Taurus GF confusing me again

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I've been off work the first three days of this week and I arranged to have lunch with my GF (Taurus) today. The idea was that I'd drive to her work and pick her up, take her out for lunch and drop her back at work later. This would be a total four hour outing for me, but I didn't mind spending that long because I love her.

Anyway, she texted me this morning to say she couldn't make it because she'd left her money at home. I pointed out that I would pay but she implied that she'd feel awkward if I paid, so I told her if she felt uncomfortable about it then she could pay next time, though I really didn't expect her to. We've been seeing each other for six months so this really shouldn't have been an issue, but she insisted that she couldn't have lunch with me and that her lack of money was the reason.

This all just seems silly to me and I'm convinced that there is another reason why she couldn't see me for lunch today, though she's such a straight-forward person that I'm sure she'd tell it like it is. Either way, I've had a miserable day because A: I didn't get to see her, B: her desire to see me is clearly not strong enough that she would go along with a perfectly acceptable solution, and C: I'm now worried that there's something going on that she wants to hide from me.
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mmm, yeah. i do have to agree. that is weird. if it were me, and i was really into u, i'd be all for it! if i absolutely had to back out it would not be because i left my money at home. it would only be because of something emergent at work that i HAD to accomplish or it might mean my job is on the line.

i'm not one to jump to conclusions but that excuse was incredibly lame. if she was gonna lie she could have come up with something better.

i hate to say it, and i can be tactlessly blunt by default (forgive me), but either B or C could be correct. even if she's not hiding anything, or anyone, from u it just feels like she's not that into u. a person, whether male or female, who is really digging the person they're with will go through many lengths and adjust their schedules accordingly in order to see them.

take my relationship for example. my man and i are very busy ppl. we both have day jobs, he's in 3 bands, i manage 2 bands, i'm an intern, he is making huge renovations on his house, and we both have lives apart from each other. we only get to see each other once a week. yet almost every chance we get we're keeping the lines of communication open (like if he gets 5 minutes to himself at work he'll call/text me). a big thing that lets me know he's really into me is he will also deviate his plans to an extent just to see me. say the only day we can technically see each other is on a saturday night. well, let's say he already made plans or he was playing a gig that night and he was also planning on kicking back and having a few beers. if it looks like that will be our only chance he will make little sacrifices like not drink, or only have one beer as opposed to several, and cut out a little early so we can spend time together. i do the same for him as well.

still, u never know, so it's never a good idea to assume. if she's pretty direct and straight-forward with u then that's what u should serve her in return. that's her "language". so speak it.
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VirgoM taurus's are a wee bit sensitive when it comes to money...especially if funds are running low...we become sensitive to ways in which we part with our cash. I also think that she might be embarrassed to tell you (hence her weird behavior which can only be attributed to feeling more embarrassed now that you've offered to pay) the offer made her feel she's obligating you and doesn't probably feel comfortable doing that. It's one thing if people depend on us virgom but it's another story when we become dependent, infact we view that as a weakness, and seeing it in ourselves is embarrassing and intolerable. While many other females of other signs might be flattered at your offer to pay and not even hesitate to take full advantage, a taurus female just wouldn't feel right unless she has cash in her purse to pay for both of you should the need arise. Idk but I could completely understand where your girl is coming from, and it can be confusing but I think it's nothing to worry over, other than the fact that she just might be low on funds at present, and is taking great care to avoid unwarranted spending.
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Hey there VirgoM20

I would have to agree with Venusrules.

