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Why does she smile at me after rejecting me

21K views 34 replies 17 participants last post by  The Sorrow  
#1 · (Edited)
Update:
She avoids me now and doesn't reply to text anymore. I guess she got it that I still try and is showing the cold shoulder to makes it clear that she actually doesn't like me. I cannot blame her, who in this world would date trash like me.


Original post:
This girl rejected me around a month ago, but she does smile at me when we see each other. I mean a real happy smile, not just a polite one(I see it in her eyes). Could it be that she started to like me after I confessed that I like her. In the past I was a bit cold to her, because of my depression. But now as my self esteem increases I am more and more nice to her. She is shy by the way.
 
#4 ·
Just because she rejected you doesn't mean she doesn't like you as a person my man.

Just smile back and start conversation with her.
But I would expect that she would be more distant. However, we talk even more than before and she smiles while talking more than before. ???
 
#5 ·
It's possible... and it's also possible that she likes you as a friend. Just because someone doesn't want to be romantically involved with you, it doesn't mean she doesn't want to be friends. Most of my rejections ended up in us being friends... but you must both move on. If one doesn't move on, he or she will keep pressing and the friendship will go sour.
 
#6 ·
You should try talking to her. As others have pointed out, just because she smiles at you now doesn't mean that she likes you. You stated that she rejected you just a month ago. This means that the ball is in her court now. So if she did have feelings for you, then it would be easy for her to share them with you, since she already know that you like her.

But either way, try talking to her more. Another friend isn't so bad. Or you could just move on. As the cliche goes, thee are other fish in the sea. You'll be surprised how true this can be. Good luck man. :)
 
#9 ·
Yeah like other people are saying, maybe she's just being friendly. Or maybe since she knows you're interested she's just giving you a lil extra attention ya know? It can't hurt to talk to her, like a just friends type of talk.
 
#14 ·
Don't get fixated on any one girl. She knows you have feelings for her so she gives you a smile out of the kindness of her heart. Talk to other girls. Your goal is to be more of lady's man than a desperate clingy friendzoned dude.
 
#15 ·
In fact, since two weeks after her rejection. When I talk to her I clearly show her my interest and she reciprocate it with a big non fake smile. Girls get a bit more distant after rejecting a guy. However, she is more nervous than before, still less distant to me.
 
#25 ·
This girl rejected me around a month ago, but she does smile at me when we see each other. I mean a real happy smile, not just a polite one(I see it in her eyes). Could it be that she started to like me after I confessed that I like her. In the past I was a bit cold to her, because of my depression. But now as my self esteem increases I am more and more nice to her. She is shy by the way.
you boosted her confidence , thats why.

what is your reaction to her smiling ?

you could try again , no confession but ask her for a drink ?
maybe she regret the rejection bc she was to shy to say yes , you never know.

and you can see maybe you got the FRIENDZONE tag ?
 
#28 ·
The actual odds are 50% of couples having sex for 1 year will get pregnant. It's near impossible to put a per encounter on there so I'm not sure what that works out to. Women are only fertile for a relatively short portion of the month(or however long your menstrual cycle is since some women just don't work the same). Getting pregnant the first time you have unprotected sex is mainly bad luck. You may also only be hearing about those encounters that end up pregnant and not the other dozen plus people who didn't get pregnant. If you take a large sampling of incidences with unprotected sex it would not work out to anywhere near 100% pregnancies.
 
#29 ·
The actual odds are 50% of couples having sex for 1 year will get pregnant. It's near impossible to put a per encounter on there so I'm not sure what that works out to. Women are only fertile for a relatively short portion of the month(or however long your menstrual cycle is since some women just don't work the same). Getting pregnant the first time you have unprotected sex is mainly bad luck. You may also only be hearing about those encounters that end up pregnant and not the other dozen plus people who didn't get pregnant. If you take a large sampling of incidences with unprotected sex it would not work out to anywhere near 100% pregnancies.
I didn't expect it to be near 100% but I did assume the chances were higher than 1 and 15 of a chance.
 
#31 ·
Update:
She avoids me now and doesn't reply to text anymore. I guess she got it that I still try and is showing the cold shoulder to makes it clear that she actually doesn't like me. I cannot blame her, who in this world would date trash like me.
 
#34 ·
Please don't say so. You are a decent young man, you treat the others well, you are clever and goal-oriented. You have some friends and develop good social skills. I don't see the reason why a nice girl shouldn't want to date you. Hopefully, you will still find the right person.
 
#35 ·
I am glad that I did not give up this easily. Maybe she is creeped out, but this is not so bad she knows me for 3 years already. The last 1,5 years have been very tough after the dead of my mother. She was like a star of hope in the darkness of hopelessness.
Now that this darkness got brighter and I gained real hope in the future this star got dark, but I can see some like of the sun already. I know that I will find love soon:)