He rejected me hard after I shot my shot—how do I clap back now?

[Anonymous]

Long story short, I'm really a female who accidentally marked guy on here. But I finally came up with the courage to shoot my shot at this researcher from my school and when I did he rejected me hard and I feel embarrassed and actually hurt. Please can somebody tell me what do I reply with?

But come on, help me out. What is the perfect response to him? I wanna troll him but also want to make sure he knows he's not getting me if he tried

[HollyK21]

I don’t think this is a situation where clapping back is warranted. I think it’s important to keep in mind that when you decide to pursue someone, it is going to be a gamble. Always. You never know what sort of response to expect, so you go into your confession being ready for whatever. Two, asking you not to talk to him about this again is not “hard”, it’s not impolite and it’s not mean. It’s setting a boundary, which he’s totally allowed to do. It was nearly 1am, he probably thought you were underlyingly looking for a hookup and he was not trying to do that. He’s a very respectable guy. Just take the L and move on.

[valentina4eva]

i would just move on😅 he is obv taken either way, but that does sound like his girlfriend replying lol
prolly better to just start talking to someone else instead of trying to troll this guy🤷🏻‍♀️

[Anonymous]

You don’t. It’s his right to reject you, especially if he’s already taken, which I’m sure you already knew if you guys really were part of the same grad program.

[Asker]

Being in grad school has nothing to do with relationships. And I'm not in grad school he is

[Opinion Owner]

You should have known he was taken if you went to the same university

And this is starting to feel like a guy trolling and expressing his opinion of what women, especially women my age, are really like.

[Asker]

Look, if you don't believe it, just say it. If you want to think everything is a trol just say it. Believe what you want. Right now you are no fucking help

[Opinion Owner]

I don’t intend to be any help. Even if you’re telling the truth, I completely disagree with what you want to do?

Assuming you are telling the truth, how do you know this researcher?

[Mariogirl09]

That was his girlfriend who replied

[Asker]

No it was just him.

[Anonymous]

He said he’s busy. What’s your problem?