I learned how to handle “no.” *I learned how to ask. *I learned that I had to be stand out in some way. *I learned to be polite to other people who found themselves rejected in various ways. *I learned how to better sell myself (a variation on “standing out”). *I learned to be persistent. That love (or anything) is a quantity game before whittling down to quality. *I also learned that time heals everything. Almost all of the above are Facebook friends now. So, at the end of the day, every emotion gets watered down with age. And even a “no” forms an attachment through time.
