Yeah, I used to think about these hypothetical situations too, that there was some crazy explanation perhaps.

But, actually saw the person in real life a few days ago and she saw me too, I know she did. So, I decided to pretend like I hadn't seen her, and she did the same.

Same old story, she says nothing, I say nothing (I'm not going to force anyone into anything they don't want, even just a conversation), so the whole thing just dies a quiet death.

I like to think "dodge a bullet" but it's more a case of "par for the course" really - more the rule than the exception.

With each one of these cases happening, I care less and less afterwards than I did before. One of these days, I won't care at all anymore and won't even bother to try and make friends.

It was bound to happen. Constant rejection, you need a mechanism to deal with it and to numb you up, and it's been happening with me. I feel almost no more pain when I get rejected, in fact, I'm beginning to kinda like it. Perhaps it is a true testament just to what a sick monster I probably am in reality. One of these days I'll have no more feelings, I'll just be like a machine, sub-human, devoid of any emotion.