I get really uncomfortable when people offer to pay for things for me... I don't believe it's because she's not that into you, she's with you for a reason and at least we know now its not for your money LOL j/k sorry. But speaking from my point of view I hate depending on others financially... I'm terrified of appearing week and dependent...I'm broke now and won't even ask my Dad for cash lol

I've read your post before and I'm cheering for you 🙂
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Posted by venusrules
VirgoM taurus's are a wee bit sensitive when it comes to money...especially if funds are running low...we become sensitive to ways in which we part with our cash. I also think that she might be embarrassed to tell you (hence her weird behavior which can only be attributed to feeling more embarrassed now that you've offered to pay) the offer made her feel she's obligating you and doesn't probably feel comfortable doing that. It's one thing if people depend on us virgom but it's another story when we become dependent, infact we view that as a weakness, and seeing it in ourselves is embarrassing and intolerable. While many other females of other signs might be flattered at your offer to pay and not even hesitate to take full advantage, a taurus female just wouldn't feel right unless she has cash in her purse to pay for both of you should the need arise. Idk but I could completely understand where your girl is coming from, and it can be confusing but I think it's nothing to worry over, other than the fact that she just might be low on funds at present, and is taking great care to avoid unwarranted spending.



We are proud people, and while I personally don't have a problem taking gifts, money, dinners, etc from men ( 😉); however, I was brought up that if you don't have $ $ $ you don't go. Granted, you offered to pay, etc, but if by some strange twist of fate she had to pay for herself, she would have been embarassed if she didn't have the $ $ $ . Taurus people are very prideful and strange about money (from my experience). We don't want to be beholden to anybody. Period.
Good Luck and hopefully it is NOT b. or c.!
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I get where Bella is coming from too (except the living with someone after 6 months...that's not me; actually, I don't want to live w/anyone - been there, done that). She makes valid points in respect to the intimacy, etc. Again, we are all obviously rooting for you and hoping for the best.
I think the best thing you could do is just simply ask her, and see what she says. Regardless if you think she is telling you the truth or not, you really will have to just take her at her word, on whatever she says. BUT, with that being said, if something doesn't feel right or seem right to you...keep all of this in your mind and act accordingly, which means, ALWAYS do what is in your best interest. You have to take care of yourself first and foremost.
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((((USCTG)))) btw,hello 😉
we never get to talk in almost real time anymore....and I miss ya —



(((BELLA))))(((HUGS))) Yes, I've been busy and just...yuck! I was thinking about making a new post here regarding being a recluse, but decided against it! LOL. I'm one of those people that tries not to poison others if I am in a crappy mood. There is nothing worse than going out with a group of friends, and one or two are sour pusses and f@ck it up for the rest! I can't stand that, and I don't like to do that; therefore, I'm likening that to my limited participation on the site for awhile. I'm just not in a great mood right now, so I'm laying low and just trying to keep working on my business stuff. It's hard sometimes, and definitely am not all roses and kisses right now 😢
Anyway, hope your holidays are going swimmingly!

@ Jason, yeppers, my family did not play about that. My mom was like, "If you go on a date, make sure you have enough $ $ in your purse to pay for whatever you are getting. Don't order ANYTHING if you can't pay for it." I live and die by that, and I don't like to take stuff from my friends or have them pay; however, I'm one of those people, if I have $ $ , I LOVE to treat my family and friends. It's a double standard, but I always tell them, "Enjoy it while I have it, as I may not have it/or be here tomorrow, as nothing is promised!"
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Thanks for the interesting replies...

I really don't think the whole pride thing is an issue for her, she has already told me that she expects the man to make the effort and to pay during the formative stages of a relationship. I have explained that I can't afford to pay for everything all of the time, but that I will treat her often enough to show her that I am still making the effort, and she understands that, so I really don't get what the problem is.

I offered to pay but she declined. So I told her she could pay next time in case my paying made her feel uncomfortable, but she still declined. Surely after six months you just do what is necessary to keep the relationship moving along and to see each other. If it had been the other way round I'd have said "sorry, I've left my money at home, could you pay and I'll pay next time" or something like that.

