nagging, mothering out of it. He is 40, he can deal with his life himself. Don't infantile him or he will resent you.
I can honestly say, that I feel that he is sorting things out on his own, and you nagging and questioning his whereabouts all the time will just push him away. Also...you have been together ONLY 8 months...that is like a 1 week in any guys time frame, for a woman 8 months feels like 8 years...think about it.
you know, I'm reading all this, and all the Gems are looking for excuses for this guy. Frankly, I think he has other things on his mind. Not necessarily another woman, just his life. There is 10 years difference between you. He is much different than a 30 or even 35 year old guy. He may be looking out for #1 right now, he may have a soft spot for you, but to be very honest, he seems like he wants to get his life in order. You on the other hand as much as you are trying everything in your power according to you to make things work and easy...you may just need to step away. Let him know that you are there and are concerned, but don't keep questioning him or try to trick him into saying something you want him to - admitting to things, or giving you heads up on his plans and such. It's not going to work. He will sniff it out. Depressed or not, Gems are more intuitive than smart at times, and he will know what's up your sleeve before you even know yourself.
Talk to him - communicate with him, but leave all the guilt trips, nagging, mothering out of it. He is 40, he can deal with his life himself. Don't infantile him or he will resent you.
I can honestly say, that I feel that he is sorting things out on his own, and you nagging and questioning his whereabouts all the time will just push him away. Also...you have been together ONLY 8 months...that is like a 1 week in any guys time frame, for a woman 8 months feels like 8 years...think about it.
I wrote the wrong age for me. I am 39 and he is turning 40.
Is the best thing for me to do is ignore him completely and give him no attention because right now, that is what he is doing to me. I am a person that if I argue, I want it over and both sides come to an agreement. I don't like knowing someone is upset with me. I feel like I'm the one always being punished. He doesn't want to listen to my side. What can I do to make him see what he is doing wrong to me.
Thanks everyone, you have been very helpful. I will read into depression in men.

Your welcome Jen

Posted by P-Angel
:::: shakes head ::::
Well, it looks like you are suffering just fine .. keep it up .. you might allow yourself to break one day.
Not to worry, you can always claim it was his fault.
What, the way you claimed it was your Gemini ex's fault, phoney? I mean, every man's fault that has had the misery of knowing you? HaHaHaHa!! You would know. Wow! What a joke this dummy is. See some of us remember you from the old days and you going on and on like you claim to have so much disdain for now. Pffffftttt..... So much for that Pisces compassion, I always knew it was nothing but bullshit, but at least you are out in the open about your ugliness. For that I applaud you. Now, go fix me some eggs, lil mama.
:::NODS HEA😱::
LOL. Too funny. You go 🙂
He sounds like he is depressed and still not over his past relation ship.
if he is fun around hes friends that normal all Gimini are like that with their friend doesnt mean he is not depressed.
i would encourage him to go out with his friends and family more often. he needs people he feels he can be happy with more often around his life.
i he said its not going to work out its not going to work out. he is just using you to past the time. Gimini dont mean to use people but we do.
i love him be feinds with him he will open up to you.
dont expect that to fix your love life though through out our life Gimini man make more mistakes than anyone else and then suffer the consequence of suffering from past loves. its something hard to deal with he needs a friend not a lover.
if you want to help him be glad he is there and treat him as freind cut of the romance stuff and eventually he will come around.
if he is fun around hes friends that normal all Gimini are like that with their friend doesnt mean he is not depressed.
i would encourage him to go out with his friends and family more often. he needs people he feels he can be happy with more often around his life.
i he said its not going to work out its not going to work out. he is just using you to past the time. Gimini dont mean to use people but we do.
i love him be feinds with him he will open up to you.
dont expect that to fix your love life though through out our life Gimini man make more mistakes than anyone else and then suffer the consequence of suffering from past loves. its something hard to deal with he needs a friend not a lover.
if you want to help him be glad he is there and treat him as freind cut of the romance stuff and eventually he will come around.
I stopped asking for sex. Just wait for him to initiate. He acts skidish in bed, like he doesn't know what to do, but he will watch porn on the computer.
I stopped asking for sex. Just wait for him to initiate. He acts skidish in bed, like he doesn't know what to do, but he will watch porn on the computer.

