From anecdotal experience I've never been mad at a girl that wasn't interested in me. But I've found that most girls I wasn't interested in seem to carry it around years later. Is it harder for women to put themselves out there and take rejection? Often I didn't even realise there were signs till someone told me, guys can be oblivious to these subtleties. Do girls take rejection worse than guys?
Well, based on the facts and statistics women suffer more from depression than men do. If someone wants to correct me on this, feel free to do so. I do think this is partially due to society’s standards on women physical appearance more than anything else. Perhaps women feel like they are nothing more than a sexual object for men to ogle at and that every man’s intentions is based on wanting to have sex with or be intimate with her in some manner. I think women place a lot of time, value, and importance in their looks and might anchor themselves and their identity based on it. So, when they’re rejected it might affect them more than men because their entirety was based on their physical appeal.
Its because their petty illusions of their inflated ego gets shattered when someone tells them no. They just can't deal with it.
On top of that imagine being able to get whatever you want because of your looks and simply because you are a girl. There is a level of expectation that men serve women and when men don't they pretty much freak out thinking their worth is vanishing.
Oh, yes we do. I don't care what a lot of them say, women are emotional, but we handle it differently. It also depends on their values and their level of emotional attachment. The more emotionally attached we are to you, the more crushed we'll be. Rejection is rejection. It's not all about dating and attraction. Being rejected in general always hurts. The problem is, a lot of girls foolishly try to date people who are not right for them or don't know. And try to date male friends that may not be good for them either. People need to stop being emotionally attached to people without any sense of trust and understanding. When I started taking my advice, I hurt a lot less.
It depends on the guy and how interested I am in him. I've been rejected... well, more times than I care to admit. I will admit that YES I definitely hold grudges and pretty much don't want much to do with someone after being rejected- but then who likes being rejected or friendzoned? Most guys don't either!
But then there are guys I know I didn't have a chance in hell with, or were just crushes? Meh, it hurts but I usually don't get that upset since mentality I already knew I didn't have a chance with them, lol
You sound extremely narcissistic. You fail to look at the whole picture. You ladies expect much from guys and do nothing when you like guys. None of you have any right to be offended. Guys put everything they have to reach you. When you girls instantly reject us, we have to keep trying. You ladies barely have to try.
I put no, because I don't like to generalize an entire group based on actions of only some. However, I will say that many guys see "the game" as a dick-measuring contest, and they really put their pride into it. I feel like the guy will get very insecure after. Especially since his buddies will most likely laugh at him and say he was "friend-zoned". Guys tend to make the rejection of the girl worse than it has to be. Guys seem to like to humiliate each other a lot. It's a wannabe "alpha" thing, I guess.
Well I had girls that took rejection well bit also had some that did not. I think my worst expirince was when I rejected a girl that she tried to drug me to have sex with her. It did not work, but still to what lengths some people would go is kinda crazy.
Yes we do. Cultural norms say that guys should chase girls and girls should be stuck up turning them down most of the time. It's not right, but it seems to be the expectation. When a girl scrambles up the courage to make the first move and gets rejected, it feels like people will find her desperate or overly pushy, while a guy who gets rejected is just a guy.
Not saying I agree with any of that, but that's what goes through my head when I think of making the first move.
i got rejected/ignored twice last year and i hardly every have crushes, these 2 guys were people i knew for more than 3 years and almost a year... i needed distance and no contact after that but after a few months i am friends again with the one i've known for year, with the other one i am still distant but why should i act normal which would be friendly and nice towards him? it definitely hurt my ego and i am for sure not going to initiate anything anymore
I think it has more to do with the individual's self esteem rather than their gender. People with low self-esteem are more likely to be hurt by rejection. Adding to that, young women seem to be especially harsh critics of themselves and may be likely to internalize the rejection, saying "what is wrong with me". But guys can be very hurt by rejection as well.
Yes they do and all you would have to do is ask anyone guys that's MGTOW. They follow MGTOW around constantly trying use shaming tactics on men for going their own way even though it will never work. It's perfectly OK for feminism to reject men but there seems to be a huge problem when it comes to MGTOW rejecting women. But that's too bad.
That being said gender doesn't matter. Anybody can handle rejection from good to not at all.
But then I had one or two asking me "But who do you like then?" on the contrary... which is pretty nice to hear instead. Bah. I almost feel bad I responded with "Nobody" back then but I did not want to get word around 🤷
I think the reaction is about the same but women recover from it much quicker because they have more options. They might be rejected one week but meet a new guy the very next week. Men end their lives over a woman but when was the last time you have heard about a woman killing herself over a man?
Girls have more of a choice on who to date. Men do not have a choice. We have to go after the women we want, and even if then, it could be a waste of time, as it totally depends on her willing to date you or not. Men have more to lose then women, when it comes to asking the opposite sex out. So, in turn, we do tend to take rejection worse, especially if our 'buddies' tend to measure your manhood on how many dates we get.
Well, seein as guys gotta put themselves out there more, it would seem that guys should be able to handle it better, since women generally are the ones who are acceptin the invitation and not sendin it out.. I think it depends really..
lol and every guy I've been with gets overly attached within a month thinking im the one and almost jumps off a building when i leave him about it¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't know man were all crazy
Female nature is that, they want to be or love to be wanted, needed and valued like they are the prize. But when you reject when you literally destroy them 😭😭😆😅. There should be THUG LIFE video about this 😎🤣
Without actually knowing for a fact I think it could be true. I believe women are more concerned/worried about rejection generally than men, and copes with it far more mentally.
Mmm it depends. In my case, the last time that I was rejected by a guy, I remember that it hurt my ego a lot and I needed a lot of distance to heal myself from that. Then the guy started to contact me again but my proud was already damaged.
My x left me she had it all planed out. it took me 2 years to get over it. then she said would I return and live with her. i said no because I don't love you now.
no I don't really care guys on the other hand have gotten super offended calling me a bitch and what not
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I always find it amusing that for some people when they're rejected you're almost dead to them but if you're with them you're the best ever. Flexible mindset.
On top of that, you ladies have ridiculous standards when it comes to men. You expect things to get handed to you. You expect guys to do things for you. Yet you ladies have problems taking rejections, while you just sit and do nothing. Gimme a break!
Well, in case you skiped life, women are naturally more sensitive and hasve less courage... courage is related to testosterone... women have an excuse, men don't.
Rolfmao! I didn’t skip life, you did. You’re forgetting how easy you ladies have it. I didn’t even have a girlfriend. I always get rejected by girls. I’m just explaining a fact to you. You girls have it extremely easy. You are given things. You don’t have to work as hard as a guy does.
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