Just need some clarity on this weird Taurus behavior..

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First off: any snark or judgment and you'll be blocked, so don't bother..... Need clarity and insight. This happened several weeks ago but it still confuses the shit outta me. Had a thing with Taurus dude back in April. We had a small fight and ended but still remained in contact. Later he did some questionable shit to me (got very angry) i told him it was wrong, and he apologized and has never stopped apologizing. He is younger than me, (10+years) I never told him my actual age.. Bc i felt it might make things weird. ..so not much contact til December. He txts me out of the blue, coming on all strong like he did in the beginning (hes a very typical taurus: stoic, reserved, unmovable, stubborn af, thinks long and hard about stuff etc.. )

Im like ok... Whats up with this? Wanting to come over, asks me all kinds of stuff, asks for my picture..why? .. Then he asks my age..so i tell him.he comes over. We talked a lot. It felt nice and meaningful, comfortable, intimate.. Seems he had a hard time looking at me? Anyway, he grills me about my age.. As though i owe him an explanation (he knew i was older) he wants to understand, as though id done something wrong?.. He couldn't wrap his brain around it(seems a tad extreme in my mind) ..

Turns out he saw me on TINDER. He already knew my fucking age, he just wanted to make sure i would tell him the truth??! So.. Long story short we made out.. No sex.. He didn't come over for sex.. He was actually waiting to have sex til he found the right person.. (he used to be a player.. Me too). I said: yr weirded out by me now... He says 'hey we're just friends having fun RIGHT?! ' I can't tell if he's said this to make me feel better and not hurt me or cuz he wants to believe it..me thinks doth protest too much..(i just answered yes) i asked if he'd had any good dates and he just sarcastically says 'oh yes sooo many'..oh yea turns we both have the exact same plans for the future which i thought was a little shocking...

Then he said something that showed me he'd finally made peace with my age(again,not a big deal in my mind) and he left... And we said when i see him on tinder we'll go on a date. Hahaha. Weve barely spoken since.. Whatever.. This is hilarious.. Like a bad romcom!!

My questions are: why the desperate need to see me? Why was it so important? Why the need to get answers from me? He couldve just kept swiping after seeing me on tinder.. if it was such a big deal... He didn't need to include me in his discovery.

Why ask for my picture? What was the point of any of this?!?! Ive never had a man demand anything from me.. If he didn't care, why didn't he just keep swiping? I'm not hung up, ive just never experienced anything like this before and it is BAFFLING... Feel free to ask questions.. thanks! I appreciate all help.
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Sorry but all this is unnecessary drama. I would have checked out of the whole affair ages ago. Fuck the unanswered questions...



I did check out, months ago, i assumed we were just friends.... Which is why i was surprised by his actions.... It doesn't feel like drama to me.. Just very bizarre behavior.

It's really not worth entertaining the whys. You could get a dozen plausible answers here but still be far from the actual truth...

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yup i will get plausible answers thats exactly what i'm looking for...any of them could be the truth. Who's to say? I would like input, and a dialog, so that i can put it to bed. For good.
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Posted by DonnaLibra

He was probably staring to see if he could see the 10+ age difference and how he missed it before. Maybe he collects women's pictures. Did you ask him any of these questions because how would we know?

the whole point of this site is to ask this kinda shit... We all do it.. So yea if yr not gonna help.. Get lost... Like. I said already.. HE KNEW I WAS MUCH OLDER THAN HIM.
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"He is younger than me, (10+years) I never told him my actual age.. Bc i felt it might make things weird. ..so not much contact til December."

Don't get so fucking defensive, fellow "Piscean". As I quoted you from above (your words, not mine). THEN you added more sentences to indicate he saw you on TINDER and saw your age (He KNEW my age); okay, we are talking about PAST and PRESENT.

PAST: Since you didn't inform him of your "true age" at the beginning "bc I felt it might make things weird...so not much contact til December" THAT was your FIRST mistake (always be honest because, well, the truth will EVENTUALLY come out). Think about this. He tells his friends and family all about you, yeah, they ask your age and he says, "She's my age too".