All I can conclude is that her desire to see me is so lacking that she just couldn't be bothered, or she had a better offer from someone else, and doesn't even respect me enough to have thought of a more convincing lie to tell me as an excuse why she couldn't have lunch with me. That's how it feels anyway. The bottom line is, if you really like something you'll move mountains to see them. Any little obstacle or mistake is dealt with in the most effective way to ensure that you still get to see each other, and anything like financial considerations, etc. evens-out in the long-run. Remember, I've been seeing her for SIX MONTHS. We should be past this nonsense... unless she had a better offer and didn't want to admit it and couldn't be bothered thinking up a more convincing lie to cover up what was really going on.
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Posted by BellaBulleautiful
Once again I am sorry she's making you feel this way.look on the bright side....maybe she was invited to go Christmas shopping for you with a friend.....🙂


One of my friends suggested the same, but having taken her out for lunch from work before (I paid and she didn't have an issue with it then) I know for a fact that her place of work is nowhere near any shops - it certainly wouldn't be viable for her to go out during her lunch hour - and besides, why would she use such a lame excuse? Surely she could have concocted a better lie. She could have told me she needed to work through lunch so she could leave early to collect her daughter from school because she wasn't well, or that she had been called into a lunchtime meeting with a member of senior staff, etc.
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Whoa Whoa Whoa! Hold your horses...

I, a Taurus, personally

1) Like my space

2) It weirds me out when my partner wants to spend all his free time with me

3) After initial couple of months of mayyyybe spending a lot of time together.. I *breaks braking* become a little stingier with
meeting up. Why?? Well I fear the relationship turning lame. I don't like being available allll the time because it keeps
things fresh! You miss each other more 🙂 ... or at the very least do not get tired of each others faces.

It is not that I don't want to see my partner at all. Many times I'm antsy to see him but I just rather not. I don't have
an ultra logical explanation for it... I just like to wait..

As for her no-sense lie... that is a lie btw. Well I've been there too! As a matter of fact, this all sounds very familiar.
And I now understand why my Virgo felt kind of offended by it. Now I'm sure he was offended.

The reason: I just want to blurt something out and not have to explain why I can't see him. I kind of expect him
to.. just back off. Just back off and don't question me. I will make up for it later.

Now, if you would like to make a storm out of a cup of water.. then fine, your Taurus will probably explain and be
her usual straightforward self. Virgos... just let it go.. go with the flow.. easier said than done for the Virgins..
I know.

Don't make it a serious issue. That's my advise.

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I'm a committmentphobe (I know, that's bad 😢 ), so I can't really impart anything, because I do agree that I like my space and stuff. I like somebody to miss me! If I'm always around or he's always around, I can't miss him and vice versa.
But, in the general scheme of things, I do agree with Bella that I do treat people the way I want to be treated (besides in the dating realm! LOL).
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Posted by USCTaurusGal
I need to feel wanted, and men (or humans in general) have the tendency to take a person for granted sometimes if too available....just my experience.


The problem for me is that she is making me feel taken for granted. She treats me like a piece of occasional furniture that's there when she needs it but can be ignored the rest of the time, but I have feelings and needs too. A whole relationship can't be geared towards one person, because there are two people.

Furthermore, I love a lot of attention and to be made to feel loved, wanted and needed. If someone devotes a lot of time and attention to me it actually makes me warm to them more and make even more of an effort to please them, but if they keep me at arms length and are always unavailable I end up backing off because I feel that they're only there to take what I have to give but not give anything back, so I feel like I'm being made a fool of.

Perhaps Taurus, or possibly this particular Taurus, just isn't right for me. A number of people have commented on how unhappy I have looked recently and I can only put it down to the fact that I desperately want to be with someone who doesn't seem to want to be with me. I am at my happiest in a warm, cosy loving relationship with someone who lavishes attention on me and appreciates all the attention that I give them and that definitely isn't this woman. Maybe other Taureans are different, or maybe I just need to find a more suitable sign for me.

My chart is in my profile in case anyone wants to look at it and identify why this particular Virgo is having such a struggle with Taurus. It's supposed to be a great match but I'm reaching the conclusion that it isn't, and this isn't the first Taurus I've been in a relationship who I found to affect me this way. I've had others with whom the pattern was exactly the same... me depressed because they wanted too much space and time away from me and them complaining that I was too possessive.
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I don't think it's a problem with Taurus, i think it's a problem with her.

