Online dating and rejection

Five Steps to Help Deal with Rejection in a Healthy Way

Online dating offers singles the opportunity to meet more people than they ever could using traditional methods — in person or through introductions. Logic would, therefore, dictate that more people than ever before should be in relationships. Instead, the opposite is true: more people than ever before are single. So why, then, do all of these interactions over online dating never seem to work out? A study hypothesizes the existence of a "rejection mindset," in which the continuous exposure to seemingly endless potential matches makes people feel more pessimistic about finding a partner, continuing a cycle of rejection. It results in less satisfaction with dating, in general, and, for women, especially, a lower likelihood of finding a match.

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Rejection is part and parcel of online dating, but it definitely shouldn't put you off pursuing your dream of finding someone. Whether it's not getting a reply to your message or not getting a second date, you're bound to feel the sting at some point, so being able to cope and move on is vitally important. Here are a few tips that will stop it from holding you back.

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Here's a snapshot of what my love life has been like for the past few months. In December, a guy I went to high school with started messaging me on Facebook. That escalated to texting every day, phone dates, and him bringing up visiting me over Valentine's Day weekend he was in the Midwest, I'm in New York City. A few days after he suggested the trip, he asked if he could come earlier than we'd planned.

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Beware 'rejection mindset': Tips for a saner, more successful dating-app experience

At this point in time, I would guess that we all know someone who has met their spouse via online dating. Additionally, a survey of over 19, American adults showed that out of marriages that began between and , one-third of them began online. This massive shift in how we form our most intimate relationships has so much potential for positive results. Online dating is exactly like most technology in that it promises a high-powered algorithm that will give us exactly what we want and deliver it to our phones. On one hand, the ability to filter matches and find someone who fits you like a glove is amazing.

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