5. He worries too much about rejection, so he stays out of your sight altogether.
Before he even has a chance to get acquainted with you, he predicts the worst, and he’s unable to get closer to you because of his fear of rejection. “She’s too dazzling and radiant! I cannot handle the rejection so I try not to get near her,” confesses a young man in his 20s. “I’m terrified of my advances being denied. It’s safer to keep my distance and admire her from afar,” another man in his early 20s shares, almost whispering. Although they sound extremely pessimistic, these types of responses were surprisingly common in our survey.