My logic on dating is simple, you date to find compatibility. If it isn't there, the hard road is to end it. why waste the time and heart ache on someone that isn't on the same page as you? That is the benefit of dating. It's been 6 months, that's long enough to get things where you want them to be. For her, 6 months may not be long enough to get her to that comfort zone. If it is for you, then that's a problem. It doesn't means bad or wrong, there is no wrong or right, its about whats right or wrong FOR YOU.

If she isn't giving you what you need after 6 months, as hard as it is, do you really think she will give you what you need after a year? I don't think so, and that is all to reminesant of wanting to change someone, to make them what you wan tor the hope they will change into what you are looking for. If she doesn't have that need and desire to see you as often an you need, like someone posted earlier how they are, then that isn't a good match because you obviously need more affection and attention then she wants to give you.

If sounds like you might have a hard choice to make, or live with not getting your "love tank" filled like you like it.
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Posted by BaBy-GrL414
I don't think it's a problem with Taurus, i think it's a problem with her...

If she isn't giving you what you need after 6 months, as hard as it is, do you really think she will give you what you need after a year?
If sounds like you might have a hard choice to make, or live with not getting your "love tank" filled like you like it.



Tough decision, but I think you may already know what you need to do...
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Posted by castorandpollux

I think you are confusing our love style with rejection. I want the man to chase me, not the other way around.


Yes, I totally agree here! We don't expect or WANT someone to kiss our a $ $ , but we are NOT about chasing men (well, typically anyway 😉).

Posted by castorandpollux

And Taurean women simply do not provide those things nor do we pursue men. We show through practical action not flowery declarations of love and we expect to be appreciated for them.



Again, agree totally!

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I don't mesh well with Leo and Cancer males relationship-wise for the same reason. I can certainly take care of myself just fine but if you want to be with me, you have got to understand that you are the man and I am the woman. I don't want a crybaby man, a sulker, or a mama's boy. And see how bluntly I've put all this? If she wanted to break up with you, she wouldn't be beating around the bush. I think she's brought this up before and it's frustrating her. That's my two cents.
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Damn! I'm glad to see it's not me who doesn't want to have to care take a man. I was reading somewhere that that is a mistake a woman makes because they try to do everything for a man which makes him think of her as his mother (blech); thus, throwing their relationship into a completely different realm (that most women, don't want to be in). I'm nobody's momma! I don't have children for a reason.

Agreed, we are VERY blunt (too much sometimes), so if she didn't like you...I think she would have expressed (said) it by now.
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Am I the only one seeing the pattern here?? He has hit enough brick walls with this lady throughout the relationship to conclude that she is just not so into him. I'm sorry, but she might really like him but her behaviour doesn't sound like a girl who's in love😢

Ladies, Taurus or not, when have we ever blown off a date with a guy that we really in love with because we forgot to bring our wallet.. Lol sorry but such a laughable excuse. Personally when I do that ^^ it's usually because I'm not sure about the guy and want to create some distance, and I think the same goes the only way round.

Anyone who makes you that unhappy and insecure whin a relationship he/she isn't the right person for you.
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Posted by abbeyness
Am I the only one seeing the pattern here?? He has hit enough brick walls with this lady throughout the relationship to conclude that she is just not so into him. I'm sorry, but she might really like him but her behaviour doesn't sound like a girl who's in love😢

Ladies, Taurus or not, when have we ever blown off a date with a guy that we really in love with because we forgot to bring our wallet.. Lol sorry but such a laughable excuse. Personally when I do that ^^ it's usually because I'm not sure about the guy and want to create some distance, and I think the same goes the only way round.

Anyone who makes you that unhappy and insecure whin a relationship he/she isn't the right person for you.



Maybe she isn't in love with him... but I don't think that automatically makes her a bad person because she isn't right now at this moment. Again, I don't know her, and we are getting one-sided information, so I don't know whether she is in love or not, but I can say that I don't fall in love easily either. It takes me awhile. Again, that may not be a sign thing, it's likely just me.

