How often have you been romantically rejected?

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As an adult, whether that's someone who didn't want to date you at all, someone who rejected you after a few dates, who broke up with you, and so on. Just curious to see.

Bloody hell, quite a few I'd say. I havent given them much thought however as before meeting dp I had a very busy love life.

A few, online dating is brutal

I’ve never been broken up with. I failed to get off with one or two blokes in my youth, though.

It wouldn't have done my ego any good to have kept count 😆

I haven't really been broken up with but I've had around 7 blokes in 5 years reject me after a few dates/short things.

Never. It has always been my philosophy that men are the pursuers and women the pursued. I know that sounds antediluvian, but it has worked for me.

zero
got with my only boyfriend(sexual partner)at 18,he was 17 in 1999
had 2 kids

were very happy together until a month after our 22 y anniversary in 2020(where we went away for).
he went our for fast food after a little tiff and hours later told me hes now engaged and living with my ex friend and is now dad to her kids(none of the dads have ever been involved)
there was no affair they just decided to make a go of it after he went to hers to talk and she declared her hidden feeling for him

at the time we were trying for another baby and planning to move to a bigger house if i did get pregnant

3 years later they are married with 2 kids,10 month apart in age(she has 9 kids by 8 different men)he went from a dad of 2 to 11,he doesn't see my kids though

ive no interest in dating as im recovering form a emotional breakdown(they caused)and im a 24/7 carer so haven't even looked since he left as he left me with 2 disabled kids that need 24/7 care(which he did share when he as here)thats home educated

It’ll make me sound an arrogant twat… but never, not that I can recall. I’ve always been the one to call things off, whether just dating or in an actual relationship. I rather hope my lovely husband never ruins my streak 🤣

Not for a while because I’ve been with DP a good few years now, but in my younger days I’d get knocked back semi regularly or things would fizzle out after a short time. I was very confident in my youth and didn’t really take it personally though, just assumed I wasn’t what they were after and moved onto the next one. Maybe I’d have an evening of moping. Looking back I wish I could channel some of that energy now!

@ALPHAFEMALESINCEBIRTH I'm gobsmacked

Once, when I was very young. Since then it's always been me who made the decision. That doesn't make you feel good either, though.

None, as an adult of 21 plus I have had 3 boyfriends , I married one of them, shortest was 1 year and the longest now DH is 27 years. I ended the relationship with the other 2.

When I was in my 20s my fiance "ghosted" me, we were together for 4 years. A guy I dated for 3 yrs ended the relationship after I caught him cheating. My recent ex broke up with me cause I wouldn't progress the relationship and move in with him. (I was already checked out so this one doesn't hold that much weight 😂) All the other relationship I've had it was a mutual ending to the relationship as there was no spark/chemistry/incompatibility, but those were also very short dating time frames.

1 finished with me (we’re still friends), 1 attracted to me but uninterested in a relationship, 2 didn’t take the hint so presumably unattracted.

Im 51 and started dating at age 15. Not been single since age 42 though. And married for a decade before that with about 6 months in between ex husband and DP. All the “rejections/lack of interest” happened when I was 22-29ish and desperate to settle down. I didn’t enjoy that part of my twenties.

I’ve never been cheated on afaik.

Now that I think about it, anyone I've been romantically interested in I've always gotten with them whether it be a relationship or sex. But I have been dumped by those same people down the line so not sure if it counts 🤣 but I always got the man I fancied at some point. lol

I was doing ok until my now exH dumped me for some fat slapper who worked the Clinique counter in a famous London department store when our DS was 3 months old. But that was over 20 years ago and all is good now.

Well my husband of 25 years told me that he'd never been attracted to me and never loved me and he'd spent our whole relationship trying to sleep with/line up other people. So that was a pretty shitty rejection and the end of me having any interest in relationships with men. So no rejections since then!

A lot. A lot of boys I fancied showed no interest whatsoever in me. And in my youth I never once dumped anyone - they were always the one to end the relationship.

My ex DH was the one who wanted a divorce (although I'm glad he did). Now been married 25 years to second DH. But I've still never been the one to end a relationship.

None

At least 10 times, I'm extremely physically unattractive.

Multiple multiple men 🤣 although the tide has now changed and I’m the one who has been doing the rejecting the last year or two

N, where n is a large number 🤣🤣🤣

Never been dumped. I generally have a low threshold for foolishness, so will dip pretty quickly.

My last ex (father of my child) took the little patience I had, so I think any future lovers will get even shorter shrift.

I also agree with @LovelyTheresa . I don’t pursue and if you start drifting (in a short relationship)- ✌🏾.

Jeeze. I hope you're OK

Have people on here asked out a lot of men themselves?