Taurus man letting you down gently

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seira
@seira
9 Years

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Hi there,

New to the forums but lurking for awhile. I hate that this is another one of those 'what does it mean' posts but it seems like that's the main topic of interest anyways. I'm an Aries and clearly impatient to resolve this and get a definitive answer, haha!

So there was a Taurus man, ex-coworker, and I always felt this intense vibe between us. I feel like I'm pretty level-headed and don't imagine fake signals so i suspected that there was some attraction between us. He was a very quiet/shy person but seemed to open up a bit more to me. Because he was shy, when he gave me several compliments, it stood out even more I suppose. I read through this forum, recognized a lot of the typical Taurus traits - it's uncanny! the intense staring, almost accidental but not quite moving away touches, super slow in responding to emails.. never saying anything more than necessary. I'm actually fairly introverted by nature so it was very odd for me to be the more outgoing of us two.

Anyways, since I left my old job, I sent him a message that i hoped we would keep in touch and attached my facebook link. He replied with a nice long note that said he thought i was a great person and added me but since then, nothing. Literally no contact at all. I liked a couple of his posts, my subtle way of initiating/hinting. I pretty much thought it was over and am ready to call it.

But,I ended up bumping into him leaving work the other day while I was meeting an ex-coworker. I figured this was now or never. I hugged him hello, which he seemed pleasantly surprised by as it's not the sort of thing I ever do. He awkwardly asked if I was walking his direction to which I said no because I wasn't. But as he walked away I changed my mind and said I would walk with him, under the guise that I had some work questions to ask him. When we reached his train, he hugged me good bye and I said we should definitely hang out soon. I wanted to make it perfectly clear so I sent him a fb message after I got home, following up, saying i was glad he was doing well and he should message me if he wanted to catch up.

I saw that he read it but didn't respond until a day later - and the message was pretty much 'It was great to see you and I'm glad you're doing well'. Ignoring all mentions of catching up or hanging out.

This should be pretty clear right? I've definitely given enough strong indicators of interest and I should move on? And have I been giving myself false hope the entire time?



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seira
@seira
9 Years

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the hot & cold behavior i suspect for a couple of reasons. one, we were co-workers and while i technically didn't report to him, he was a higher level than me on my team so he would often evaluate my work. . two, he is slightly older, in his 40s and i'm in my 30s. three, he is a divorced dad.

he often brought up his status as a single dad and noted that i wasn't as young as he thought i was which i know, isn't flirting, but i thought was intriguing because he rarely spoke about himself, if he spoke at all.

there's something about taureans i noticed that is oddly focused when they interact with people. for example, if we were having a conversation and someone came by to say hi, he would flat out ignore them and wait for them to go away. it's like he was only interested in having a direct conversation with whoever he was speaking with. one time i arrived at an event he was at, he turned away from the group and literally just stared at me until i awkwardly said hi to break the silence. it could just be him though and not an attraction thing.

this feeling is really odd to me - i don't have schoolgirl crushes and i resent that i'm starting to overthink this. i typically develop feelings, find out if they're reciprocated or not and then move forward.

it sounds like pretty much he's either not interested or unwilling to do anything even if he is so sigh, i should let it go. why can't i let this go?