The First Golden Rule to asking for a
date is :
No Guts, No Glory
The worst case scenario is that the prospective date
says no. At that
point, you''''re no worse off than you are at this very moment.
Rejection is definitely not fun, but a rejection is only one
person''''s
opinion. You
don''''t like everyone, and everyone isn''''t going to like you.
If someone says no, then he or she misses out on getting to know how
truly terrific you are.
Rejection can be the beginning of opportunity. Scads of hugely
successful people just wouldn''''t take NO for an answer. Rejection means
that that person says no, but not that everyone will. You need to
realize when no is no, someone showing absolutely no interest. If
someone consistently says no when you ask for a date, it''''s okay to say,
"Look I hear that you''''re not interested, and I don''''t want to be a pest.
If you ever change your mind, here''''s my number," or I''''ll call you in a
year," but then for
heaven''''s sakes, don''''t call any sooner than that.
With time, the sting really does go away.
If you''''re afraid of rejection, you may miss out on a lot in this life,
which is
pretty darned short as it is. See if you can put that angst
away, take the chip off your shoulder, and go for it !
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