PRESENT: Then BOOM! After the miscommunication y'all had months go by and he finds out from the "Horse's mouth" how old you are. When he saw you he thought to himself, "Shit! What do I tell my friends/family now? She's 10+years older than me (we Pisceans do NOT look our age; I am PROUD to say I am 53 years old; when I meet guys I tell them my AGE from the get go!); am I ready to date a woman that is 10+years older than me? Why didn't she tell me her true age? Why didn't I ASK her for her age and guessed she was 'my age', and should I tell her I just want to be friends so I don't hurt her feelings? I wanted to have sex (you "made out instead"); now that I know her true age I just want to be friends, etc, etc, etc, etc." Dudette, you don't know WHAT he was thinking to himself.

I dated a Taurean (John); came over for pizza; he'd look at me as I was watching tv (and on the corner of my eye I saw him doing this; as I thought it was "cute"); I just smiled as he was looking at me while I watched tv. You were more comfy to look at him while he was looking at you and he turned back without locking eyes at you. This NANO second tells me he is enamored at your beauty, but CANNOT proceed with this other than being 'your friend'; (THIS time you heard it from the horse's mouth) because you are 10+ years older than he is.

Picture: You mentioned you were both PLAYERS. I know Saggy men collect pictures to brag on FB/phone to their male pals about "this woman/look at this woman" etc. You make that decision as to putting this Taurean in this category, too, or tell yourself: 1) he wants to masturbate while looking at my pic 2) he wants to well, show his friends what a "friend" looks like 3) He likes to have my pic because he can place that in his "memory book" Being a quick Piscean (that I am); when he asked you for a pic of yourself I would have said, "Well, since you're on TINDER, grab your phone and take any pics of me that I already posted"

Your questions: a) Why the desperate need to see me? (see above)

b) Why was it so important? (see above)

c) Why the need to get answers from me? (because he's confused from the GET now that he knows your "true" age)

d) Why ask for my picture (I already answered that one)

e) What was the point of any of this? (he saw a FAMILIAR face on Tinder; and said, "Hey! I know this girl!)

f) If he didn't care, why did't he just keep swiping? (see e).

MORALE OF THE STORY: Be HONEST with men from the get go; in order for you to avoid posting here on DXP about a younger man.

🤗 cyber hugs!

Love,

Eva
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We are curious creatures. I ask questions all the time that my friends or s.o will look at me and say "who asks that? Or thats a weird question?" .if we belive some th ing is being withheld we wa t to know the answeres, and usually we already know them.

We are detectives, everything you stated about him coming over, might be just him collecting more information and getting answeres. Point blank

The reason he hasn't contracted you is, maybe he didn't like your answers or he pondered it and he still isn't sure or he has finally made up his mind and he doesnt see it going further.

Id ask hin tho, we like people to straight up ask us. And at least rhen you wint have the what ifs .

Btw him saying "were just friends having fun" ...take that at face value.
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"He is younger than me, (10+years) I never told him my actual age.. Bc i felt it might make things weird. ..so not much contact til December."

Don't get so fucking defensive, fellow "Piscean". As I quoted you from above (your words, not mine). THEN you added more sentences to indicate he saw you on TINDER and saw your age (He KNEW my age); okay, we are talking about PAST and PRESENT.

PAST: Since you didn't inform him of your "true age" at the beginning "bc I felt it might make things weird...so not much contact til December" THAT was your FIRST mistake (always be honest because, well, the truth will EVENTUALLY come out). Think about this. He tells his friends and family all about you, yeah, they ask your age and he says, "She's my age too".

PRESENT: Then BOOM! After the miscommunication y'all had months go by and he finds out from the "Horse's mouth" how old you are. When he saw you he thought to himself, "Shit! What do I tell my friends/family now? She's 10+years older than me (we Pisceans do NOT look our age; I am PROUD to say I am 53 years old; when I meet guys I tell them my AGE from the get go!); am I ready to date a woman that is 10+years older than me? Why didn't she tell me her true age? Why didn't I ASK her for her age and guessed she was 'my age', and should I tell her I just want to be friends so I don't hurt her feelings? I wanted to have sex (you "made out instead"); now that I know her true age I just want to be friends, etc, etc, etc, etc." Dudette, you don't know WHAT he was thinking to himself.

