Yes, rejection...and I'm hoping I can get it here. I have always relished the sense of martyrdom that comes with rejection, that special feeling of being misunderstood and set apart, that particular sense of autonomy that comes with being reviled and excluded from the society of others. Many women have been good enough to satisfy this need of mine. I have been stood up for more dates than I could possibly list here, and it was quite a rush each time, I can tell you. I keep a little black book with the names of all those who have rejected me. Many men have ridiculed me, and I am quite gratified by that as well...it proves how special I am and how rotten they are. It's reassuring in a way.

Dogs have bitten me. Children have thrown things at me and made nasty faces as I passed by. I have reason to suspect that squirrels are swearing at me from the treetops. Better and better.

Of late, however, I feel my needs for rejection are not being fully met in 3-D life, so I have decided to go online and seek it from complete strangers, people who cannot see me and don't even know me.

I have hopes that by coming to a forum such as this one I will receive the full measure of rejection I'm seeking in which case my cup will be running over! Do this for me, if you will.

I am ready. You have my full attention. Do your worst. But do it now.

Ever so humbly yours,

Wilfred Pennifere