Why do women dislike me?

[Anonymous]

Women would come up to me to make small talk and act nice, crack jokes etc but tell someone else that they don’t like me or that we don’t have chemistry. I don’t have a single female friend and I just don’t understand why. I don’t smell, I dress well (other women told me that including my family), I’ve been told by men that I seem very charming and inviting and that I am a good listener. Does anyone else have any idea what could be the problem?

[Anonymous]

Because women can be catty and fake. I work with purely women, been there for about 7 months now and have not one “friend” I hang with or even talk to outside of work. I am super bubbly and smiley, the ladies there call me Barbie, Cutie, all sorts of titles that imply they’re fond of me to some extent. Yet I hear rumors about me every other week, that I’m being too nice to where it seems disingenuous, that my personality is fake, etc etc. I never know which woman is saying what, always the rumor mill from our reception staff, so I just assume any one of them can feel that way. I just had to grow a thick skin and let it roll like water off a ducks back.
At my age it gets harder and harder to make friends and the few I do have already have kids or obligations to where we don’t see each other, so initially I was really hoping to befriend those women at work.
Sometimes that’s not how things are meant to work out though, so it’s better to take it in stride. Be cordial in passing with those women, do whatever it is you do while you’re around them (I don't know if it’s work or school), then live your life away from them.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had the same experience for a while now… People are just jealous and sometimes hate people who seem a little different. I know it’s frustrating. You’re not the problem, they are for disliking someone who’s not doing any harm!

[Asker]

Yeah but you’re implying that it’s because we’re different. In what way would you consider yourself different?

[Opinion Owner]

Just a quieter person

[Opinion Owner]

Some people say things like I’m “the nicest person they know”, etc. … but I’m very selective of people who I befriend

[sirderpsalot123]

Women are werid lol

[Iron_Man]

Maybe they see you as competition