I dated a Taurean (John); came over for pizza; he'd look at me as I was watching tv (and on the corner of my eye I saw him doing this; as I thought it was "cute"); I just smiled as he was looking at me while I watched tv. You were more comfy to look at him while he was looking at you and he turned back without locking eyes at you. This NANO second tells me he is enamored at your beauty, but CANNOT proceed with this other than being 'your friend'; (THIS time you heard it from the horse's mouth) because you are 10+ years older than he is.

Picture: You mentioned you were both PLAYERS. I know Saggy men collect pictures to brag on FB/phone to their male pals about "this woman/look at this woman" etc. You make that decision as to putting this Taurean in this category, too, or tell yourself: 1) he wants to masturbate while looking at my pic 2) he wants to well, show his friends what a "friend" looks like 3) He likes to have my pic because he can place that in his "memory book" Being a quick Piscean (that I am); when he asked you for a pic of yourself I would have said, "Well, since you're on TINDER, grab your phone and take any pics of me that I already posted"

Your questions: a) Why the desperate need to see me? (see above)

b) Why was it so important? (see above)

c) Why the need to get answers from me? (because he's confused from the GET now that he knows your "true" age)

d) Why ask for my picture (I already answered that one)

e) What was the point of any of this? (he saw a FAMILIAR face on Tinder; and said, "Hey! I know this girl!)

f) If he didn't care, why did't he just keep swiping? (see e).

MORALE OF THE STORY: Be HONEST with men from the get go; in order for you to avoid posting here on DXP about a younger man.

🤗 cyber hugs!

Love,

Eva

thanks hon.. Good answers.. Will take them all into consideration.... I do not look my age that is true. He did know i was much older we talked about it many times, but not my exact age yes... I guess the reality was a tad overwhelming for him. I still don't think its that big of a gap.. Especially the older we get.. He has other pics of me he can jerk off to, he doesn't need another .. Baahaha
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Posted by AnotherTaurusGuyReturns

I think @boots1313 is probably right that he wasn’t sure of his feelings so wanted to meet up to try and get things straight in his mind.

I think the picture request is fairly innocuous, we’re visual, like beauty, like to be reminded of people we care for.

How long has it been since you were in contact?

I think you’re right to just take things as they come. Are you still interested in a relationship with him?

its been more than a week...i assumed we'd continue talking bc he came on so strong AGAIN but now it feels he just did that to get what he wanted and now could care less.. Last thing he said to me was just some blase comment about something i was excited about that supposedly he was too, that i assumed he'd WANT to talk about... But nope. I thought perhaps that would be the last i heard from him... You just never know do you? Relationship :not sure at this point... I told him the hot and cold treatment was def not working for me and he didnt react to that .I'm not sure he's really capable?
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Posted by boxcarmirnta

Honestly itd be cool to just be friends... He doesn't seem ready/capable for anything else and i have no desire to get fucked around. He *said* we were friends... I'd like him to act like it.


I think you're right when you say he isnt capable...

I hate to say it and its superficial and really shouldn't matter but the age thing prob really threw him off. 10 years for a man is a kind of a big deal. A few years sure nbd...10 years...that can definitely make a difference
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Honestly itd be cool to just be friends... He doesn't seem ready/capable for anything else and i have no desire to get fucked around. He *said* we were friends... I'd like him to act like it.


I think you're right when you say he isnt capable...

I hate to say it and its superficial and really shouldn't matter but the age thing prob really threw him off. 10 years for a man is a kind of a big deal. A few years sure nbd...10 years...that can definitely make a difference
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yea, you may be right.. I know he doesn't open up to many people and he always thanks me when he can talk about stuff that matters to him, which i think is really sweet. He's not super social. Typical taurus ya know? Our talks are always so in depth which i love, and will miss. So hopefully we can continue as friends.
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Honestly itd be cool to just be friends... He doesn't seem ready/capable for anything else and i have no desire to get fucked around. He *said* we were friends... I'd like him to act like it.

