The following is a text conversation between a man and woman in the aftermath of a 45-minute date over a single drink somewhere in London earlier this year. Despite the woman\u2019s rejection of the man\u2019s request for a second meeting, the man is not willing to give up and offers to cook her dinner. She replies as follows:
\n \u2018Very kind of you but as I said, I don\u2019t think we are right for each other, so would not want to waste your time.\u2019
\nHowever, he persists:
\n \u2018I think we have some potential, and we should explore it. Let\u2019s meet up one more time, have dinner at mine and if it doesn\u2019t work we can leave it. You don\u2019t seem to be someone who gives up too easily. So when can you make it? I\u2019ll cook something delicious and treat you well for dessert…\u2019
\nStanding firm, she texts back:
\n \u2018Thanks but I don\u2019t share your view, sorry! Am sure you will find someone else to cook for!\u2019
\nAs it finally begins to sink in that she is not interested, the man shows his true colors.
\n \u2018You\u2019re unfair and I\u2019m now sorry that I paid for your drink tonight. Can I ask you to pay me back for it? It would just be fair.
\nThe woman agrees to reimburse the spurned Romeo, and asks for bank details and the cost of the drink. Not convinced that she\u2019ll follow through, the world\u2019s cheapest date actually checks up on her to make sure she has paid him back. [1]<\/p>\n
Ouch! Rejection is like a cold slap to the face, a blow and a bruise to the ego. In the moment of upset we tend to lose our motivation to continue with pretenses, wanting instead to hurt back. Whether we realize it or not, these moments test our character to the core. Rejection asks the dejected person, \u201cDo you have it in you to be loving, kind and generous when it is no longer to your benefit to be loving, kind and generous?\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to revealing one\u2019s true character, there are few tests as effective as rejection. No man ever passed this test like Jesus. He was abandoned and rejected, not by just one but by all. Nevertheless, He remained loving, kind and generous. In fact, He insisted on paying our debt!
\n \u201cHe was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted\u201d (Isaiah 53:3-4)
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1. \u201cWho said romance is dead? Woman politely declines a second date – only for miserly beau to demand a bank transfer for the \u00a34.50 he spent buying her a drink,\u201d by Sara Malm for MailOnline, September 26, 2015; < http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3249983\/Who-said-romance-dead-Woman-politely-declines-second-date-miserly-beau-demand-bank-transfer-4-50-spent-buying-drink.html >.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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