Also if I'm in a setting where I plan on returning to on a regular basis, I tend to avoid such interactions for fear of making that particular setting socially uncomfortable for me. Which is one of the main reasons why I avoid talking to women at work or at the gym. I would be okay with rejection, but I would never want to see that person ever again. I really do think that's one of my main hang-ups, the after-effects of romantic rejection. For me that seems worse than the actual rejection itself. The social awkwardness, the forced interaction, the fake pleasantries, and more than anything else, feeling like a big creep. That's been one of the hardest things for me to get over.