Monday, November 10, 2008

What To Say When She "Rejects" You...

So, you've sent an email to a woman you REALLY like. It was one of your BEST emails, one that will surely catch her attention. You wait a few days for her response and...... nothing.

You wait a few more days and still no response.

So, you send her your standard, "no response" email. She's sure to respond to that one.

You wait a few days and THERE IT IS!

She responded! You read her response which says,

"Hi, so sorry about not getting back to you. Things have been really hectic around here. Unfortunately, I don't think we are a good match."

Take care,

(name)

Ah, there it is... The "take care" message that so many women send. I would swear they all belong to some underground women's group where they all use this "take care" message as
their standard response. It's kind of like a woman's standard fake number.

If you've been involved in online dating for any length of time, I'm sure you've seen this response.

So, how do you respond?

Well, lets first talk about what NOT to do.

What you don't do is get all mad and send her an angry response. Here's one a woman once got from an angry guy,

"You know, I don't know how you can reject someone when you haven't even met them in person. You don't even know me. We could have been a great match. Next time, why don't you give a guy a chance.."

Now, don't ever send a response like that. What does the above message say about a person?

It says,

"I'm angry, rejected and I'm putting too much importance on what you think of me. I don't have a whole lot going on in my life so I was hoping you would like me. I feel so bad about you rejecting me that I'm going to try and get you back by shaming you."

See, how silly that is? No woman on an internet dating site who you've never even met should ever have the ability to lower you like that. It doesn't do any good to get angry and try and "get her back." That's a waste of time and energy.

Instead, send her back something like this:

"Hey, no problem! I've got thick skin. Anyway, good luck out there. You're going to need it."

Says all the right things about you and it's rather ambiguous with the "you're going to need it" comment at the end. She'll be dying to know what you mean by that... it might even get her coming back to you.

Try it and let me know what happens.

2 comments:

  1. Your view of love is very well said. The problem with passion is it is selfish...its about how I feel at the moment. Love is not selfish, not real love. The real test of love is not when times are good, but when things get rough. I have a friend who stood by his wife when she got terrible cancer, and she shriveled from it. He never flinched from his devotion to his wife. That is an entirely different type of passion...to stand by your mate when things go bad. That is love.

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  2. Thanks for your thoughtful post! That really is a tough situation. When you find someone that will stand by you no matter what, well you've truly found something special then.

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