 And when these things happen, oftentimes women take it as a sign of rejection, men take it as a sign of rejection too. When someone wants to end a relationship, sure, you might feel rejected, you're not rejected. It's just they couldn't reach the level that you reached. That's all. They didn't reach the level you reached. And yet, we oftentimes, as human beings, take this so personally, just like this woman who barely met him, I mean, met the man once, and yet he was occupying so much real estate in her mind and in her heart.