Calum Looks Into: Rejection

Continuing on with my series is a look at rejection to help those people who have faced rejection feel better as we approach that awful awful day!

OK...so I don't really have any good advice to give...but here are the

Top 10 Rejection Lines

Given By Women (and what they actually mean):

10. I think of you as a brother. (You remind me of that inbred banjo-playing geek in "Deliverance.")

9. There's a slight difference in our ages. (You are one jurassic geezer.)

8. I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way. (You are the ugliest dork I've ever laid eyes upon.)

7. My life is too complicated right now. (I don't want you spending the whole night or else you may hear phone calls from all the other guys I'm seeing.)

6. I've got a boyfriend (who's really my male cat and a half gallon of Ben and Jerry's).

5. I don't date men where I work. (Hey, bud, I wouldn't even date you if you were in the same 'solar system', much less the same building.)

4. It's not you, it's me. (It's not me, it's you.)

3. I'm concentrating on my career. (Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you.)

2. I'm celibate. (I've sworn off only the men like you.)

...and the number 1 rejection line given by women (and what it actually means)

1. Let's be friends. (I want you to stay around so I can tell you in excruciating detail about all the other men I meet. It's that male perspective thing)

And now from a male perspective...

Top 10 Rejections Given By Men (and what they actually mean):

10. I think of you as a sister. (You're ugly.)

9. There's a slight difference in our ages. (You're ugly.)

8. I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way. (You're ugly.)

7. My life is too complicated right now. (You're ugly.)

6. I've got a girlfriend. (You're ugly.)

5. I don't date women where I work. (You're ugly.)

4. It's not you, it's me. (You're ugly.)

3. I'm concentrating on my career. (You're ugly.)

2. I'm celibate. (You're ugly.)

...and the number 1 rejection line given by men (and what it actually means)

1. Let's be friends. (You're unbelievably ugly.)

That wasn't serious only just a bit of humour I hope if you were rejected in one of those ways that you don't feel too bad because I'm sure they didn't mean what is said above!

Once again here are some famous rejections to have happened:

• As a teenager she was not too popular and this was enough to convince her that she was unattractive. However, now she is a top fashion model and is considered one of the most beautiful women in the world - Claudia Schiffer!
• Beethoven was considered 'hopeless' at composing by his music teacher
• 'What will they send me next!' said Edmund Hillary's gym instructor of the puny school boy now known as the man who conquered Mount Everest.
• Albert Einstein's parents feared he was sub-normal.
• People were invited to attend what was considered a historic moment, the Wright Brothers' attempt at flying their machine. Only five people turned up
  

All these people overcame initial rejection and went on to succeed. If you try and try and try again, you will succeed! (or if you don't, just hide any evidence proving you tried!) Hope that makes some people feel slightly better!

(If you need serious advice check out http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/c-rejct.htm!)