Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit. Blah, blah, blah. No matter how pretty you make it sound no one likes to be rejected. Unfortunately, dating and rejection are like love and marriage, you can't have one without the other. Of course, not every date will end in rejection. There is always the possibility that "the one" is the one you will be meeting tonight. But until then, here are some tips on how to deal with rejection while online dating. Remember, not everyone checks email regularly. If you haven't had a response to an email, it could be because the person has not yet read it. Or maybe they did read it and still haven't responded. Before you beat yourself up and sink into a depressed funk cured only by pints of Ben & Jerry's, consider the following. (And the number of pints of ice cream consumed should be directly proportional to the amount of time you have invested in a potential relationship). They are already involved, or on vacation, or have been kidnapped. Their computer is broken, or they had to sell it in order to pay the rent. They smoke and you don't so they didn't bother responding, or vice versa. They posted their profile