It’s happened to the best of us. I don’t know a single person that hasn’t been rejected in some aspect of their life. Trust me when I say “I understand.” I really do because I’ve been there. Whenever I’m passed over for jobs in companies that seem like a perfect match, I play the blame game: is it my design skills? Did I dress inappropriately? Did I sneeze too loud? Was the other candidate’s boobs bigger than mine?!? Ultimately, I may never find out…although sometimes with my googlicious skills I can locate the person that was hired and drive myself crazy wondering why their hot pink flashturbation website was deemed cooler than my one-page wonder.

In dating, it’s hard not to go through this thought process. Rejection comes in many forms. It can be something as small as forgetting your birthday or it can deliver a devastating blow to the ego, like a partner calling it quits after committing to you with the sparkly ring. Whatever the reason, I think it’s important how you pick up the pieces. I tend to lick my wounds for a bit while gorging on a gorgeous loaf of bread, but I’ve learned the best thing is to keep a forward momentum and move on.

Sometimes people are too scared to move forward. Fear of rejection can also stop people dead in their tracks. Remember how I said that confidence is sexy? Building confidence will help in crawling through rejection’s deepest cave because the less I care about what others think, the more I can embrace that I’m one sexy bad-ass bread lovin’ girl.