Men - How To Handle A Marriage Proposal Rejection!

The conduct of the gentleman under such distressing circumstances should be characterized by extreme delicacy and a chivalrous resolve to avoid any possible annoyance or uneasiness to the fair author of his pain.

If, however, he should have reason to suppose that his rejection has resulted from mere indifference, he need not altogether retire from the field, but may endeavor to kindle a feeling of regard and sympathy for the patient endurance of his disappointment, and for his continued but respectful endeavors to please the lukewarm fair one.

But in the case of avowed or evident preference for another, it becomes imperative upon him, as a gentleman, to withdraw at once, and so relieve the lady of any obstacle that his presence or pretensions may cause to the furtherance of her obvious wishes. A stubborn continuance of his intentions, on the part of one who has been distinctly rejected, is an insult deserving of the severest reprobation.

Although the weakness of her sex, which ought to be her protection, frequently prevents a woman from forcibly breaking off an acquaintance thus annoyingly forced upon her, she rarely fails to resent such impertinence by that sharpest of woman's weapons, a keen-edged but courteous ridicule, which few men can bear up against.