How To Keep Your Dignity When You Get Shot Down For A Date

1.0Lifehacker Australiahttps://www.lifehacker.com.auPatrick Allanhttps://www.lifehacker.com.au/author/patrickallan-usa/How To Keep Your Dignity When You Get Shot Down For A Daterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KKCnnLO6kc"><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/05/how-to-keep-your-dignity-when-you-get-shot-down-for-a-date/">How To Keep Your Dignity When You Get Shot Down For A Date</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/05/how-to-keep-your-dignity-when-you-get-shot-down-for-a-date/embed/#?secret=KKCnnLO6kc" width="600" height="338" title="“How To Keep Your Dignity When You Get Shot Down For A Date” — Lifehacker Australia" data-secret="KKCnnLO6kc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.lifehacker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/05/1237528467470694826.jpg?quality=75636358When you finally muster the courage to ask a friend out on a date, and they say no, it can hurt in more ways than one. Here is how you can not only deal with the pain of being rejected, but also keep your cool so you don’t damage your relationship for the future.