Scorpio male need a fine and a subtle level of self-awareness. When scorps are emotionally smitten which is pretty often for this being a very volatile sign with a primordial purpose of reproduction, they can be extremely vulnerable in which case they adopt the below pattern of behaviour.

1. Extreme shyness to talk to the person concerned
2. On the contrary extreme openness to everyone else concerned
3. Attention seeking behaviour and to some extent narcissm to get the beloved on the attention.
4. They prefer to be chased than to chase
5. They are more in love with a idolised projection than the real person of flesh and blood.
6. If consummated it takes a different turn of maybe disinterest else neutrality, rarely does it take on the long term for more than a couple of years. In which case it becomes just a fascination
7. If consummated the level of heartbreak can be too intense and coming out very difficult, it can lead to overacting, pretensions of not caring, overdoing everything all with the view to impress the beloved.
8. Reticence of scorpios is not just for rebuff or ridicule but more due to shyness.

You said you expected someone to be a mind reader, Ive done that too, makes me laugh now… Of course once you start telling too much, you leave yourself vulnerable too, the “talkers” and the “gamers” know what you like and will try to trick you now, so being too honest with a person can backfire…. Its hard to find that safe middle ground…

Phenix/scorpio
I’m really happy for you and your Scorpio GF, it sounds like you’ve got a strong relationship, not just the potential of one Thats it really, most of us idiots find the “potential” relationship LOL

Thanks, I think I understand…..It helped me understand my recent stupidity, LOL. The Aqua guy I thought I loved wasnt what he seemed and what I fell in love with wasnt him so much as his pretty words. as stupid as I feel about that, its good…Ive been crying over an illusion not a man…LOL
I think that a person can tell you they love you a million times and never make you feel as happy as one tiny gesture would, just showing it…I always try to show the person I care for and when I dont get anything shown back, I pretend Im happy because they said this or that, talk really is cheap…. Im tired of it. If I had a dime for every guy that claimed he loved me…I think Ill be looking deeper next time, looking for some real proof.
THanks for making me think about that Its helpful, Its nice to hear that men think like that too, not just women. I dont know why someone like you would feel dumb? You probably know how to see the “real” stuff in a relationship. If anyone should feel dumb, it’s those that dont see it while they are just waiting to hear some pretty words…I think that having my heart broken has given me an edge Ive never had before, I fell for the wrong reasons and next time someone shows more friendship then words, if Im ever that lucky, I wont take him for granted. Im tired of words…thanks

the funny thing is that the more i like someone the more liberties i try to take and the more cheeky insults i seem to make at their expense. it can really annoy people who are sensitive and i do try to stop it but sometimes that can be difficult. so it is not unusual for a scorpio to make fun of the person they really like and play a funny game of never really telling them how they feel. scorpios like to let you know it in other ways rather than in words. but then sometimes they just like to tease people even if they don’t like them so it can get confusing. even in some cases scorpios appear to blank out the person that they love. again i am not sure why but i have done it on many occasions and expected the other person to be a mind reader.