| 1/6/2008 4:57:34 PM |
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mildmanner
Louisville, KY
age: 50
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Just say ...........NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 1/6/2008 5:02:59 PM |
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shir567
Hillsboro, OR
age: 57
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Not sure why, but would at least like the chance to step up to bat. It feels better to stike out, if you got the chance to try
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| 1/6/2008 5:18:47 PM |
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butterfly58
Arcadia, MO
age: 59
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Rejection is part of putting yourself out there and taking the chance. Always figured when I was rejected, it just wasn't meant to be for me. Never felt bad about it, just kept right on looking.
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| 1/6/2008 5:27:03 PM |
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sunnyx56
Rochester, NH
age: 56
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I have to agree totally with you there, at least you get a chance to do something. You can do all kinds of things on the computer, but it's no where near looking into some ones eyes.
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| 1/6/2008 5:46:31 PM |
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elfiegirl
Port Charlotte, FL
age: 54
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I was just waiting for someone to put up a thread just like this!
Hehehehhehehehe! Yeehaw!
For me...heck no! You have to love yourself enough to know
"you're the greatest thing since sliced bread!" and...
if no one else in the whole wide world can see it...WOW!
Their loss! Hehehhehe! I guess I am lucky that way...but
hasn't always been...it took me YEARS to grow into this
state of mind.
This is how I think....you have to care ENOUGH about
something for it to ever "bother" you. I care more about
what I think about ME, than I do about someone who doesn't
know me...get it???
If you never really take the time to KNOW me...YOU are the
one missing out...you see? That is just how I feel. YOU
good folks have to start feeling this way about yourself
as well. You have to value yourself as a person first,
then all the good feelings come spilling out, and hopefully
others will start to "feel" it too! I have come to truly
accept myself for who I am...foibles and all, because
guess what???? NO ONE is perfect..not in looks, not in...
well...anything really. Once you level the mental playing
field, you are never afraid to get at bat and give it your
best shot! Make yourself stay in the game...and have
the best time of your life playing it as well! Just have
a blast...soon it will become contagious....I hope!
It has NOTHING to do with being conceited and thinking
you are all that, either. It is about how YOU feel
about YOURSELF...period.
No one can steal my thunder..or my spirit, or my sense
of self. I KNOW I am one heck of a good person, love
just about everybody, probably overly-friendly, but
hey..there ARE worse things in this world...and that's
how I think.
If you pass me by...eh....it's only because you don't
know my heart...and who I am deep inside. I don't let the
true meanies or jerks of the world to get to me <------NOT
talking about anyone here okay?...I mean in general...
I just simply walk away and retain my own happiness regardless.
You can't hurt me because I give you no power to hurt me.
THAT my dear friends is the true secret to happiness.
I live & laugh everyday and you know what..some people
just can't stand that...oh well...also not my problem.
If you ever get to this point...you will know what I am
talking about....it is so "freeing"...it's incredible!
JMO now...JMO
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| 1/6/2008 7:52:57 PM |
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annazzassi
Newport News, VA
age: 57
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no one likes being rejected but I am going with 'nothing ventured, nothing gained' and learning to take a chance again, and if it doesn't work out it was not meant to be. i kind of look at it like looking at the answers to prayers - answers are 1 of 3
1. yes
2. not right now
3. i have something better planned for you
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| 1/6/2008 7:58:22 PM |
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jan113
Downingtown, PA
age: 51
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well, yes I am afraid of rejection, but like a friend say not to long ago~it is part of life and the risk has to be there or we will always be alone  I try to figure that if it is meant to be it will happen, and allow the other stuff to roll off the shoulders.
Suga~yea, I remember worrying about being picked last for the team too 
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| 1/6/2008 8:57:03 PM |
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harriett
Homosassa, FL
age: 62
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Rejection ? It's a part of life.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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| 1/6/2008 9:03:37 PM |
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drln1947
Republic, MO
age: 60
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On these sites I think rejection is my middle name! LOL 
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| 1/6/2008 9:27:07 PM |
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prxf
Pittsburgh, PA
age: 51
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Don't include me in that 'men want sex quicker'. I'd settle for a romantic relationship.
But what frustrates me is that I'm looked at more as a friend where women seem to be attracted to guys who look better in their pictures. Does anyone look at a man's personality anymore?
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| 1/6/2008 9:44:00 PM |
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justlooking2155
Cumberland, MD
age: 55
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Yes I'm afraid of rejection, well not so much as afraid as preparing myself for the let down of rejection. Don't forget though we all have rejected someone at one time or another.
Take a break, then try again, that's what I do. I been divorced 10 years and still can't find anyone that isn't married or gay!
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| 1/7/2008 6:44:06 AM |
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mikecalif2007
Berkeley, CA
age: 53
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Not any more... Used to be as a young man, but now it doesn't even faze me. Speaking fears, the biggest one I had (It's gone now too) was being homeless.
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| 1/7/2008 6:47:01 AM |
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herself
Mohawk, NY
age: 65
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no....probably should be seen as a gift....saving you from something....
at this point it is more important to me, for me to be me....
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| 1/17/2008 8:41:13 AM |
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lickdevil1
Columbus, IN
age: 59
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yes even men are afraid of rejection, and they see sex as not being rejected, when it might have just been a moment and the gal still not into you. but if a man can wait and see there often is sex after a spell most ladies like to know some one before going to bed with them. you know 3 or 4 dates and then you might really want him or not. most men don't get this. i wish someone would get with me
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| 1/17/2008 8:48:51 AM |
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sorprano
Wayne, NJ
age: 56
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anyone that plays baseball knows it's one base at a time until you score happiness--now take this example in real life--a romance should be one base at a time--even a salesman can't hit a HR all the time too--if you're rejected --close early and be able to move on to the next adventure...
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