How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

topic posted Tue, April 29, 2008 - 12:16 PM by  Erin
As a Cancer woman, I 'm just giving up. I am completely in love with the Cancer guy, but he's becoming totally self serving. For example, he complained about my "sticky" lip gloss; yet, I never complain about how his beard make my entire face red because it irritates me. And I'm tired of always complimenting him and never really getting those compliments back..I'm not narcissistic, but doesn't he realize that while I'm at home waiting around for him, there are at least 3 guys waiting for me to give them the green light? I'm not gorgeous (not ugly looking either), but I'm educated (master's degree), I make my own comfortable living, I'm outgoing, and people generally like me. So, I'm giving up on him. I want a guy that wants to do things with me and doesn't get lazy when I bend over backwards for him. And I'm ready to date other people--and no offense, I've gotta steer clear of Cancer men for a while. This is the second one that kills my spirit.

I want to either phase him out or completely come out and say that this thing between us (not even a formal relationship) is just not working for me. How do I tell him? I don't want to be outright mean; so, any advice?
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    Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

    Tue, April 29, 2008 - 4:47 PM
    tell him, then cut him off completely... dont pick up if he calls, etc. don't give him a reason to think that you could possibly get back together.
    • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

      Tue, April 29, 2008 - 4:52 PM
      Damned if I know, mine just ran away from me... the opposite.
      • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

        Tue, April 29, 2008 - 6:38 PM
        Hi Kaylie, Sorry to hear about you and your crab. He is a triple water sign right? Sun Cancer Moon Pisces Rising Scorpio. I can't imagine what he is like.
        • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

          Tue, April 29, 2008 - 6:42 PM
          He's overly sensitive and emotional... and great in so many ways.

          My heart's absolutely broken....
          • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

            Tue, April 29, 2008 - 6:45 PM
            :(
            • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

              Tue, April 29, 2008 - 6:46 PM
              I'll be okay, I was just taken by surprise, I thought he was the one......
              • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

                Tue, April 29, 2008 - 6:47 PM
                He won't even talk to me, it's been a week, and he says he'll be ready to talk to me on Friday... :-(
                • Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

                  Tue, April 29, 2008 - 7:41 PM
                  After giving it some more thought. I can say that I ran from the Scorpio love of my life because of my sensitivities and emotions. It was just that she hurt me so many times that it one day all caught up to me and I ran. Trust me running from her did not make me feel any better I felt a million times worse. I felt like I ripped my own heart out. I also hurt her and that’s what really got to me. I let her down and myself down by hurting the girl I care so much about and love with all my heart and soul. I know now that I can’t ever do that again to myself and especially to her. Knowing that she was hurt by me made we want to make everything better for her. So I of course I went running back to her.

                  So I guess for your triple water sign crab. He is a Cancer so he cares, loves you and wants to nurture you. He also can retreat into his shell for protection. His Pisces moon is compassionate, empathetic and spiritual. He also can swim away from it all to dream. His Scorpio Ascendant is loyal, loves deeply and passionately. But he has the stinger to protect all of that depth from being hurt.

                  There still is hope if he wants space until Friday. I guess be grounded with your Virgo Sun and Taurus Moon and try not to go off the deep end (that’s his job). Also try to be understanding of his emotions and sensitivities. Us water signs can be hurt by not feeling understood.
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                    Re: How to tell a Cancer guy that we are over?

                    Tue, April 29, 2008 - 7:45 PM
                    Hmmm, you have some really good points there. And, I am grounded. He's trying to take all of his emotions out of this before he talks to me... not going to work. I know that much. I just think that waiting until Friday, is just putting more distance between us, but my sister is right, he needs to miss me, and he needs to pursue me....
                    • Kaylie,


                      Doesn't every day seem like an eternity?I haven't grown my spine to tell him its over yet...rather, I've just responded to his text messages with simple little messages. I'm not sure what I'm waiting for. I guess I'm waiting for him to say he misses me and to really, truly ask to see me. I dunno why I keep setting myself up for disappointment. I guess somewhere inside me, I'm still hoping there is a chance for recovery (even though I know it's gonna be fruitless).

                      How do you guys cope with a relationship you know is inevitably headed for splitsville? Kaylie, how are you coping?
                      • OMG! You just spoke my feelings entirely!

                        I just went through 6 months of pure heaven, with someone I thought was amazing. I clicked with him, and gave him my heart. Only to have him suddenly, and hurtfully pull away. I talked to him 2 days ago, and asked him if there's a chance for us, and his response was no, that I hurt HIM! Indeed! I had a reaction to his distance and his self-destruction. It was an emotional and hurt reaction.... He told me that being hurt, and telling him what he did wrong was unforgivable. Therefore, we can never be again...

                        How am I coping? I'm a wreck! I know that I have the strength within me to recover and move on, and I also know that I'm deserving of more than he could give me. But, deep down inside, I know that we were perfect for each other, in so many ways, and he was a fool to let me go like that.

                        That being said, I think I'm going to go visit my friend in Santa Monica. He's actually a tribe friend that I've been talking to for 3 years, a good one. I know that nothing will happen between he and I, and I know that he's a good friend and a wonderful shoulder to cry on. So, taking a small break and getting away from a town where everywhere I turn I see my beloved cancer, my best friend, and lover in every song, face, and movement in the wind....

