5 Ways To Overcome Your Fear Of Rejection When Dating - YourTango

5 Ways To Overcome Your Fear Of Rejection When Dating - YourTango

5 Ways To Overcome Your Fear Of Rejection When Dating - YourTango

Posted: 07 Feb 2020 07:07 PM PST

Don't let it stop you from finding your perfect match.

Love is vulnerable, because it puts us at risk of rejection from those we care about deeply.

But the good news? There are a variety of ways to overcome your fear of getting rejected in a relationship.

RELATED: How To Overcome Your Fear Of Rejection (So You Can Find A Healthy Relationship At Last)

Here are five things to consider in order to overcome fear of rejection in your relationship.

1. Using dating sites

Dating sites have become a popular way to meet potential partners who share your interests and values.

Match.com is one of the best dating sites around, because it's reputable, popular, and easy to join. Elite Singles, eHarmony, and Zoosk can also help you overcome your fear of rejection as you meet potential matches and look for lasting love.

2. Making sure that your dating app is your perfect match

Many people aren't ready to have a serious relationship, but they only look for people who want a long-term relationship. To avoid rejection in the dating world, know which types of sites and apps match the type of relationship you're looking for.

For example, Tinder and Bumble are great apps to use if you're looking for a first date or a quick hookup. If you want a lasting relationship, though, you might want to try a dating site or meeting potential dates in person.

RELATED: Why Giving Into Your Fear Of Rejection Might Make You Miss Out On "The One"

3. Being realistic 

Dating is a game. After all, you usually have to date a lot of people to meet the one you decide to spend the rest of your life with. But the dating process goes far more smoothly when you keep your expectations realistic.

For instance, if you're looking for a lasting relationship that will end in marriage, then you shouldn't date younger men who have no interest in getting married. Dating others that have the same relationship goals will decrease your likelihood of rejection.

4. Giving your relationship a chance 

So many people have misconceptions about their relationships because they compare them to the ones they see in shows and movies. Unfortunately, though, love isn't always an instant connection between two people.

Therefore, to avoid rejection in your relationships, let your relationships naturally develop and turn into love in their own time. Give your relationship a chance, and see where it can go.

5. Knowing their intentions

Unfortunately, many people date for the wrong reasons, like wealth or status. Knowing your lover's intentions, though, can ultimately save you from heartache and rejection.

If they only want your money, but you don't want them to use you, let them go, even if you have feelings for them. Only choose people who are in the dating game for the right reasons.

Being in a relationship can sometimes lead to rejection, but there are so many ways for you to avoid rejection in the first place. Following these tips and tricks will help you find lasting love and meet your perfect match with far less rejection along the way.

RELATED: 10 Scary Ways Rejection Messes With Your Mind

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This article was originally published at Unwritten. Reprinted with permission from the author.

This Amazon parody dating site is hilarious... and also kind of creepy - The Next Web

Posted: 05 Feb 2020 08:29 AM PST

How's the idea of an "Amazon Dating" site strike you? Are you horrified? Intrigued? Resigned? Well don't worry (or get too excited), it's a joke… at least, for now.

An Amazon Dating site cropped up this week, and it looks almost exactly like you'd imagine such a site would look like were it actually Bezos's company making it. Its GUI looks almost exactly like that of Amazon's desktop site, with the smorgasbord of products replaced with smiling human faces.

[Read: Scam victims warn fake accounts will ruin Facebook's dating site]

As satire goes, this one is pretty elaborate. Every potential paramour comes complete with a price and reviews. You can select them by height and love language ("acts of service," or "physical touch"). It'll no doubt give you a smile if you're just glancing at it, but once you look at it for a few minutes, it starts to look pretty damned creepy.

It was created by Ani Acopian, Suzy Shinn, Morgan Gruer, and Thinko. The latter is an animation studio that's done other parody sites before, such as ScamDaddy and WhoPaid99Cents. It's already a hit on the internet, as you might expect. Someone's already done an "unboxing" of one of their dates:

I wasn't feeling truly uncomfortable until I saw the "Best Seller" tag above Amy's picture. Intellectually, I know it's amusing, but my visceral reaction when I see the capitalist commodification of human romance taken to the logical extreme was horror. As in, this would be funny if it didn't also feel like, um, the future.

I'm exaggerating, of course, but Facebook's already put its hat into the dating ring, despite the fact that it's blatantly unsuited to the inducement of healthy human romance — I don't need to think about what it'd look like if Amazon decided to do the same thing. I guess the only thing I can take comfort in is that Thinko et al. was able to buy the domain name, so that means Amazon cares little enough about the concept that it didn't do so itself.

Admittedly, I did get a bit of a laugh from the link at the top of the screen. Taking the place of Amazon's "Browsing History" or "Today's Deals" tabs, you'll see such things as "Your Last Relationship" which links to Britney Spears' "Toxic" music video, and "Don't See What You're Looking For?" which links to Netflix. The "Prime Video" tab links to Chatroulette, which I didn't realize until I'd clicked it, and I wasn't in the office at the time.

If you're interested, take a look for yourself here. You can also get your face on the site if that's a thing you want to do.

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