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Yesterday was my favorite day of the year, official pranking day! Anyway, in spirit of the day, I pranked a bunch of people, including my new lab partner. We've been working together for about 6 months and have kind of become friends (well, it seemed as if he considered me a friend looking at the way he spoke yesterday, sometimes it's hard to tell). Anyway, I decided to prank him and I was originally only planning to say that I quit the lab but I figured that he wouldn't really care much if I did since he's leaving anyway (he's graduating in a month or so). Instead of just saying that I quit lab, I also added that I have a huge crush on him. He didn't know if I was being serious or if I was pranking him and he asked me but I wouldn't give a straight answer and he stopped replying after a while.

I texted him close to midnight to tell him that I was just pranking him and I wouldn't quit lab that easily but I've been getting the silent treatment. How do I diffuse the situation— By the way, the crush part wasn't a joke, that's actually true but I don't really want him to know that and I'm planning to just say that it was part of the prank.
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Sweetie how old are you? This entire thing sounds really immature.

You should of never mentioned you had a crush on him on April Fools of all days, it only comes across like you are seeing his emotions as a toy to be played with and that is not nice.

No wonder he is ignoring you. You telling him "i have a crush on you" is just a joke (even if that is a lie) is the VERY reason this entire april fools prank failed. It plays on emotions. Its disrespectful and quite frankly makes you look silly and mean all at the same time.

Please just apologize and leave it at that. The poor guy probably feels a bit humiliated and embarrassed about the whole thing. Leave the crush thing out of it, unless you are mature enough to own up to it being true. If you arent that type of woman, then leave the chase to the man.
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Sweetie how old are you? This entire thing sounds really immature.

You should of never mentioned you had a crush on him on April Fools of all days, it only comes across like you are seeing his emotions as a toy to be played with and that is not nice.

No wonder he is ignoring you. You telling him "i have a crush on you" is just a joke (even if that is a lie) is the VERY reason this entire april fools prank failed. It plays on emotions. Its disrespectful and quite frankly makes you look silly and mean all at the same time.

Please just apologize and leave it at that. The poor guy probably feels a bit humiliated and embarrassed about the whole thing. Leave the crush thing out of it, unless you are mature enough to own up to it being true. If you arent that type of woman, then leave the chase to the man.
You're probably right, I'm not entirely sure why I ever even said it but I have a talent for wrecking relationships by saying something stupid. Frankly though, I don't think he likes me at all; I was trying to figure out if he hates me or something or if every time he sabotaged me was just by accident.

I actually would have owned up to it if he was going to be here next year but since he's graduating soon, it's just easier to not bring this up because regardless of how he feels, once it becomes serious, it becomes hard for him to say either yes or no.

I'm hoping that he doesn't actually feel anything towards me and just dismisses it all as an idiotic prank. I think I have an idea of what to do with this situation but I'm open to more suggestions.

I may actually own up to it, because when I said it was a prank, I specifically only mentioned the quitting lab part being a prank, not the crush part so I can still just get an idea of what his thoughts are on it and just be honest about it. Or spare him the horror of someone like me liking him and just explain why I included it into the prank and how I think that was a stupid idea.

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Yesterday was my favorite day of the year, official pranking day! Anyway, in spirit of the day, I pranked a bunch of people, including my new lab partner. We've been working together for about 6 months and have kind of become friends (well, it seemed as if he considered me a friend looking at the way he spoke yesterday, sometimes it's hard to tell). Anyway, I decided to prank him and I was originally only planning to say that I quit the lab but I figured that he wouldn't really care much if I did since he's leaving anyway (he's graduating in a month or so). Instead of just saying that I quit lab, I also added that I have a huge crush on him. He didn't know if I was being serious or if I was pranking him and he asked me but I wouldn't give a straight answer and he stopped replying after a while.

I texted him close to midnight to tell him that I was just pranking him and I wouldn't quit lab that easily but I've been getting the silent treatment. How do I diffuse the situation— By the way, the crush part wasn't a joke, that's actually true but I don't really want him to know that and I'm planning to just say that it was part of the prank.
You love "games" don't you?! Taurus people like pranks but not of the heart or if there is a crush involved ie a person actually crushed on me then turned it into a joke then I would "friendzone" him forever. I don't have time for silly games!

Are you a libra?
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Right so I want some specific advice from you: when I said it was a prank, I only specifically mentioned the quitting lab part being a prank but I never specifically called the crush part a prank as well, so would a Taurus guy specifically ask me about it or would be just ignore it all until I bring it up?

