Rejection as a whole is a legit fear. It sucks, it hurts and we feel like we're failures. We just put our heart or effort into something to have it not work out.

I got genital herpes when I was 28. I had had my heart broken 3 times before turning 28 and none of it had to do with herpes. Each time I cried, drank wine with my girl friends and then eventually got back into the dating world. Basically I got back on horse.