(December 24, 2022 at 11:07 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(December 23, 2022 at 11:45 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I think that eBay with a hidden reserve would be a better analogy -- you're willing to sell, but, not to just anyone and everyone. (Well, at least I hope that such is not the case.)
Whichever analogy you prefer. My point is that taking rejection personally is a great recipe for unhappiness. "What's wrong with me?" thinking gives off a reek that everyone can smell, and I think most of us find it deeply unattractive -- so that it becomes a vicious cycle.
Of course, everyone experiences rejection; it's universal. Elliot was a fool; he knew nothing of the sorrow of entering marriage only, after many years of happiness, to find one's spouse in infidelity. That is true rejection, a sorrow that he will never have the opportunity to experience.
