
Ahhhh! So… It’s that natural fear called REJECTION again!
I find this topic more and more fascinating.
Thanks to those few readers here who bother to leave valuable and interesting comments to my previous entry;) It’s great to hear u guys voicing out your different views.
Okay, u all certainly got a point there, afterall I being merely a girl and needless mention ever tried make any initiative in approaching a guy before, I certainly aren’t in any position to relate that “feeling of rejection”.
Hmm…so, guess we’re still laying on that one big natural fear: this fear of REJECTION! Deem this instinctive emotion really does paralyses and hinders u guys from doing the things u really want to do, including approaching girls. Seemingly appears that the idea of walking up to a stranger and having her REJECT u sure is causing u guys to instantly feel sick in the pit of your stomachs and literally feel a horrible combination of nervousness and confusion, huh?
Alas!… so it’s still this one big natural fear that is overshadowing most of u guys: this fear of REJECTION! One (maybe more) even think it’s this fear that make them rather walk away… hmm.. or perhaps make some rather run through a minefield than walk up to a girl and ask her out on a date?
So, perhaps it’s like those settings we see in the movie - some guys psych themselves up for an hour to go talk to a girl, but when the moment comes to actually DO IT, EVERYTHING changes, huh?
Your heart rate shoots up, breathing quickens, eyes dart back and forth, thoughts of rejection fill the mind, and eventually the pressure becomes too much to bare… huh?
Naturally, u find this state so scary that u end up deciding to “shuak” and just forget about approaching the girl... just to end the discomfort… huh?
The temptation is great to just "walk away" because just as quickly as the intense nervousness is triggered by the moment one decides to ACT, it goes away when u decide to "forget about it and walk away".
The fact that "choosing to walk away" leads to the "instant gratification" of your nervous feeling, going away thus makes it the most popular option… huh?
Ahhh, the dili-deliness of the human mind!
Is this really what most of you guys rather choose to do… just walk away? Giving up before u’ve even started?
If I just think about it, I sure can remember MANY occasions some strangers seemed to want to talk to me, but end up just didn’t do it. Those moments obviously made an impression, because, most time, those guys just make me thought they look like a nerd, staring and smiling, appear wanting to approach, but yet never dare.
Can you relate any such similar moment where u likely look like such nerd in another girl’s eyes?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTUAL REJECTION AND THE FEAR OF REJECTION...
I think it's important for u guys to realize that there's a BIG difference between ACTUAL rejection (having a girl who is offended, upset, rude, etc. to u when u start talking to her) and the FEAR of rejection (how u feel when u imagine a girl rejecting u).
Actually in my opinion, I don’t think u guys are “rejected” very often mah!
Why I say that?
Ask yourself, most of the time when a guy starts talking to a girl, she is actually rather nice about the whole affair mah, not meh?
U see, if a girl isn't interested, she usually just says "I have a boyfriend" or "No thank u"... or she'll just walk away without saying anything at all.
Out of those times that u approached someone before, or seen your friend approached a girl before, can u recall any time that a girl has yelled "Get away from me u loser! Pls go look at yourself in the mirror before talking to me u ugly fatty, don’t u hold fat hopes that I’ll go out with u. The very thought of going on a date with u makes me sick to my stomach!"
ehem! Perhaps it did really happened to SOME unfortunate ones, but I certainly have never did that to any approacher in my life, and I believe most girls won’t.
Okay, I admit the worst maybe I did was making fun of the words he used (telling him that his pickup line was lame) or just walking away.
No slaps, no boyfriends beating him up, and no yelling.
Surely, human beings tend to want to "save face" when it comes to relationships.
Who like the idea of being outrightly “rejected” by another person wor? And normally we ALSO tend to not want to "hurt other people's feelings" by rejecting them.
This is one of the reasons why girls will often lie and say "I have a boyfriend" when they don't.
U guys gotta become aware of these "subconscious" processes and motivations, work with them, and who knows eventually become the master of them… Learn to recognize any girl’s “politeness in saying no thanks", and move on.
If she isn't interested in you, forget about it. It doesn't matter. U aren’t alone, look around u, your friends, colleagues, or buddies, like what my reader Brooklyn commented, who never hit the nails in his/her life wor? If every girl would to accept all her suitors, wouldn’t it turn World War IV? Neway, even when it does happen, won’t u recover shortly thereafter?
Go to the next one. There are plenty k.




Long post. But full of meaningssss
ReplyDelete2 points to make
ReplyDelete1) Rejection is not = to fear of rejection
so, we need to differentiate this.
2) If a person is realli serious abt smthing/someone, he will definitley feel sad, be it courtship, games, sports, or other competitions. So are u saying fail nvm, just go to the nex one? But for example, a sportsman can onli participate in Olympics 2 to 3 tmes, at most 4 times in his life.
Anyway, u r more n more singlish.
Well, from my point of view, being rejected is much much better when u are being played and got hurt in the process.
