What to Do After You Are Rejected By a Woman in 2010

The other day I was leaving my neighborhood to go see Salt (great film, BTW) and I noticed an interesting dynamic that is taking place with today’s high school generation.

You see, in my neighborhood there is this kid that is always outside. I mean like… always. He is a throwback to my generation where we stayed outside literally until someone called the police to come and find us.  I believe we were the last generation to really play outside like that, but that is besides the point.  The point is that this kid is friendly and always walking around looking for something to do instead of playing PS3, Wii, Xbox, or chatting online.

So the other day when I go to see Salt I passed him in my car and something interesting happened.  On the other side of the street was a young woman his age on a bicycle chatting on a cellphone.

The boy waved at her and tried to get her attention.  When she finally noticed him she gave him that look and sped off. He was a little defeated.

If this was the year 2000 when I was in high school he would be out the game.  But right now in 2010 THAT KID STILL HAS A SHOT.

He has the luxury of being able to find her on Myspace, Facebook, or even Twitter since he knows where she lives.  I’m not saying  he should e-stalk her here… but he still has a SHOT to get his “foot in the door” through a Facebook message, a IM, or whatever else.

Just a few years ago all hope would have been lost.  We now live in a generation where if you want to contact someone… there is likely more than 6 ways you can!! Insane.  There are no barriers to communication up anymore.  If you want to say Hi to a female, no matter who she is you likely can, and she’ll probably reply back.

We are living in a great time.  Our grand parents and parents did not have these opportunities. If you aren’t using social networks to leverage your random interactions with women you’d like to meet, I don’t know what you are doing.