I'm really sensitive to rejection too. It doesn't even have to be overt rejection. Just if i tell someone my news and they just listen silently and don't respond i still feel rejected. I don't have much of a social life so the oppotunities for rejection are minimized. I know i'd be happier if i made a Scrabble-playing friend but it seems like an unsurmountable problem at this time.

The last time i was a fool for love, three years ago, the guy said he didn't want to know me and i shaved my head. It looked AWFUL for months. Romance is beyond me. The two times i have fallen in love have been the happiest times of my life but they both ended in rejection and acute pain. I'm 49 and i've accepted that part of my life is over. It's for the best.