I'm thinking that if he doesn't specifically ask me, I'll apologize for the stupid prank and won't elaborate either because I would take him not asking about it as a sign that he's not interested. If he does specifically ask me about it or brings it up, I'll own up to it and tell him the truth. In order to do that though, I don't know if it's in a Taurus's nature to just ignore stuff like this, hence the question I just asked you.
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Oh you are not a libra but a "mutable" nonetheless! I think you are childish. Taurus men are quite mature and hate silly pranks especially if it's at their expense.

If you think it is "something that will not survive" then stop playing stupid games and leave him alone. Get your attention from someone else!
I'm a Libra rising but I have no idea how much importance that actually holds but rising is all about how I'm perceived by others so I guess it would apply here.
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Oh you are not a libra but a "mutable" nonetheless! I think you are childish. Taurus men are quite mature and hate silly pranks especially if it's at their expense.

If you think it is "something that will not survive" then stop playing stupid games and leave him alone. Get your attention from someone else!
Yep she's no cardinal

I've known a sabotaging immature game playing bull all my life. So if you think he wanted to wreck your shit probably wanted to. He wouldn't know maturity if it hit him on the head, same with the other two bulls.

Still though that's not something you really joke about on a serious note.
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Hmm I really don't know what to think about the seeming sabotage because I do know he has a habit of skimming details so I don't know if they were just those instances or if he just hated me and was actually trying to sabotage me. I mean, its happened 11 times so far so I hope you can see why I'd have trouble believing that he's not trying to sabotage me. I can't think of a motive though other than that I'm basically his replacement and I don't think our prof asked him if he'd be okay with working with me, he kind of just put me on his project and asked him to train me. He may not approve of me or just being unreasonably jealous because he's definitely worked very hard for very long to get to the position he's at and he may think I'm getting it too easy.

You're right though, that's no reason to play with his feelings.
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Oh you are not a libra but a "mutable" nonetheless! I think you are childish. Taurus men are quite mature and hate silly pranks especially if it's at their expense.

If you think it is "something that will not survive" then stop playing stupid games and leave him alone. Get your attention from someone else!
Yep she's no cardinal

I've known a sabotaging immature game playing bull all my life. So if you think he wanted to wreck your shit probably wanted to. He wouldn't know maturity if it hit him on the head, same with the other two bulls.

Still though that's not something you really joke about on a serious note.
Hmm I really don't know what to think about the seeming sabotage because I do know he has a habit of skimming details so I don't know if they were just those instances or if he just hated me and was actually trying to sabotage me. I mean, its happened 11 times so far so I hope you can see why I'd have trouble believing that he's not trying to sabotage me. I can't think of a motive though other than that I'm basically his replacement and I don't think our prof asked him if he'd be okay with working with me, he kind of just put me on his project and asked him to train me. He may not approve of me or just being unreasonably jealous because he's definitely worked very hard for very long to get to the position he's at and he may think I'm getting it too easy.

You're right though, that's no reason to play with his feelings.
"11 times" that's the virgo in you... You counted how many times! Just leave him be! Pranks aside, whatever you two "share" it doesn't sound good!
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Yup, I have some Libra in me, i didn't really think rising signs were significant but I guess they are. I didn't know the whole game playing thing was a Libra trait, I don't really like doing it but I guess I end up doing it anyway.

I kept track of the number of times I felt like he was sabotaging me so I could quote it back with proof if I ever decided to bring it up.

Haha the only thing we share right now is this project. Whatever feelings involved are only from my side, as far as I know.

Actually Taurus and virgo energies match perfectly, they're one of the ideal virgo matches and I've dated a Taurus personally in the past and we were perfect for each other, it was just the wrong time for a relationship. It's a little weird actually because the Taurus guy I was with in the past and this guy have the same birthday, they
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Yesterday was my favorite day of the year, official pranking day! Anyway, in spirit of the day, I pranked a bunch of people, including my new lab partner. We've been working together for about 6 months and have kind of become friends (well, it seemed as if he considered me a friend looking at the way he spoke yesterday, sometimes it's hard to tell). Anyway, I decided to prank him and I was originally only planning to say that I quit the lab but I figured that he wouldn't really care much if I did since he's leaving anyway (he's graduating in a month or so). Instead of just saying that I quit lab, I also added that I have a huge crush on him. He didn't know if I was being serious or if I was pranking him and he asked me but I wouldn't give a straight answer and he stopped replying after a while.

I texted him close to midnight to tell him that I was just pranking him and I wouldn't quit lab that easily but I've been getting the silent treatment. How do I diffuse the situation— By the way, the crush part wasn't a joke, that's actually true but I don't really want him to know that and I'm planning to just say that it was part of the prank.
You love "games" don't you?! Taurus people like pranks but not of the heart or if there is a crush involved ie a person actually crushed on me then turned it into a joke then I would "friendzone" him forever. I don't have time for silly games!

