“I wouldn’t marry you, right?”

“No. You said no.”

“I did. And I gave you no explanation whatsoever. I didn’t say no, you’re too ugly. Or no, I don’t love you. I didn’t say no, I don’t want to marry you because I want to marry someone else.”

“No, you just said no, man. No. That was all you said.”

“Unbelievable. And you didn’t ask me why?”

“No. I asked you if you wanted to get married, you said no and I figured I had to accept it. So after that I left and went and did what any normal man would do.”

“What’s that?”

“I got drunk and fell asleep in a bathtub.”

“Oh.”

“What else am I going to do? I was distraught. I had a bad night, P. My friends still talk about it. To this day, they bring that up. They all know about Elsa P, that’s for sure. My family too. They were there. They all saw the whole thing. Me crying in my beer because you won’t marry me.”

I laughed. ‘What did they say?’

“Well they felt sorry for me, I’m sure. Poor soldier. But they also thought it was funny. I mean they know me as well as you do. They know I’m a pain in the ass. They know how arrogant I am. You aren’t telling them anything new. And I’m sure they thought it was somewhat funny to have some girl kick my ass like that. They must have. Because after that they all wanted to meet you. In fact they insisted upon meeting you and they wouldn’t take no for an answer. Some family I’ve got, huh?”

How do you handle rejection?

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