Posted by THEKingofLibra
What do you Geminis have to be depressed about?? 😛
Do tell, I am curious
about Libras 😉
lol
any Gem I spoke to - has issues with Libs, lol
you're fault KoL!
lol

Posted by THEKingofLibraPosted by roamingfreePosted by THEKingofLibra
What do you Geminis have to be depressed about?? 😛
Do tell, I am curious
about Libras 😉
lol
any Gem I spoke to - has issues with Libs, lol
you're fault KoL!
lol
and yet look ^^ All the Gems are salivating over a Cancer? ROFL. Your own undoing ladies 😄click to expand
I know, right— :/

Posted by P-Angel
Why would you even want someone like that?
You are being counselled to give him what he wants, until he decides to want you. And that sounds like that is exactly what you want.
You want to do whatever it takes, on his terms of course, to get him to want you .... irregardless of your esteem or worth.
The guy is a loser, you've made a whole 2500 character long thread describing that he's a buttcrack and has no desire to respect you .... and you just want to know how to get the dickhead to want you.
wtf is wrong with people
Listen to her. I didn't want to respond at first cus I thought this was another troll, but P is right.. And I know, what is wrong with people these days :/

Posted by grinch33344
Yeah, surprising isn't it, since in people only know us Cancers as a puddle of sensitive, emotional mush only capable of crying and whining 🙂
Not only. 😛

My Cancerian business partner did it, the emotional manipulation thing that is to get a promotion at the gig when I first met him. Bit off more than he could chew though. But, that's a whole different subject matter. :/
I'll be honest, Gemini's can be the most manipulative of all the signs, because of our mutability and speed. Emotional manipulation? pfffffttt piece a cake. Mental manipulation? Really, do we need to go there? Physical? Spiritual? You name it, we are the silent masters of it all. Much to the chagrin of others.
Emotional manipulation has a flaw in that you can be seen by other manipulators. How does the saying go? Never bullshit a bullshitter, and never be seen bullshitting by another bullshitter? Something like that. At the end of the day the Cancer is always the one hurt when the other person snaps out of it. Just sayin.
I'll be honest, Gemini's can be the most manipulative of all the signs, because of our mutability and speed. Emotional manipulation? pfffffttt piece a cake. Mental manipulation? Really, do we need to go there? Physical? Spiritual? You name it, we are the silent masters of it all. Much to the chagrin of others.
Emotional manipulation has a flaw in that you can be seen by other manipulators. How does the saying go? Never bullshit a bullshitter, and never be seen bullshitting by another bullshitter? Something like that. At the end of the day the Cancer is always the one hurt when the other person snaps out of it. Just sayin.

Posted by THEKingofLibra
Crab males manipulate their bosses ALL the time. I've seen this guy butter up the females in the office just so that THEY would make his life easier. They would do the work for him, run his errands, and generally assist him in performance of HIS duties. Which is pathetic. The other crab male I worked with was totally incompetent and I had to do both MINE and HIS work because the job needed to be done. Fuck outa here.
^^^ This!
HaHa! I was being kind today, KOL! HaHa! Oh well, back to the show! 😄

Jen keep me updated on how everything goes

You know, the guy I work with is totally incompetent when it comes to business! When we worked in the same office and when shit hit fan, the Cancer dude would go in his office, shut the door and sulk for hours on end. This would leave me and my Virgo partner to have to put out fires because DIS muhfucka couldn't handle it.......Wait for it...... EMOTIONALLY. We were talking about buying his ass out the other day. But, the Virgo (being all earthy and shit) feels this unnecessary need to protect him. I'm a number 8; I'll sabotage both them mofo's and keep the spoils to myself! *Ponders*
I think Cancers should professionally go into a field where they can physically take care of people. Mentally? Fuck no!! They're cool with me, until that whining starts. GAAAAWWWWDAYUUM!!! THE WHINING!!!
*Bangs Head Against The Wall*
I think Cancers should professionally go into a field where they can physically take care of people. Mentally? Fuck no!! They're cool with me, until that whining starts. GAAAAWWWWDAYUUM!!! THE WHINING!!!
*Bangs Head Against The Wall*

Posted by THEKingofLibra
OH and if you knew what I did for a living, you would not want that Cancer male to work for you 😄
I thought you did something with corpses. 😛

Posted by grinch33344Posted by GeminiMind
I'll be honest, Gemini's can be the most manipulative of all the signs, because of our mutability and speed. Emotional manipulation? pfffffttt piece a cake. Mental manipulation? Really, do we need to go there? Physical? Spiritual? You name it, we are the silent masters of it all. Much to the chagrin of others.
Good for you Gems then. We should tell this to the world then so we Cancers can live in peace without people being afraid of being manipulated. 🙂
Posted by GeminiMind
Emotional manipulation has a flaw in that you can be seen by other manipulators. How does the saying go? Never bullshit a bullshitter, and never be seen bullshitting by another bullshitter? Something like that. At the end of the day the Cancer is always the one hurt when the other person snaps out of it. Just sayin.
No need to worry about us Cancers' well being, our thick shell is there for a reason. Besides, we're just normal people like everyone else, not emotional manipulators who whine, cry, and manipulate 24/7. We do eat, live, breathe, and enjoy live without turning on that infamous ability every second. 🙂
Btw, I really don't mean to stereotype, but this is such a typical conversation with a Gemini. Not that it's a bad or good thing, I'm just saying.click to expand
I've seen my fair share of soft shelled crabs though. The thick shelled ones? Patience, persistence, a good hammer and shell cracker, and you will eventually get at the meat. 😉

HaHaHaHaHa!! That's cruel!

