# Worst rejection line you were ever given **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090 "2000-09-05T14:38:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/41 "2000-09-06T19:47:57Z")
I once mustered up all the courage in my fifteen-year-old body to call a girl I liked and who I thought might be interested in me. Here’s how the conversation went: [small talk] ME: So, I was thinking, maybe we could go ou– HER: _click_ ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/42 "2000-09-06T19:49:01Z")
Heh. You think the “like a sister” line is bad if you’re a woman, try getting it as a guy. ☹ Ok. This is not made up, or exagerated. I may have a coule of words wrong, but this is pretty much it. I may have posted this one before, but I’m doing it again, because it bears repeating. “What? (horrified) No, I’m sorry but I’m frigid. Sometimes I think I might be a lesbian, but I don’t like women either. Sorry. See you later.” I wasn’t even actually asking her out. (Though I was planning on working my way up to that later that evening. We were working on a project together, and I suggested we break for some food. The look on her face was really the painful part . . . – “And she _immediatly_ just friends him.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/43 "2000-09-06T20:13:58Z")
On the other hand, what would be a _good_ rejection line? It sucks to be told, “You’re like a brother/sister to me.” I know from personal experience. But what is someone in the rejecter position _supposed_ to do? ---
**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/44 "2000-09-06T20:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stuyguy \* > \*\*jjjfishe: > > Obviously you weren’t “just there to dance.” > > You were there to lie and make some perfectly reasonable, unsuspecting guy seem like a moron just so you and your icebitch girlfriends could get your jollies. > > I hope I never run into cruel, mind-fucking idiot women like you. \*\* yikes stuyguy…that is a horrible thing to say. I can say that I have NEVER called anyone a “mind-fucking idiot” (or anything rude) though. That does seem equally as cruel! Besides…I’ve grown up since then and learned the error of my ways. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/45 "2000-09-06T23:07:55Z")
Man: Haven’t I seen you someplace before? Woman: Yeah, that’s why I don’t go there anymore. Man: Is this seat empty? Woman: Yes, and this one will be too if you sit down. Man: So, wanna go back to my place ? Woman: Well, I don’t know. Will two people fit under a rock? Man: Your place or mine? Woman: Both. You go to yours and I’ll go to mine. Man: I’d like to call you. What’s your number? Woman: It’s in the phone book. Man: But I don’t know your name. Woman: That’s in the phone book too. Man: So what do you do for a living? Woman: I’m a female impersonator. Man: What sign were you born under? Woman: No Parking. Man: Hey, baby, what’s your sign? Woman: Do not Enter Man: I know how to please a woman. Woman: Then please leave me alone. Man: I want to give myself to you. Woman: Sorry, I don’t accept cheap gifts. Man: I can tell that you want me. Woman: Ohhhh. You’re so right. I want you…to leave. Man: If I could see you naked, I’d die happy: Woman: Yeah, but if I saw you naked, I’d probably die laughing. Man: Hey cutie, how 'bout you and I hitting the hot spots? Woman: Sorry, I don’t date outside my species. Man: Your body is like a temple. Woman: Sorry, there are no services today. Man: I’d go through anything for you. Woman: Good! Let’s start with your bank account. Man: I would go to the end of the world for you. Woman: Yes, but would you stay there? ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/46 "2000-09-06T23:09:26Z")
Ooops. Forgot my favourite: Man: Where have you been all my life? Woman: Hiding from you. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/47 "2000-09-06T23:38:47Z")
jjjfishe wrote: > [@](#): > > yikes stuyguy…that is a horrible thing to say. > > I can say that I have NEVER called anyone a “mind-fucking idiot” (or anything rude) though. That does seem equally as cruel! Yeah, but despite stuyguy’s embittered, rude reply, he did make one apparently-correct point: If you and your friends were going to the trouble of planning everything you’d say regarding your fake occupations, that means you couldn’t have been going there _just_ to dance. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/48 "2000-09-07T01:33:18Z")
I’ve never gotten any bad rejection lines. But I do think that stuyguy is out of line. WTF? What is wrong with going to a bar and having fun with other people. It’s not like she was doing anything really cruel, she was just going and having fun with her friends. I really don’t know what your problem is, but with an attitude like that I’d be surprised if you ever got laid. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/49 "2000-09-07T01:36:51Z")
Well, this has turned into a nice hijack. Anyone care to get this back on track? ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/50 "2000-09-07T01:51:16Z")
I was on a double date once and a man kept hitting on me and my girlfriend. She grabbed me and whispered, “Let’s pretend we’re lesbians” and before I know what was happening she was kissing me. Bleah! But it worked. He left us alone. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/51 "2000-09-07T01:53:15Z")
**Him:** I can’t see you anymore, I’m kinda seeing someone else. **Me:** Kinda? **Him:** umm…yeah \*\*Me:/b] Okay _ **click** _ **Me:** asshole ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/52 "2000-09-07T01:58:17Z")
Hmmm… just occured to me that that was not exactly the kind of rejection line this thread was about. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/53 "2000-09-07T03:07:43Z")
Mr. C, my apologies for rehijacking this thread, but I want to respond to jjj and oldscratch. Oldscratch wrote: “What is wrong with going to a bar and having fun with other people…” First, in my opinion, oldscratch, “having fun with other people,” is not the same as having fun at other people’s expense, especially when those other people are strangers. The former is okay; the latter is not. Now, before I move to my main point, I should say that I am no innocent player in this discussion. I’ve done some lousy, spineless things in my interactions with women. (Things like promising I’d call and not doing it… that sort of thing). But every single bad thing I ever did was because I was immature, insecure or – most often – cowardly. (BTW, I sense those emotions from several of the “rejectors” mentioned on this thread – people who don’t intend to be rude or mean, but when “put on the spot” can only muster a panicy, lame, off-putting rejection or phone hang-up.) I’m not proud of any of those things I did, and if any of the women called me on it, I’d apologize and take my lumps, because I deserved them; I wouldn’t try to backpedal, make light of it, or rationalize it, like jjj did. That said, here’s why what jjj did is so absolutely and utterly reprehensible: When I made women feel small and foolish by my actions, I did so going in with the best of intentions – even when I was too spineless to see things through to the end. But when jjj and her pals made guys feel small and foolish, she did it for sport. See, that’s the real issue – SHE DID IT FOR SPORT. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/54 "2000-09-07T05:23:13Z")
I’ve rarely been given rejection lines, primarily because I rarely ask people out. But I have been a long time subscriber to an online matchmaking website (a whole topic right there, certainly), and nothing drives me more up the wall than seeing a profile of a woman who seems like she might really be my type, putting a lot of effort into composing a meaningful email, sending it off into the void, and getting nothing back ever… there’s such a lack of closure. It’s not like they have any obligation to reply at all, and certainly if my email consisted of nothing but “hey, you l00k hot, want to go out?”, then I couldn’t complain, but if you post a profile (indicating that you are, fundamentally, interested in meeting people) and someone goes to a lot of effort to write a clever and charming email which is obviously directed specifically at you, it seems that the least you can do is take the 3 entire seconds that would be required to type “I’m flattered but uninterested” or what have you… ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/55 "2000-09-07T06:15:39Z")
I was on one of those online matchmaking services for a while too Max. I sent out lots of letters, but got hardly any answers. On a few occasions I sent poems I wrote in response to the other person’s profile, and once or twice they actually said they printed out my message, but they weren’t interested. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/56 "2000-09-07T13:07:52Z")
2nd, you write poems? **swoon** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090.md?page=2)