#54: Graceful Rejection
Rejection isn’t always professional, composed, and graceful. Sometimes, it’s ugly, meanspirited, and devastating. The photo below falls into the former camp. The rejecter sent a message eloquently expressing their feelings and dictating a desire to save the other person from heartbreak should they pursue a relationship.
After one date, the rejecter cites “hectic jobs” and “living fairly far away from each other” as reasons not to jump further down the romance rabbit hole. “I definitely don’t want to waste your time going forward, but our dinner together was nice and you are very kind.” The recipient also handled this in a graceful fashion. Bravo all around! We wish all breakups could be this polite.