I was thinking along these lines when I read a thread here the other day about a Scorpio hanging around an ex. The off switch / dead zone had obviously not been activated on the Scorp's side, even if it had on the other end. He/she was still getting fed. Yanno?

But I didn't say anything. *smiles*

I understand the dead zone intimately. I can usually tell if I'm edging close, even without warning. And if someone tells me about theirs I pay attention. It's no joke.

I've never understood why people don't believe someone when they explicitly say these kinds of things. They know of what they speak!

You get in this zone with a Scorpio and to me it's this simple - you're not going to win.

So when you know you're not going to win...is it smart to still fight?

"I'm going to kick ass ass of this green-beret-rhino."
"Sure, Elsa. Sure thing."

No friend would tell me that!

I have always warned them when the love or goodwill was being destroyed. 

I've told them, once it's gone, there's no way to get it back.

They still are shocked when it's over.

They miss the energy but sorry, you are no longer worthy. 

What those people who push their way in don't realise is that if they respected that zone, they are more likely to be invited in. 

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What those people who push their way in don't realise is that if they respected that zone, they are more likely to be invited in. 

I am not sure of this. But when I read your comment, it made me wonder if people pushing people, in no mood to be pushed, might be part of the entitlement era that we're all living in.

Few seem to think that considering another person (current) circumstance or mood is necessary, when there is something they want.

Like pushing someone when they are sick, tired, stressed or whatever.

It really shouldn't take a newsflash to understand this is not that smart of a thing to do.

We have everything so backwards these days. To be considerate is re-framed as having to walk on eggshells.  Gotta have what you want, right now, this minute...

And what I see today (as I wait on a mechanic, a house painter, a guy who puts in windows and a bathroom remodeler), is life just doesn't work that way.  People are sooooooooo stressed right now.

You do what you want. But I think the smart move is to back the hell off when you see someone ready to snap.

Late Gem/Scorp...so maybe this is not as strong in me...but I don't think I have tapped into this since my 20's...but I do feel that I have evolved.  Before, I would say those hurtful things and 'go there' and feel better when I could get a visibly hurt reaction from someone, but now, I think about being more understanding of the power of my words, so even though I may have someone verbally lashing me with the harshest things you can say to a person (and this still happens all the time), I don't want to go down that road, so I don't.  I just can't.  Probably my Mercury in Cancer and Moon in Sag softens this.