You were afraid of rejection?
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more times than I care to remember.
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The fear of rejection is tough.....but how will you ever know if you dont try....she might be thinking the same things and if you dont take a chance you will never know. Which would be better......to never know? or to try and find out that she is totally crazy for you? Even if she isnt im sure you could still be friends........but i say that it doesnt hurt to try, just get brave! Good Luck!
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I know exactly how you feel!  I've avoided relationships for a long time because I was afraid of getting hurt.  I've been with my current guy for a little less than a year now and it's been the most anxiety-filled year that I've had in a long time.  There were many times when I almost felt like running away because the fear was overwhelming.  But the thing that makes me stay is the realization that in order to get the things I want most in life (not just in relationships) takes an amount of risk.  If we play it safe all the time, we'll never get hurt, but life would be bland.
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It depends on the subject that you are talking about. Some things I'm not sensitive about at all and other things I'm a VERY sensitive about.\n\nAs far as rejection from a woman, oh that would be about a 15 on a scale of 1-10, lmao. I am 30, but I've always despised being rejected by a woman who I find attractive. I must get my opinion from my dad, but as far as I'm concerned a man who can't get a woman isn't much of a man. \n\nI will say though, some women are just full of s-h-i-t, and they are just looking to mess with a guy's head a little. I'm not talking about the one a guy would like for her to mess with either, lol. I've found some women like to act and some women like to talk, it's hard to differentiate between the two sometimes. When a man finds out which one a woman is, it's too late sometimes and the guy ends up feeling like crap for allowing himself to be led on for the woman's amusement.\n\nNow sometimes a woman just simply isn't attracted to a particular guy, and that really hurts when the guy is very attracted to the woman. It makes a man feel like he's a complete loser and that he's a worthless piece of crap.\n\nIt's hard sometimes to figure out why you've been rejected, but it's never good regardless of why. Every guy would like to feel like the "big stud" every day of his life, but the sad truth is that most guys have felt like a loser or a failure at one time or another, it's just a part of life. As pathetic as it seems, some women like to be the ones who make that happen if they are the kind who like to play those mind games that I mentioned. What makes it all worth while is when you run into the women who aren't full of crap, the ones who have real intentions instead of doing a lot of talk that they never intend on backing up.
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Sounds to me like she afraid for you to meet face to face possible bad rejections in past or on the other hand is having alot of fun play the old "cat and mouse" game.  If it were me I'd come right out and ask her what the problem is.
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I can't say i've had that experience. but i'm very sorry you've had to experience it. Asking someone out makes you vulnerable to rejection. people should really try to put themself in the other person's shoes before they do something like that.
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have you tried asking her out again? did you do something wrong? think about what you did.
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welcome to a mans world with the fear of rejection.  If you don't do anything now, you might pass up a great thing.  You never know until you do something about it.  Ask him if he wants to do dinner sometime.
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it's fear of rejection & it spans the entirity of human nature regardless of birth sign.  I would go on & ask....in my sage wisdom at the ripe old age of 52, I can tell you this:  if he rejects you,  ρї§§ on him....it just proves you were too good for the likes of him anyway.   ♀  ♀  ♀  ♀  ♀
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Hi Raiden,  well..you are going to get alot different ways to look at your situation.  You sound like an honest, straight-forward kind of guy that has had to deal with alot in 18 years.  My heart goes out to you and if I had the answers I would tell you..but if I told you they would only be the "answers" for myself.  You are the only one that holds all the answers for what is right for you.  As frustrating as that may sound to you it is actually good news.  You don't have to follow any one elses path.  This life is your journey and you are not asking too much out of it.  Sometimes the only thing that holds us back is our own fears...fear of getting hurt, fear of rejection, fear of judgment, fear of failure... I want you to try something for me.  ask yourself what you would do today if you weren't afraid.  Don't push yourself into anything just think about it.  When you are ready you will know it.  There is nothing wrong with you.  You weren't put on this earth to suffer you were put here to discover.  And if you believe nothing else...please believe me that how you feel about yourself and life today will be different with each passing day.
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I don't want to be critical, but I want to be honest in my answer.\n\nI had this same fear after my 2nd marriage ended.  Thank goodness I had a dear friend who saw what I was experiencing and helped me rebuild my self-esteem and helped me "find myself".  I realized that I was not happy with myself and that I needed to be before I got involved again.  This was not a quick process.  And it was a lonely one.  But I thank God every day that I went through it.  When I quit looking and found out that I actually liked myself, I found a great guy.  He and I are no longer together, but I found that I am a complete person without a man.  This has given me a whole new perspective on life and relationships.  Since then, I have met and dated a much higher quality of men.  The man I'm seeing now is a wonderful and thoughtful man who is a good father and is concerned about the people around him.  This is want I wanted and what found me.\n\nI hope my experience can help!
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I've been rejected so many times, I think  just the shock of a yes might kill me.
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I would feel ignored and rejected.  But maybe he just didn't see the message.  Or maybe the question was so clingy that he has to just pretend that he never saw it.  Seriously, don't ask guys questions like that, it just sounds desperate.
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The best motivation is for the girl to ask me out.I think i'm in the same boat as the guy you're talking about.Sorry dear,we get scared of getting our hearts broken too...
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Take a deep breath, it will all be fine, if he's not interested big deal. He's not going to walk around telling everyone you asked him out and he turned you down. You know what my personal moto is- Glory to the brave. When ever I want to ask out a girl or approach a girl and I start to fear rejection I say to myself Glory to the Brave and do it. I've got rejected before, but in a few days you'll never remember and I've also gone out with some beautiful girls, and that wouldn't have happened if I didn't have the balls to make a move
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Be glad that she said no from the very beginning, and didn't wait till after several dates and then tell you.  Rejection always hurts, but it also means that there is someone better for you.
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if you're afraid of rejection, you're not ready.  Be casual.  Offer coffe or lunch or something, or invite him along to this or that place under the pretense that you're bored and/or lonely (but not pathetic).  You buy.  Get to be friends.  Maybe he'll look at you a little differently once he gets to know you a bit  :-)