whats the best way to break up with a Taurus?

Need to break up with my Taurus guy, and would like to remain good friends. Wondering if this is possible? Great guy, we just are two completely different people. We were great friends for alot of years, would like it to stay that way.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Sunshine...

Wow Sag, that's not good. I'm friends with pretty much all of my ex'es. I figured I've spent all this time with them, I can't pretend I don't care. Just not inlove anymore.

Sunshine, I would just be totally honest & open to him and then dissappear. Wait a few months at most and then get in touch with him showing you still care. This gives him time to get over you, but still allows him to respect & trust you after you being honest & open. Good luck! It's not so hard on us, unless you drag our hearts around and lie and pretend. And don't say you wanna stay friends unless you really mean it. But must give him space immediately after. Let him cry alone.

Sag is right. If YOU do the breaking up, he'll never talk to you again. Ever. If HE broke up with you, he'll still be pals. I know this from personal experience!

Its weird, I'm still really close friends with two ex's of mine. No baggage, no BS, they have boyfriends, and we all get along great.

"and if you really cared about him, would you have this mentality? if you wouldn't have the heart to be there with him, then you might as well let him go forever"

OF COURSE!!! sticking around to torture the guy is worse!!! That is like twisting a knife in a guys back! Maybe I am different but I need to be alone to cry and make sense of how I feel. Not have the pain hanging over my back.

Once I've moved on and the person casually says hi I can feel more confident about being friends. You're forgetting an important part of the breakup being that you be honest and gentle at the breakup. One guy broke up with my & I literally was bawling at his doorstep when I left but he said he was sorry and that he only knew he would hurt me more if we stayed together. He pointed out my good qualites and that he was lucky to have been with me. I cried in bed for quite awhile. Years later we can go out & have fun & even pick up people! 😉
I realized that he was being honest with me, he was going through a horrible time and he knew if would only cause me grief to be with him at that time.

Taurusgoddess,

I am like you in the fact that I have remained friends with the majority of my ex's. I have been very honest with this man from the begining, explaining that I would never change him but that eventually I would need more from the relationship. He is not capable of that and has said as much. I know I would not want someone leading me on if they didnt feel the same. I'm also wondering if Taurus's are vindictive? I don't know alot of Taurus males, but I know some signs are famous for it. I value your opinion, thank you.

Sunshine...

Hey Sunshine, how are ya?
The say Scorps are the vindictive ones, I guess I got away unscathed 3 times (what is it with Scorpio and me? I still can't figure that one out). Taurus may not forgive and forget, but they won't take revenge, or this is what the things I have read have said.
I think what you are saying is that you would like things to go back to the way they were before you got more involved with him. I can relate to that with my ex, and we are getting there........slowly. He still makes me nuts. I think the totally honest approach is best, and since there was no major "incident" to cause the breakup other than incompatibility, it should be fairly peaceful, sad but peaceful. If he cares for you at all, he should understand and appreciate that you still want him to be a part of your life, as a dear friend. And yeah, I agree about the giving him some distance to work it out, best way.
Good luck, hun!

No we're not vindictive. I'd rather move along because taking revenge would mean that this other person must be important if I let the little worm get to ME. I feel like I'm way bigger than that. That would be someone who stabbed me in the back or didn't appreciate me. We move on and act like we never knew you and sometimes this makes the worms think they can come back just because we've said hello politely but it will never get past that- ever, it's better for the other person to move along and hopefully learn something and if not... well we won't know anyway.

The only way we can be vindictive is if we've been realllllly hurt by some EVIL person who didn't care to do it. In that case we won't show it and we will get back at that person because we become determined and intent on reaching this goal of crushing any way we can because if you're heartbroken then isn't it logical that you become heartless? and when we become obsessed we don't care about anything, not our own safety, not the law, not anyone else, we turn into this persons s-a-tan and we are so very patient. It's rare though since it's unlikely for us to let anyone hurt us that way without putting them in their place early on or by just leaving.

However for you Sunshine I really don't see any reason for your taurus to be vindictive towards you. There's nothing else that a taurus appreciates more than HONESTY- whatever it may hold. If you've always been honest to him and you end it the same way there is nothing he can possibly hold against you. As long as you're honest and tactful he won't hate you. It will hurt-yesssss but just let him know that you care and that's as smooth as it can go. That's the way things go. No one dies of a heartbreak as much as it hurts. The best way to go is to do as TG said, put some distance in between for a little while, let him get over the rough part.
I honestly don't know if you can be friends again, that's up to you too and how he reacts. I personally tend to disappear completely. Maybe after a while- although who knows if he might hold hope of you two getting back together. Hope is a terrible thing no matter what anyone says.