Scorps and Suckin' Friends

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Whimsy
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Another question about my Scorpio husband. He's a very sweet, sensitive guy (Scorpio/Boar) and is an amazingly loyal friend. If there is anything he won't do for a friend, I haven't figured out what it is.

The problem is that people rarely return the favor. It seems that every week another friend has disappointed him. He gets very sad when a guy won't return his phone calls. I try to explain that guys aren't big on phones (he chats like a teenage girl on his cell), but no explanation helps. He thinks he must be unlikeable (not true- people like him a lot).

What I see happening is that he picks people to befriend who have no friend skills themselves. He picks sort of "losery" friends and then takes it personally when they act like losers and don't treat him right. The only guy he's befriended recently who is good friend material absolutely won't talk on phones- even to his own family-and is busy working 24/7. It's truly not personal that he's not calling or hanging out more, but my husband can't see it.

He notices that I have good, loyal friends, and I have to tell him it's because I pick them that way! Do any other Scorps have trouble picking good friends? Do you find that other people can't live up to your level of loyalty?
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Skykomish
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lol @ the title. Whimsy, you married me 😛 I am also a scorpio boar. I think that in some cases this is true.. my 'best' friend didn't come to my birthday.. (I forgave her because she saved my ass in nursing school when my DV ex was stressing me out so bad I couldn't get my work done) and then what she did with the Libra/Sco. One other friend did some really shitty things to me also, that was a long time ago.. When it comes to friends, I am usually a very good judge of character. Not so much with potential mates.. I seem to suck at that like you wouldn't believe.
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Whimsy, it's because Scorpios don't really know how to make friends, and for this reason is why they constantly lose friends. Some Scorps have long-lasting friendships .. but, this is primarily due to the other person overlooking the Scorpio need to have numbers.


To a Scorpio, their definition of people in their life (to include their family members) is about drawing a line in the sand, and how many of these people are on their side of the line. Whoever is on their side, they like .. whoever is on the other side, is their enemy.


So, naturally, if a Scorpio only has a person in their life because this person is a number to them ... then the Scorp never really made that connection with them in the first place.


Hope that helps you to understand why he fails at making friends.