Virgo Women - How to open up and accept love

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Purpvirgo
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Hey fellow Virgo's.

As a virgo, I am very closed off and have the highest expectations for men when regarding relationships. I kind of have that 'perfectionist' mind set and won't settle for less. I've noticed that this has gotten me into some sticky situations. I mainly go for men who are emotionally unavailable as I feel that deep down I am not ready for commitment. These are the only men I end up having feelings for and it is after I am intimate. I then end up getting hurt. However, when a guy who is kind, trustworthy, respectful, and emotionally available comes along, I am finding reasons to not like him or why I wouldn't want a relationship. Are there any other virgo's who have been like this and how do you overcome this?

Feeling like this is a repetitive cycle and I know some of these are traits of the underdeveloped sign. How have you made changes to better yourselves?
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Sunsetvirgo
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Remember you deserve better.

Always remember that Virgo.

Whether better being a man who is just a friend and there for you or relationship-wise a man who is emotionally available for you.

But before a man can love you, you have to love yourself. There is no one in this whole world who is going to reach your standards, sad but true.

Become realistic in your expectations. In everything. And In doing that, search for truth in all things. You’ll find that truth is even more beautiful than perfection
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Purpvirgo
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Posted by Sunsetvirgo
Remember you deserve better.

Always remember that Virgo.

Whether better being a man who is just a friend and there for you or relationship-wise a man who is emotionally available for you.

But before a man can love you, you have to love yourself. There is no one in this whole world who is going to reach your standards, sad but true.

Become realistic in your expectations. In everything. And In doing that, search for truth in all things. You’ll find that truth is even more beautiful than perfection
damn u a poet? haha thank you
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Sunsetvirgo
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Posted by Sunsetvirgo
Remember you deserve better.

Always remember that Virgo.

Whether better being a man who is just a friend and there for you or relationship-wise a man who is emotionally available for you.

But before a man can love you, you have to love yourself. There is no one in this whole world who is going to reach your standards, sad but true.

Become realistic in your expectations. In everything. And In doing that, search for truth in all things. You’ll find that truth is even more beautiful than perfection
damn u a poet? haha thank you
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Idk but I have become A W O K E N
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I was exactly like you before

It was a combination of desperately wanting a relationship more than I was willing to admit to myself

And being insecure so you chase and sleep with the unavailable and get attach to them knowing they were unavailable from the beginning. You didn’t found out they were unavailable later because it was usually known .

I only broke that cycle by stopped wanting to be with any guy as it got old . And when I stopped actively dating . One came into my life . Someone I thought was a guy who was whatever , nothing exciting , no spark but since I’m not looking for much I’ll see where it goes .

Now you have a guy who pursuing you because the actually are interested in you, while you, not that much. Slowly they win you over THEN your feeling developed.

You keep this cycle up until YOU stop it and decide you’re tired of it
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BoomShakalakaBoom
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Get over yourself. Everybody has high expectations when it comes to a committed relationship, you aren't perfect and you'll never be perfect, none of us will ever be, and that is a beautiful thing. There's a whole world outside of your mind and neurotic thoughts/convictions, go explore it without preconceived judgements or expectations, you're too young to be ready for a committed/serious relationship. Discover your own identity first. Good luck!
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Purpvirgo
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Posted by coldwateryvirgo
I was exactly like you before

It was a combination of desperately wanting a relationship more than I was willing to admit to myself

And being insecure so you chase and sleep with the unavailable and get attach to them knowing they were unavailable from the beginning. You didn’t found out they were unavailable later because it was usually known .

I only broke that cycle by stopped wanting to be with any guy as it got old . And when I stopped actively dating . One came into my life . Someone I thought was a guy who was whatever , nothing exciting , no spark but since I’m not looking for much I’ll see where it goes .

Now you have a guy who pursuing you because the actually are interested in you, while you, not that much. Slowly they win you over THEN your feeling developed.

You keep this cycle up until YOU stop it and decide you’re tired of it

wow you could not have described it more perfectly.

I feel that now I am at the stage of ending that cycle as I am fed up with actively dating and falling into the same unwanted situations. I guess I confuse lust and excitement with an actual commited healthy relationship which I may not be ready for.
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INTJ emotionally conflicted virgo
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Posted by coldwateryvirgo
I was exactly like you before

It was a combination of desperately wanting a relationship more than I was willing to admit to myself

And being insecure so you chase and sleep with the unavailable and get attach to them knowing they were unavailable from the beginning. You didn’t found out they were unavailable later because it was usually known .