                        I guess I'm not coping too well, huh? lol
                        • Sorry you're going through all that Kaylee :( Out of curiosity, do you know what his moon sign is? I was just wondering because I have a Cancer friend who has a Gemini Moon (and Gemini Venus), and I've noticed that he usually gets tired of his gf's pretty quickly and moves on. I don't think he realizes he's doing it though. I think he's looking for someone 'perfect' lol. But his last gf lasted about 6 months, which actually was pretty good for him to last that long. And I'm not even sure why they broke up, he never really seems to have any reason for it.
                          • I think it's the gemini venus-part. I've looke dup his chart many times.
                            He was:

                            Cancer sun
                            Pisces moon
                            Scorpio rising
                            and Gem venus...

                            his friends have told me that he does this a lot, tends to "self-destruct"...
                            • It probably is the Gemini Venus then, since my friend has that too. I keep telling him that he's too picky lol. Maybe they just don't know what they want. And my friend's definitely not a player type, at least he doesn't mean to be. He wants a serious relationship that lasts, but he just doesn't end up sticking around for too long. He's 33 now and wants to get married and start a family soon too. Maybe he's scared of that subconciously, i don't know.
                              • Mine is afraid of commitment, admitedly, but still lets his subconcious rule... he wanted a serious relationship too, and really, everything was going well.... but alas, twas too good to be true!
                                • My friend actually did have a gf he lived with for 3 yrs before (I think they broke up just over 2 yrs ago). That was his longest relationship. He said they just kind of grew apart. He said they never really fought and got along ok, but they broke up anyway. I asked him if he prefers to live with someone or by himself, and he said he prefers to live alone. I think he likes the freedom. So he might not like the feeling of being 'tied down' by a gf.
                                  • This is strange, my guy did too... UGH! i wish he'd just have been honest with himself and with me from the beginning. I love him so much....
                                    • Yes that's true, they need to be honest with themselves and the ones they get involved with. I keep telling him to be careful not to break anyone's heart.
                                      • We were such good friends before we got together too, I hope I can heal from this and be his friends again...
                                        • Kaylie,

                                          I'm so very sorry you're going through all this. What is wrong with these Cancer men? In my case, he pushed soooo damn hard for me to pay attention to him. When he got my heart, he changed his mind? I get the feeling that this has happened to you too.
                                        • It's hard :( Yeah, hopefully you will be able to be friends with him again someday. How long were you friends with him before you became his gf?
                                          It's confusing too, because usually Cancers are 'supposed' to be loyal, good gf/bf material, not cheaters, etc. So to find a Cancer who seems to go from gf to gf and not get overly attached, it just doesn't seem to fit. It kind of goes 'against the grain'. They probably feel it themselves too though I would guess.. I mean feel like they're being pulled in different directions within themselves.
                                          • Yes, the push, and then, nothing...
                                            • We worked together for a few months, went to lunch all the time, went on hikes, etc... then he approached me, and aske if there was "something between us", and then decided that he wanted to start something. I really let him take the lead, so that I didn't read into something that wasn't there... Pshaw!
                                              • Yeah, he sounds like how my Cancer friend is. I'm actually leaving out a lot of my story with my friend though, because it's so long and complicated. But we started out as more than just friends (we've known each other for more than 1 1/2 yrs now).. in fact he pursued me (on Myspace, it's always been a long-distance relationship with us because he lives in Hungary), and told me how I'm his ideal girl, physically, mentally, etc.. And we chatted all the time for a few months, and then moved it down to chatting every weekend. But we developed strong feelings for each other (at least I know I have, and I'm pretty sure he has too, but he doesn't come out and say it lol, he just says he loves me as a friend). And when we first started chatting I even encouraged him to date other women because I knew we couldn't physically be together, and he would go on a couple dates with them and then break it off. And I'd ask him why he stopped dating her and he'd say things like, "Because she's not you. You're my ideal girl." But he says we have to be just friends because of the distance, which makes sense, because we can't be bf and gf and have just an online relationship forever. But he gets jealous when I talk about my bf (yes, I do have a bf now), and he has another gf now (he's had a couple different gf's in the last year). But he still wants to chat with me on the weekends. I just told him actually just a few days ago that I don't think we should chat at all anymore, because my bf wouldn't like it, and I know his gf wouldn't like it. And I told him that he makes me feel like the 'other woman' lol, even though we say we're 'just friends', it doesn't feel like that in my heart. So chatting with him makes me feel guilty. But I don't think he took me seriously because even after telling him all that, he told me he'll be gone for a few days but should be back on the weekend (so we can chat). I just told him that he doesn't have to worry about coming home for the weekend, at least not so he can chat with me, because I know his gf wouldn't like it, and my bf wouldn't like it. And honestly, I don't want to be a hindrance to him having a good relationship with his gf (he's only been with her a couple months so far). Because he broke up with his last gf (the one he had for about 6 months) while we were still chatting, and I can't help but feel guilty about it. Even though I would tell him to treat her good and don't break her heart. And then when he broke up with her I told him he must be too picky. And he said maybe he is.

                                                He's told me before that we could be together if I came to Hungary and that the distance between us is the only thing stopping us from being together, and he would like me to visit him. But I just can't move over there, that would be a huge step for me. LOL I've never even lived on my own yet. I still live with my parents. And I'm a lot younger than he is, there's a 13 yr difference between us. He realizes that too, and he said before that he also thinks he's too old for me. So I don't think he knows what he even wants lol. But I do know that I'm not going to go all the way over to Hungary just to get my heart broken by him because he gets tired of me later on. And I also know that I'm not going to get inbetween him and his gf's by chatting with him anymore. We can lie to ourselves and say we're 'just friends', but that's just it, I think we're lying to ourselves. And we can't have healthy relationships with other people while we're still talking. It is sad though, because we really do have a strong connection. And I've been crying a lot lately realizing that we'll have to break it off :(