Men tend to lie about their desire to remain friends after the relationship ends. It's annoying because Pisces are sincere about that shit. Its disappointing. But some people just can't remain friends after things end.
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true... We are super sincere about that shit. I just thought we'd always been friends so it would continue.. But.. I dunno.. We'll see..
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It seems like your age is an issue for him. Maybe he wanted to come over to see if he could be comfortable with you now knowing this information. Doesn’t seem like he was.

yea.. That is probably correct. Sucks.. But if he can't see past that despite our connection and fun we have together, well.... There's nothing i can do about it :/
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Yea, unfortunately. Everyone has their own dealbreakers. I won’t date a guy with a kid even tho he’d be an amazing boyfriend. You just gotta find someone who likes everything about you and you will 🙂
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It seems like your age is an issue for him. Maybe he wanted to come over to see if he could be comfortable with you now knowing this information. Doesn’t seem like he was.

yea.. That is probably correct. Sucks.. But if he can't see past that despite our connection and fun we have together, well.... There's nothing i can do about it :/


Yea, unfortunately. Everyone has their own dealbreakers. I won’t date a guy with a kid even tho he’d be an amazing boyfriend. You just gotta find someone who likes everything about you and you will 🙂
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i feel this so hard... I don't wanna date someone with a kid either.. (eek going to hell) thanks though.
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Posted by AnotherTaurusGuyReturns

Forgot to add, if he was just after ‘what he wanted’ he surely would have pushed for sex too but you say he didn’t.

my never ending feeling is that he will always come back.. Ive never felt any different and he always has... So ill just wait and see... When i tell him i don't like what he does (hot/cold treatment) he doesnt say anything about it... So not sure what I'd even say.... What i meant by getting his needs met was getting the info he wanted from me and not following through and hanging out more.. Think he's still waiting for the right person.. Guess its not me. :/ thank you.
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Posted by Berzerker

@boxcarmirnta this hole drams looks like he just wants to see how honest you was to him, well you failed the test, because maybe he wanted something more from you, taurus wants to feel exclusive, special to the person, o would say that is a very "tribalist" sign, but maybe you can still fix things being clear as water with him, just make sure you want him f o r r e a l

i def feel that... For REAL. I have made it clear since then that i would not lie to him.. And i always be his friend.. Something like that.. I do want him.. I just don't wanna put my heart out there and have it get stomped on. He always said he's an old man. I never felt an age difference at all. Wish he would man up though..
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It seems like your age is an issue for him. Maybe he wanted to come over to see if he could be comfortable with you now knowing this information. Doesn’t seem like he was.

yea.. That is probably correct. Sucks.. But if he can't see past that despite our connection and fun we have together, well.... There's nothing i can do about it :/


Yea, unfortunately. Everyone has their own dealbreakers. I won’t date a guy with a kid even tho he’d be an amazing boyfriend. You just gotta find someone who likes everything about you and you will 🙂

i feel this so hard... I don't wanna date someone with a kid either.. (eek going to hell) thanks though.
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Lol don’t feel bad. It’s not our job to take on a mother role, deal with ex drama, and all the other baggage. Especially if you don’t have kids yourself. If I had kids, I’d probably be more understanding. But i don’t and it’s a next ➡️
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It seems like your age is an issue for him. Maybe he wanted to come over to see if he could be comfortable with you now knowing this information. Doesn’t seem like he was.

yea.. That is probably correct. Sucks.. But if he can't see past that despite our connection and fun we have together, well.... There's nothing i can do about it :/


Yea, unfortunately. Everyone has their own dealbreakers. I won’t date a guy with a kid even tho he’d be an amazing boyfriend. You just gotta find someone who likes everything about you and you will 🙂

i feel this so hard... I don't wanna date someone with a kid either.. (eek going to hell) thanks though.


Lol don’t feel bad. It’s not our job to take on a mother role, deal with ex drama, and all the other baggage. Especially if you don’t have kids yourself. If I had kids, I’d probably be more understanding. But i don’t and it’s a next ➡️
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agreed..glad i'm not the only one..🙂