How do you cope with constant rejections

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Idk. I've mostly just accepted that I'm not ment to be loved or enjoy life. is what it is, until society changes which is unlikely.

I've just accepted that I can't get along with everyone and everyone can't get along with me.

I was once told that socialising is all about being a "di*k". I was also told that its about being kind. My only way to reconcile these two standpoints is to suggest that most people act in enlightened self interest. This means that generally people are out for themselves but where your interests coincide you have mutual agreement and acts of "charity". The hard thing for us is that many of us are isolated so our interests rarely coincide with others. The trick is to work out precisely how we can leverage what similarities we do have with others in order to find common ground

dating seems like a cruel trap set by society.
I think there are far less horrible ways people could go about finding love.

anyone watch the married at first sight?
there was one woman who they matched her list exactly but the guy wasn't the best looking which she said she didn't care, but then she freaked out at the wedding I think she didn't go through with it.

Take it easy with the whole rejection thing. I say you should be GLAD you get rejected often.

Why?

Because if you're getting rejected OFTEN, that means you are TRYING OFTEN. Which is a lot more than you can say for some around here.

Don't get discouraged over it, either. I think most people get rejected a lot more than they get accepted. It's getting accepted by the few people who actually count for something in your life that you should work towards.

In terms of dating/relationships, once you enter into a LTR or a marriage, you're basically announcing to the world that you have rejected all other people other than the person you are involved with. That's rejection, too, and once you go monogamous you are "guilty" of what you accuse other people of doing. Don't look at rejection as a bad thing. Just try to get to know one or two new people every week, figure out how to hang out with those people as much as you can, and I guarantee with a little patience you'll get more acceptances. Granted, you'll get rejected MORE because you're asking a lot more people out, but playing the numbers game inevitably works in your favor. If you ask 5 out and only 1 says "yes," then odds don't seem to work in your favor. But if you ask 10 out and 2 say "yes," that's twice as good in terms of acceptances as when you only ask 5 out.

If I were to get back into dating (unlikely, but for the sake of argument), I'd make it my goal to meet two women/week?one lunch date in the middle of the week and something nice on the weekend. There are 52 weeks in a year, so that's 104 potential dates. I'd want to double that in order to decrease the likelihood of spending weekends alone, so we're talking about compiling a list of some 208 women that I may potentially ask out 3 separate times. I know full well I'm more likely to get rejected than actually getting a date, but this could go so many different ways that I only win.

For instance, I might over the course of 3 months ask the same girl out for either a lunch or dinner date 3 different times. If she rejects me the third time, I'm not going to call her back. But she MIGHT eventually decide she's interested and call ME up to see if I'm still interested. If that happens, she gets back on my list.

I might call anyone up at any time and get rejected. Big deal, move on down the list.

I'll probably NOT ask anyone out on a date 2 consecutive weeks, the reason being I'm not looking for a relationship or to get laid. I just want to get to know someone, that's all. What will end up happening is I'll get rejected so many times that I end up calling, say, the same 58 women that I always end up going out with. Out of that, there will be some that for whatever reason I'M not interested in seeing again, some that decide to get serious about some other guy, and ultimately there are 3 or 4 who have a genuine interest in me. Out of that is 1 or 2 I could really see myself in a LTR with. One of those has a future, the other does not, and sometimes it's just a coin toss. You figure out the answer to that, and if you made the wrong choice the first time, you call #2 to see if she'll even have you. And if that doesn't work, you recompile your list and start over. Heck, get a job on the other side of the state and start over. You're unattached, so why not?

The hardest part is you have to switch your emotions off about the whole thing. I mean, YES, there are those you're attracted to who don't reciprocate. I understand that. But getting hung up on people is distracting and keeps you from your ultimate goal, assuming that goal is to go out with potential love interests and possibly get to know someone of LTR/marriage material. There might be that ONE that you REALLY wanted to be with, and it's just not going to happen. I can't blame you if it hurts your feelings. But these kinds of things are simply too big to be wasted on feeeeeeelings. Constant rejection is merely part of the process. Don't let that get you down. Embrace rejection and let it be part of the growing process. After all, when someone rejects you, that's one less person you have to wonder about. Next, please...

The key is not to take rejection personally. I wish I could do that. Hell I'm in therapy again this semester over cutting myself over a girl I like that ignores me. In reality, rejection often has very little to do with us. People have their natural attractions and things they aren't attracted to, it's not my fault I'm attracted to her, and it's not her fault she's not attracted to me. But yeah, rejections suck. From jobs, from women, from whatever. But at the end of the day, hater's gon' hate and you just gotta shake it off. And people suck.

Spiritual author named Guy Finley said the following three facts in one of his book. Although negative, and not the most helpful thing to say, I hope it is a start though.

1. You can only depend on others for as long as it pays them to tolerate your dependance.
2. Despite how things look on the surface level of human interaction, self-interest governs all.
3. Very rarely do people do good deeds out of the kindness of their hearts. Watch what happens when you fail to acknowledge the kindness in someone else. Either that person will shrug it off, or act bitter towards you.

The third one isn't exactly what is written in the book, and the italics illustrate a point I wanted to make. A person who shrugs off your failure to acknowledge them is less likely to take your action personally, and may choose to discuss things civilly later on. But a person who gets bitter can't control their emotions very well either and is more likely to hold a grudge.

only meet 1-2 women a year. maybe messaged 10 a year. far less now that I amd not really trying. ran out of possible women on sites.