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4 Zodiac Signs That May Be Causing Heartbreak Without Even Realizing It

Unless youโ€™re a glutton for punishment yourself, youโ€™re going to be breaking at least a few hearts in your lifetime. While some zodiac signs are masters at letting people down the easy โ€”ย or hard โ€”way, others donโ€™t even realize theyโ€™re doing it. Are you one of these four zodiac signs who break hearts without realizing?

Aries

You might realize youโ€™re letting someone down, but you donโ€™t notice how harsh youโ€™re being while doing it. You figure the swift and easy โ€œsorry, Iโ€™m not interested,โ€ is the best way to reject someone, but not everyone loves the blunt delivery. Even worse, youโ€™ll say your piece, then flit away as if the person doesnโ€™t need any after-care. Some people could use some nice words after rejection to help soften the blow, Aries โ€” something that hasnโ€™t even crossed your mind. Add in the fact that people fall for you pretty hard and this is a recipe for some major broken hearts that are going to take longer than you realize to heal.

Cancer

Youโ€™re an emotional person, Cancer, which means youโ€™re sometimes more focused on your own feelings than on anotherโ€™s. Youโ€™re the type of person to feel so terrible about having to reject someone that they feel pressured to console you, even though theyโ€™re the one being rejected. While looking inward and caring about your feelings are great, that can get in the way of allowing space for other people to feel things, too. Remember: Other people exist, and so does their heartache.

Libra

Honestly, you donโ€™t even realize when youโ€™re breaking someoneโ€™s heart. Thatโ€™s because you have absolutely no idea when someoneโ€™s into you. You figure that everyone just wants to be your friend, and you reason away every touch and nervous laughter to support that idea. So you treat the person like a friend โ€” because thatโ€™s what you think they are โ€” and they interpret it as a rejection. This even happens when someone is basically throwing themselves at you. The next time a close friend insists that someone likes you, you might want to believe them. After all, your obliviousness could be making you miss out on a cool relationship.

Aquarius

Like Libra, you tend not to read the signals that someone likes you. But even when you do realize that youโ€™ve got an admirer, you donโ€™t treat the revelation with the gravity it deserves. You figure since you donโ€™t care all that much, other people donโ€™t either. Sorry, but thatโ€™s just not true. Being so casual when someone asks you out or professes their feelings for you is honestly hurting their feelings more than the rejection itself. Remember that it takes most people a lot of guts to ask someone out, so donโ€™t treat it like they just asked what time it is.