Posted by grinch33344Posted by GeminiMind
I've seen my fair share of soft shelled crabs though. The thick shelled ones? Patience, persistence, a good hammer and shell cracker, and you will eventually get at the meat. 😉
Haha I can imagine a Scorp doing that. But a Gem? I'd say they'd get bored and find other entertainments before our shell cracks.
And if we do get hurt, there's always this kind of forum to bitch about some certain sign. 🙂click to expand
That's true. But, I'm a different kinda Gem, apparently. 😢
Gemini78
I will keep u posted.
I will keep u posted.

Posted by THEKingofLibraPosted by roamingfreePosted by THEKingofLibra
What do you Geminis have to be depressed about?? 😛
Do tell, I am curious
about Libras 😉
lol
any Gem I spoke to - has issues with Libs, lol
you're fault KoL!
lol
I like Geminis, I donno what you complaining about 😛
And as far as that thing that makes Gems purrs, the sweet surrender to the amorous advances, the kisses on the back of your neck and all the swet nothings wrapped in an intelligent conversation.. Crabs ain't got shit on me in that department, and yet look ^^ All the Gems are salivating over a Cancer? ROFL. Your own undoing ladies 😄click to expand
ohhh. bugger off K0L 😉...do you really need to rub in that we don't do stupid & rude?
as for Cancers - funny thing, my bff said to me today: why are you so hard on Cancers? you really are you know.
I replied: whine and complain & the guilt trips...who has the patience for that?
so no, Gems don't really care as much as you may think. 😛

Apparantly, people actually like to suffer for their delusions .. and that's what this is.
You have an image of what you think love should be, and you've deluded your mind into thinking this Gem is going to fit the image ..... and then proceed to be proud at the suffering of it, eventhough your real projected emotions, as you've described them in here, don't even like him.
You have made it clear that you have vowed to yourself ... you will suffer willingly, proudly to a bitter end if it doesn't work .. and you will believe of yourself that to a bitter ending was a positive thing because it was for love ... eventhough it wasn't for love at all, it was for gratifying a desperate heart that found a victim to make carry your heavy baggage.
You have an image of what you think love should be, and you've deluded your mind into thinking this Gem is going to fit the image ..... and then proceed to be proud at the suffering of it, eventhough your real projected emotions, as you've described them in here, don't even like him.
You have made it clear that you have vowed to yourself ... you will suffer willingly, proudly to a bitter end if it doesn't work .. and you will believe of yourself that to a bitter ending was a positive thing because it was for love ... eventhough it wasn't for love at all, it was for gratifying a desperate heart that found a victim to make carry your heavy baggage.
Your right, I don't like him, I love him. Sounds 2 me like u r an angry and troubled person.

Whether I'm angry and/or troubled is not a part of your equation .. so, how is that relevant? My emotional state of mind has nothing to do with you.
Or, are you just trying to retaliate against a perceived attack, rather than actually trying to comprehend what is being said?
If you pretend that my emotional state of mind is the subject, then you no longer have to face yourself. Just like you do with the Gemini. You are focusing on him and what he does or does not do ... so you can ignore the only problem in this whole situation.
you
You are the only thing in this whole situation that needs to be fixed. He isn't even a part of it at all. Because he is him, and he has shown you who he is .. and you refuse to believe this is him, and are demanding that he be what you have in your head as to what you want as a man who is supposed to love you.
This is a fantasy, in which you don't even know you're having.
Or, are you just trying to retaliate against a perceived attack, rather than actually trying to comprehend what is being said?
If you pretend that my emotional state of mind is the subject, then you no longer have to face yourself. Just like you do with the Gemini. You are focusing on him and what he does or does not do ... so you can ignore the only problem in this whole situation.
you
You are the only thing in this whole situation that needs to be fixed. He isn't even a part of it at all. Because he is him, and he has shown you who he is .. and you refuse to believe this is him, and are demanding that he be what you have in your head as to what you want as a man who is supposed to love you.
This is a fantasy, in which you don't even know you're having.
That is what u do in a relationship is focus on each other. I'm doing my part? My concern has been if Gemini's are always this way or can than change. If your not a Gemini then I don't know why we r even having this discussion. Have u noticed when u speak, u make no sense and talk in circles.

@ Jen - don't pay attention to the psycho.
keep your chin up and listen to your heart, no one can give you the exact advice...listen to yourself and you will know what to do with him.
I hope it really works out in the end.
keep your chin up and listen to your heart, no one can give you the exact advice...listen to yourself and you will know what to do with him.
I hope it really works out in the end.
Thank u for the inspiration.
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