Do women fear verbal retaliation from men they want to reject?

Question

I have a theory that a lot of women are afraid to reject a guy who approaches her who she is not interested in because she is concerned that he will say something off color to her that will create an embarrassing scene or make her feel bad. What amazes me most is the number of 'real' phone numbers that I get from women who don't actually want to go out with me. Ladies, it's a whole lot simpler to just reject a guy. Don't worry about what he's going to say or do. You have no obligation to give your phone number to anybody.

Answer 1

not only no, but as my cuz'n says it---H3LL NO!!!  Are you afraid of being rejected???

Thats what attracted my husband of 16yrs into keeping me for 18 yrs!  He was brought up to say things politely, not to offend others; buit he watched me turn down so MANY other guys/dudes/men that he decided there was no way he was ever gonna let me out of his sight, reach (just knowing where he could contact me...).  HE LIKED WHAT HE SAW & HEARD.

Answer 2

I think that's a human thing.  I hate telling a woman, or another man, that i am not interested.  But sometimes it has to be done.

Answer 3

I don't. I'm very straightforward about this sort of thing.

Answer 4

I am not afraid. If I don't want to go out with someone or I'm not interested, I just say something vague like, I'm not in a good place to date right now, or I'm seeing someone else. I don't like to hurt a guy's feelings. I would never give a false phone number. A guy gave ME a false phone number once and it turned out the guy who answered was single and sounded nice, so WE went out for a few months. Thanks mister!

Answer 5

Do you share this theory of yours while accepting telephone numbers from women?

Or do you only express it here on Yahoo Answers?

Answer 6

Ha ha. Never try to get inside a women's head because we think very differently from you. Here's what I'm 'afraid of' with getting rejected:

-Him saying 'no' (obviously)

-Him embarrassing me in front of some of my friends

-If we were friends before, him being shy of me and not wanting to have anything to do with me afterwards

So, as far as me rejecting guys, I hate to tell them no when they ask for my number, because I don't want to hurt their feelings. I know how I would feel if I got rejected, so I don't want to make them feel like that. Maybe girls are just softer than guys but that's just the way it is.

I hope this helps! :)