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What's the Best Rejection Comeback Ever?
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Draz



Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam

PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pkang0202 wrote:
nautilus wrote:
So a hot woman has to spend the night being devastatingly insulted by whoever she doesn't want to get with? I think you call that...sour grapes.


I don't buy that. Hot women always say "We never get asked out because men are intimidated by our looks." And then when a poor fellow has enough grapes to go up to her to dance, she has to shoot them down like they are maggots.

I got a buddy of mine that gets shot down all the time because he has a speech impediment. Some girls will make fun of him as they turn him down. Those are the girls I can't stand.

A simple "Sorry, i'm with someone" can suffice.


I quit using that one. Both times I tried letting a guy down easy I got "well, but if that weren't the case, you would right? Give me your number for when you break up with him. Which you will be doing right now because I am so hot." And then I have to explain, well, actually I'm not with anyone. I'm just completely not interested. AWKWARD!!! (No, of course not. But I'd be stuck proclaiming my love for my imaginary boyfriend until he finally got the hint and went away. Ugh.)

Now I just smile and say "no thanks". 100% success rate, and no complaints so far. There's no hint to get. No game. Just a simple rejection.

The response is usually a slightly stunned look and an "okay, bye". Love it.
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think this guy had a clever way to handle rejection:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TwWQYg7aS5o
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migooknom



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

broads who fake too much need to get carried sometimes.

this thread is very entertaining btw Very Happy
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merkurix



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mithridates wrote:
I think this guy had a clever way to handle rejection:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TwWQYg7aS5o


It was quite painful to watch that.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pkang0202 wrote:
A simple "Sorry, i'm with someone" can suffice.

Absolutely. I'd harbor no ill feelings if something of that order was said. No sneers, no smirks, no sarcasm, no profanity, just a simple "No thank you. (I'm seeing/meeting/expecting someone)" will adequately rebuff me without hurting feelings/egos/whatever.

Of course, having said that, the guy has to take the no at face value and be civil in return. Say, "Sorry to have bothered you. Enjoy your evening." Don't resort to insults or calling her a lesbian. Not every woman who says no to you is a lesbian. You are not that big of a stud.

Draz wrote:
The response is usually a slightly stunned look and an "okay, bye". Love it.

What's to love? You were civil. He was civil, if stunned, in return. Sounds like that's what should happen.


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Jizzo T. Clown



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

canuckistan wrote:
Here's mine with a twist of sorts.

Guy hitting on me. It's clear I want nothing to do with him. He gets even more annoying. I very plainly tell him to get on a boat to f***-offityland.

"You're a biatch" he says looking smug thinking he's just dropped the bomb on me and I'm going to get all horrified, crumble, and cry.

"No I'm not" I say leaning closer to his face "I'm a f***ing biatch!"

He sure wasn't expecting that Very Happy


Shocked I had no idea you were a woman.
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Alyallen



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jizzo T. Clown wrote:
canuckistan wrote:
Here's mine with a twist of sorts.

Guy hitting on me. It's clear I want nothing to do with him. He gets even more annoying. I very plainly tell him to get on a boat to f***-offityland.

"You're a biatch" he says looking smug thinking he's just dropped the bomb on me and I'm going to get all horrified, crumble, and cry.

"No I'm not" I say leaning closer to his face "I'm a f***ing biatch!"

He sure wasn't expecting that Very Happy


Shocked I had no idea you were a woman.


Now you know and knowing is half the battle.....

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Jizzo T. Clown



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, Aly, it's such a shame you're off the market. Wink
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Alyallen



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jizzo T. Clown wrote:
Oh, Aly, it's such a shame you're off the market. Wink


Tee hee Embarassed
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Big_Bird



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

canuckistan wrote:
Here's mine with a twist of sorts.

Guy hitting on me. It's clear I want nothing to do with him. He gets even more annoying. I very plainly tell him to get on a boat to f***-offityland.

"You're a biatch" he says looking smug thinking he's just dropped the bomb on me and I'm going to get all horrified, crumble, and cry.

"No I'm not" I say leaning closer to his face "I'm a f***ing biatch!"

He sure wasn't expecting that Very Happy


Haha, nice one!

I've always tried to be very sweet about turning a guy down because I reckon they've had to work up the nerve to give it a go. But some men just wont get the message, or when they do they're very nasty about it.

I remember once when a very annoying guy regularly tried it with me. I said to him "Look why do you keep trying when I always say NO?" He said "Because when a girl says 'yes' you know she's a slag. When she says 'maybe' you know she means yes. And when she says 'no' you know she means maybe..." And so I said, "well then what does this mean? F A C K O F F!!!!"
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mountainous



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

try this one:

"Next time don't be so picky, I wasn't."
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PeterDragon



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okay, okay, my turn. I've got a few stories, tangentially related to the subject.

I once shot a woman down in a fairly creative way. She had literally grabbed me and pulled me onto the dance floor. Every time I tried to tactfully dance backwards away from her, she pulled me back toward her, slapped me and told me I WASN'T getting away. She then led me, bemused and mildly annoyed, to the bar, and demanded I buy her a drink. When I tried to refuse, she slapped me again. I relented and bought her a bar-special one dollar screwdriver. As she sipped it, she had the audacity to say "Are you coming home with me tonight?"

"No," I replied, smiling like it was a joke. "I'm going to ditch you when you go home to the bathroom." Ten minutes later, I did just that. Our mutual friends tell me she spent weeks complaining about what an jerk I was(!)

Being a guy, I don't get to use cool shoot-down lines often. I would encourage every woman reading this to use that trick on the next pushy drunken lowlife you meet, though.


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nautilus



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big Bird wrote:
Because when a girl says 'yes' you know she's a slag. When she says 'maybe' you know she means yes. And when she says 'no' you know she means maybe..."


This is the dumbed-down korean version.

Koreans have confused the whole process because nothing a woman ever says or does to them can actually be taken to mean "No".

A woman will scream and yell, wrestle and shout at a korean guy who is actually manhandling her. Its just play-acting, and she fully intends to give it up once he has shown enough "persistence".

If a woman screams and runs down a back alley at night crying rape, it just serves to egg him on more "she's playing hard to get, how sweet".

Totally messed up... Exclamation
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Young FRANKenstein



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nautilus wrote:
Koreans have confused the whole process because nothing a woman ever says or does to them can actually be taken to mean "No".

A woman will scream and yell, wrestle and shout at a korean guy who is actually manhandling her. Its just play-acting, and she fully intends to give it up once he has shown enough "persistence"

They even have an expression for it. "You have to chop the tree ten times before it will fall." I'm sure someone will chime in with the actual Korean. I can't be arsed.
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PeterDragon



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big Bird wrote:
Because when a girl says 'yes' you know she's a slag. When she says 'maybe' you know she means yes. And when she says 'no' you know she means maybe..."


A guy I know back in Wisconsin likes to say "No means maybe, maybe means yes, and yes means 'in the butt'." And he was only sort of joking. He's married now. Just goes to show you that there's someone (stupid) for everyone.
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