But to your point, and someone elses on this thread; if their "love style s" are different, and that's important, then if they stay in this relationship, it will likely always be an issue. Example, if someone is lovey dovey and touchy, then they will likely always be that way, and the converse is true. I'm not a lovey dovey, PDA (public displays of affection) type of person, but in private, I'm all over the person I want to be with. If someone wants a girl to hold hands in public, sit on their lap, feed them food, etc, then I'm not likely ever going to fit into their style .
I hope our Virgo gentleman makes the best decision for HIM. If he's not happy, and his friends are commenting on it, then he's likely going to be facing some tough choices in the near future.
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Well, I thought I should report back having read everyone's responses very carefully. Basically I've come to the conclusion that this woman is not the one for me. It's now three weeks since we last spoke. I think if this woman were going to make me happy she would have done so by now. Six months is a long time to spend with someone, hoping that something will suddenly click and they'll let their guard down and become the person that you want them to be.

The fact is, she is too independent for me and expects me to be as independent as she is. I'm not a particularly independent person. I'm only truly happy when I'm in a loving relationship with someone who makes a fuss of me and I don't think I'll ever achieve this with her. She comes across as the type who wants a man who isn't there very often so that he can maintain a superhero act when he is there - someone who'll take his weaknesses and problems elsewhere and only be around when he is strong, happy and able to sweep her off her feet. That isn't me. I want someone who is my best friend as well as my lover, someone who I can be weak and vulnerable with, someone who I can share my problems with and who will share theirs with me.

I'm not writing Taurus women off altogether, she had some fabulous Taurus qualities which I found irresistible, and which I have no doubt are prevalent in other Taurus women but without the things that made her wrong for me, but other things about her meant she wasn't the right one for me.

It surprises me that Taurus and Virgo are regarded as such a great match when Taurus is so guarded and Virgo is so prone to anxiety - Taurus's guardedness fuels Virgo's anxiety because we hate not knowing exactly where we stand with someone. Maybe if I were a typical "workaholic" Virgo then I might suit her better, but I'm not. I'm more of a "playaholic" who loves to feel loved, needed, wanted and desired and likes to focus a lot of my time and attention on my partner and wants the same from them. Perhaps that's the Leo in my chart coming through.

Anyway, it's over.
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I feel for you too VirgoM20, but once you are able to begin moving on, you will eventually find someone who will be able to fulfill all of those things that were lacking in this past relationship. Love style s are important to people, and if they are out of sync at the onset of the relationship, they will be throughout the relationships entirety. Regardless of how many compromises that are made, those little things will ultimately become a bigger deal as time goes on. You sound like a person who deserves to be with someone who WANTS to be with you too. I wish you the best of luck, I'm sure this lovely creature is out there waiting for you...
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Posted by BellaBulleautiful

don't give up on all of us,we are not all like she is 🙂


I have no intention of giving up on Taurus women. My first serious girlfriend was a Taurus and she was the most loving, affectionate and involved person I have ever met. She told me she loved me after two weeks and after five months told me she wanted an engagement ring for her next birthday, which would have been when we'd been together for six months. Sadly I was very young and that level of commitment frightened me and she scared me off, but what it did prove is that not all Taurus women are aloof and militantly independent.

Posted by BellaBulleautiful

I need to be the other half of someone,not two seperate wholes.that may sound weak or needy to some,but to me it's the only reason for love.


I'm exactly the same. The girl I mention above was like that too, so there are women like that out there, and I am at a point in my life now where I am ready to meet one of them!

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Love style s are important to people, and if they are out of sync at the onset of the relationship, they will be throughout the relationships entirety. Regardless of how many compromises that are made, those little things will ultimately become a bigger deal as time goes on.


So true. It wasn't so much the lunch cancellation that triggered this split as it caused me to step back and look at the bigger picture where I realized just how much the whole thing doesn't add up, and then the decision to split came.

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I'm sure this lovely creature is out there waiting for you...
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I think she's called Bella 😉
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Awwww, sweet, lovely Bella - I think you have an admirer 🙂 I LOVE IT!
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it's funny because he is a different kind of Virgo,and I'm a different kind of bull (not better or anything)and we can appreciate that in each other.the ridgity
Variety is the spice of life my dear 😉
*rigidness comes in handy sometimes...OY!(filthy lil' minx I am) *