I only broke that cycle by stopped wanting to be with any guy as it got old . And when I stopped actively dating . One came into my life . Someone I thought was a guy who was whatever , nothing exciting , no spark but since I’m not looking for much I’ll see where it goes .

Now you have a guy who pursuing you because the actually are interested in you, while you, not that much. Slowly they win you over THEN your feeling developed.

You keep this cycle up until YOU stop it and decide you’re tired of it

wow you could not have described it more perfectly.

I feel that now I am at the stage of ending that cycle as I am fed up with actively dating and falling into the same unwanted situations. I guess I confuse lust and excitement with an actual commited healthy relationship which I may not be ready for.
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you're really just a year younger than me. try to enjoy short lived relationship for what it is. If you have high expectation like you say, which I had em too, once you get to looking at the unavailable person youre hurting over, you know they barely crossed off anything on your basic need in a man list. imagine if these unavailable men ACTUALLY wanted to settle down, would you actually end up in a long term relationship with them? most likely not. So have to fling relationship if you enjoy em, stop if you dont. and when something more serious comes along , you'll know.

you've been repeating the cycle of unavailable men for a while now, that when something different come along, you'll feel it's different
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Purpvirgo
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I was exactly like you before

It was a combination of desperately wanting a relationship more than I was willing to admit to myself

And being insecure so you chase and sleep with the unavailable and get attach to them knowing they were unavailable from the beginning. You didn’t found out they were unavailable later because it was usually known .

I only broke that cycle by stopped wanting to be with any guy as it got old . And when I stopped actively dating . One came into my life . Someone I thought was a guy who was whatever , nothing exciting , no spark but since I’m not looking for much I’ll see where it goes .

Now you have a guy who pursuing you because the actually are interested in you, while you, not that much. Slowly they win you over THEN your feeling developed.

You keep this cycle up until YOU stop it and decide you’re tired of it

wow you could not have described it more perfectly.

I feel that now I am at the stage of ending that cycle as I am fed up with actively dating and falling into the same unwanted situations. I guess I confuse lust and excitement with an actual commited healthy relationship which I may not be ready for.
you're really just a year younger than me. try to enjoy short lived relationship for what it is. If you have high expectation like you say, which I had em too, once you get to looking at the unavailable person youre hurting over, you know they barely crossed off anything on your basic need in a man list. imagine if these unavailable men ACTUALLY wanted to settle down, would you actually end up in a long term relationship with them? most likely not. So have to fling relationship if you enjoy em, stop if you dont. and when something more serious comes along , you'll know.

you've been repeating the cycle of unavailable men for a while now, that when something different come along, you'll feel it's different
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Thank you for this.

You basically put everything I was thinking into one rational paragraph.
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Anything you attract towards you is a reflection of yourself despite all this other hogwash about having high expectations ... That's an excuse actually .... If these men are emotionally unavailable it's because your are emotionally unavailable it is really that simple... That's why you get that response and the men see it... And give you what you dish out... No one is perfect ... Maybe you should recognize that you're not perfect and have flaws like everyone else ... Recognize that.. Do the self healing by being open to your true emotions about yourself and not any one else for once.... Heal those emotions and then a man that is emotionally open will be open to you ... But when you hide emotions and keep things surface level ... You attract surface level men only there for a lay .... Pretty much what you projected to them just saying.. Good luck
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Purpvirgo
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The thoughts i have about what you said is maybe because it's that feeling that you don't deserve love, you're really insecure, maybe that has to do something with not feeling loved from childhood, if parents were critical that could make you isecure and feeling of not loving when you were younger and it's a psychological issue from childhood, when a good man aproaches you, you might know you deserve to be loved because everyone does, but on emotional level you might feel you don't deserve it, or could be opposite, you could feel you deserve, but think you don't deserve it. Most virgo men and women i noticed are really insecure about themselves, they punish themselves and think low of themselves, i even seen when they push away people just because of how insecure they are even tho they had great partners, what i would suggest is try to be aware of yourself, you don't want to fuck up good relationship or a good oportunity for relationship just because of past trauma, go to therapist or try writing down what you think and feel on a letter and imagine you write that to your partner, and now imagine perfect response you would want from your partner and write it yourself , thats good self therapy if you can't afford something more. Bless you and have a beautiful day, i want to say you're a beautiful person and you should believe in yourself more!
I recently started seeing a therapist about it, and you are correct, it connects to my childhood. Hopefully it will help me to better see myself and understand why i am the way i am and how to be accepting of myself and others. Thank you for your kind words✨