ReplyDeleteThere are times when I really don't understand why girls likes to use this type of reasons to turn down a r/s with someone. Some of the terms they use might be like: I'm sure you can find someone much better than me or much interesting I'm a bad girl and seriously I don't wish to hurt you. So, maybe jojo can try to understand and help in explain those wordings what they actually means?
Earthy,
ReplyDelete1) I believe I did clearly already mentioned above there is indeed a BIG difference between actual rejection and the fear of rejection.
2) Of cos any broken hearted person will feel sad, but my hit is... what's the point of keep having this down feeling or even drag everyone around u into this sad mood? Will that make her edit what she told u? Will ur life be much better? Come on, y make ur time stop there? Life still has to go on, unless u choose to become a monk.. for her? Well, ask my opinion and I'll only tell u to the face that I bet she'll feel anything even u really choose this path. If u want to hear the truth, very likely in such case, if the guy continue behave this lousy stage, the girl usually only see him getting more & more pathetic and u know what.. pathetic = lousy = unattractive... in another word --- Loser!
In the same train of thought if u dun make urself look like u bother so much about her decision and play not so easy to get from now (if u get wat I mean), chances of making her re-notice u would be higher... because by then u become a guy who subconsciously appear no longer available to her! And tell u a truth about girls, if she reali has even a little bit feeling for u, she sure will feel sore or a little unbearingness. Even if she may not be attracted to u and would not date u under any circumstances, u become more attractive once u no longer makes this girl the center of your world.
Please forget about my whole comment if u still find it offending… u obviously still prefer to hear nice things... too bad sweet talk on "fei hua" is not my forte..
Brooklyn,
ReplyDeleteStill need me to explain? Didn’t u already known & seen thru her and even classify her to be the “player” type? Yes, of cos there are many such serial flirters around (oops! I cannot believe I’m revealing this secret, sure gonna get strangled by most of my friends… juz hope no girls pay attention to this comment).
Serial flirter is the type of girl whom flirt with u guys who she doesn’t necessarily has a romantic interest in, leading u guys to believe that u stand a chance. This girl is merciless, and may have the same characteristics that swing from man to man. By my opinion, it could be due to her insecurity needing the comfort of feeling desired to increase her self-esteem. For her, having many guys around chasing and pursuing her is enjoyable, to say the least, and is considered "backup." And needless say, she wants to have fun, and isn’t interested in settling down with one person for the time being. Maybe she’s scared of commitment, maybe she isn’t ready for commitment, or maybe she just think she hasn’t found the right person yet, so thus u hear all those “craps” from her mouth… Save it to bother what excuses she gives, if she's a true player, she'll make the decision easy for you (whatever blah blah blah), and leave u before u even have a chance to think about it.
But juz to make it clear here… of cos not all girls are like; I'm only referring to those who flirt for no one's benefit but their own.
Hope I answered your doubts.
Wow certainly I'm learning something here. I suspect it could be happen to me now:(
ReplyDeleteI like tough scolding,.....
ReplyDeletecoz i'm sort of in a numb stage now...
Dear Earthy,
ReplyDeleteNobody is scolding anybody here. Me merely trying to put a wake-up call to a fren, if u consider me one of course;p
I deem one of the things that keeps guys from moving on after a rejection is holding on to false hope. Some guys are stuck in limbo with the idea that there might be a chance she would change her mind. The result of such a belief is a double-edged rejection sword.
Every man thinks the rejection he gets is the most traumatic one in history. The truth of the matter is that rejections always follow the same pattern, and life goes on. If u keep thinking about how badly u've been hurt, u will continue to hurt. To recover from such hurt quickly, stop feeling sorry for urself and be determined and proactive in helping urself get over her.
The sweetest revenge one could have is to be successful. Being rejected is actually the best motivation to help push u to succeed in life. There is no better feeling than bumping into her three years down the road after you've gain 10 pounds of muscles, put on a rock-hard six-pack, and be in the peak of ur career or even started ur own lucrative business -- not to mention a beautiful angelic girlfriend/wife standing by ur side:)
when a gal show no interest immediately u can sense it from e way she talkz or her uneasy expression. Like mi I'm a gal tats spell evrythin on my face, mmm...won't directly reject some1 as I know its hurt but will treat him very cold make him self disappear.
ReplyDeleteYou alwayz say how come my 1st date with those guyz they seem so crazy for mi yet I juz MIA...haha actually mi juz dun wana waste too much time on sometin tats not possible.
Till now stil can't mit some1 tat can make my heart-beat stop leh, I believe u too feel e same way ya :)
Great topic u have! bibi's thump-UP!
Really enjoyed reading this blog. Wow jojo can u don't spill out too much? U are totally spoon feeding all these guys!
ReplyDeletehaha so interesting topic. Seriously 4 those guys I rejected b4 or KIV, do I even care if I ever hurt them?
ReplyDeleteOkay a couple maybe, I do have some feeling for ones, yes, I agree do feel something amiss like that esp. when they stop to care. Told myself no big deal, but still do feel something... missingzzz