Are you a libra?
Right so I want some specific advice from you: when I said it was a prank, I only specifically mentioned the quitting lab part being a prank but I never specifically called the crush part a prank as well, so would a Taurus guy specifically ask me about it or would be just ignore it all until I bring it up?

I'm thinking that if he doesn't specifically ask me, I'll apologize for the stupid prank and won't elaborate either because I would take him not asking about it as a sign that he's not interested. If he does specifically ask me about it or brings it up, I'll own up to it and tell him the truth. In order to do that though, I don't know if it's in a Taurus's nature to just ignore stuff like this, hence the question I just asked you.
Has he given you signs of interest?
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Okay he could hit me over the head with poster that says that he likes me and tell me that to my face and I'd still not get the hint, it has happened before. I recognize things that are kind of odd but I can never tell if its a sign that he likes me or just something weir
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Taurus energy and virgo energy are not that good a match....

Virgo is far too analytical and critical....

Well if a person has to give you that many hints and you still don't get the message then you are a hopeless case...

You can apologise if you want but I doubt it will make a difference or have any effect on the processing as he is leaving anyway...

Just don't do it in future.. It's not mature..
Virgo is very analytical and detail-oriented but it doesn't seem to bother Taurus too much, it's a minor fault if the Taurus truly likes the virgo. Speaking from experience.

Okay so I may have exaggerated about being oblivious, I'm not that oblivious, I see everything and I have theories about it all but I can just never be sure if the things I've observed are signs that someone likes me or of just something else.

I have a plan for what I should do but I guess I'll have to just wait and see how it actually plays out.
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I mean.. telling your crush you had a crush and suddenly it was a prank? I wouldn't take that joke to well about it..

But not only that, it's for the rest of the human kind!
Actually, when I admitted that it was a prank, I only admitted that the quitting lab part was a prank but I didn't say anything about the crush part so I haven't even claimed that was a prank but if he assumed that, there wasn't too much I could do about it without explicitly admitting that the crush part was true. At least when I was talking to him, I was adamant on not telling him that I do indeed like him.
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Why do you think he's not interested?
The guy asked you few times if you have a crush on him, didn't he? That hardly means zero interest.

Anyways, whether he is quitting the job or not, you owe him an apology. Learn to offer an apology when you are on the wrong, it is a part of character building.
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Well, I have no idea if he's interested or not; it may not be zero interest but I don't see him crushing on me or anything.

I ran into him today and I really just said hi (i was pretty busy so I couldn't really talk) and he said it back but he just looked either very uncertain or just weirded out, I couldn't tell.

I'm going to assume I'll have to approach him about it. I'll apologize about the prank, explain it wasn't meant to be hurtful and just tell him that I like him and he can do whatever he wants with that.

I mean, I don't expect anything back from other than professional cooperation.
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Posted by Instantkarma
Why do you think he's not interested?
The guy asked you few times if you have a crush on him, didn't he? That hardly means zero interest.

Anyways, whether he is quitting the job or not, you owe him an apology. Learn to offer an apology when you are on the wrong, it is a part of character building.
All the best
Apologies are not in virgo rule book. As these people are never wrong!
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Well, in that case, I guess I just doubt myself a lot. I don't really know in this case. There's an incident that stood out to me: I'm the vice president for the business club on campus and we were hosting an event for the college and inviting some exemplary seniors to give advice to the underclassmen. My partner was #1 on the list of people to get to come but we know he's busy and somehow always seems to avoid public events. Since I work with him, I was given the task of asking him to come and I was nervous because I don't take rejection of any kind very well and I was almost sure that he would say no or hesitate at least. I stuttered my way through asking him if he would come as a guest of honor and he was so open about it, he said yes before I even finished asking. He just seemed very enthusiastic and I thought it was a little odd given his busy schedule and that he typically says no to stuff like this.
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Posted by Instantkarma
Why do you think he's not interested?
The guy asked you few times if you have a crush on him, didn't he? That hardly means zero interest.

Anyways, whether he is quitting the job or not, you owe him an apology. Learn to offer an apology when you are on the wrong, it is a part of character building.
All the best
Apologies are not in virgo rule book. As these people are never wrong!
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Also, added on to the incident I just described: does that mean anything for a Taurus? Like, is that indicative of what his attitude towards me might have been before this whole fiasco? Is/could that be a sign that he likes me or at least thinks of me as a friend or something along those lines?