Taurus after an argument? Dwelling on things?

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I'm an air sign with an Aries moon and no water or earth in my chart. If/when I get upset, I blow off steam in an instant (like an Aries), and then I'm over whatever was bothering me. I'm over it forever. I never bring it up again. It belongs in the past. I don't take things personally, things roll off my back quickly, and I move on quickly.

The Taurus in my life is the opposite. I never understood the meaning of the expression "coming up against a wall" until I got to know a Taurus. Logical arguments are useless with this Taurus. It's like arguing with a wall. Nothing gets through to them, no matter how logical/rational your line of argument is. They have blinders on and they don't see and won't accept anyone's POV but their own. They always insist that they are "right", and they will defend their POV to the death, even if (logically) their arguments don't make any sense or have nothing to do with the issue at hand. I couldn't care less about being "right", I just like logically constructed arguments and debate. If you can persuade me with a good argument, I will be able to understand your POV. Not the Taurus way.

But that's less frustrating than what ALWAYS happens AFTER an argument. Whether "in the wrong" or "in the right", the Taurus will dwell on the argument for days. Like an amnesia patient, the Taurus will keep bringing up the argument at the most random moments in the course of the next couple of days. A day will go by and I'll be like: Yes! The Taurus finally got over it! But no, the Taurus will bring it up AGAIN two days later. Meanwhile, I've already forgotten what it was that caused the Taurus to be upset in the first place, because in the meantime I've done and thought about a million other things. For me the argument belongs in the distant past, but of course I will hear about the argument three days later. This happens EVERY TIME I argue with this Taurus. Worse still, this Taurus takes things so personally that they keep pestering me about the argument, the details of which are so murky for me that it might have as well been a dream, telling me how I'll regret whatever it was I said (not ad hominems, mind you, just arguments in a debate).

How do I get this Taurus to STOP BOTHERING me after an argument? I don't care who was "right"/"wrong", I just want this Taurus OUT OF MY HAIR, to LEAVE ME ALONE, to STOP bringing up the same thing over and over (dwelling), thus wasting my time when I could be doing something more productive with
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See, I WANT this Taurus NOT to want me around. I WANT them NOT to acknowledge my existence. I WANT them to STOP bothering me. I just want them to GO AWAY. Not approach me. Not talk to me. Just LEAVE me alone.

Let me rephrase the issue:

A Taurus and I get into an argument. I bring up logical/rational arguments (not cheap shots), they attack me personally without constructing any logical arguments in response to what I said. Because things roll off my back, I DON'T get upset about the Taurus attacking me personally. I couldn't care less. I bring up more logical arguments and the Taurus gets increasingly more upset because they take the arguments very personally. They want to be "right" about the argument by any means necessary, and they don't want my arguments to make them look bad (even if the arguments are relevant to the issue at hand). Then, because I finally don't want to argue anymore, I just ask the Taurus if they've said what they had to say because I want to leave and do something else with my time. It's pointless, as nothing I say gets to the Taurus anyway. They don't address any of the arguments I bring up and attack me instead, which doesn't bother me because I don't care, but which for me amounts to wasting time on an argument that leads nowhere because there's no exchange of POVs. It's a one-sided argument with the Taurus stubbornly refusing to let go of SOMETHING I said that supposedly made them angry, regardless of the fact that they pulled their "arguments" out of their ass. They get mad AT ME for not being "right" about the argument, which I couldn't care less who's "right" (I just want an exchange of logical arguments).

And then the Taurus doesn't really agree that the argument is over (on their part). They say stuff like: You'll regret what you said! I'mma eat yo family! They kind of threaten me, thereby letting me know they are angry about SOMETHING, and that the argument (on their part) will continue for another week. At that point, I just want this person to LEAVE me alone. I just want them to STOP talking to me, go about their business, and let me go about mine. I DON'T want them to continue bringing up the argument for a week, which is what always happens. The Taurus is SLOW on the uptake/stubborn because they won't let go of the damn argument and whatever it was I said that supposedly made them angry. It takes them a week to get over it, and they keep sending me angry text messages/bothering me about the SAME OLD thing.