A fear of rejection is a powerful factor in making guys hesitant to ask girls out.

A girl that tells a guy “no” equates to a stab to the heart, and its the worst feeling in the world.

The more he likes the girl, the deeper the stab to the heart.

As humans, we don’t like rejection.

We are naturally adverse to it, and this goes for both guys and girls.

That said, the burden of approaching and asking someone out generally falls on a guy in society.

Most girls do not approach guys and ask them out.

With this much pressure on a guy to ask a girl out, the prospect of rejection is strong, and its weight overwhelming.

His interpretation of hearing a “no” is damning.

It gives him the impression that he isn’t physically attractive, and not worthy of her.

That is a hard pill to swallow.

It puts into question his sense of self-worth.

Many guys attach their self-worth to what a girl says when they ask her out.

Yet, he is oblivious to the reason why he was told “no.”

Sometimes, it has absolutely nothing to do with whether he is physically attractive or not.

The rejection has to do with unfortunate timing.

He is totally her type physically, but she is already in a romantic relationship.

This, or she newly went through a tough breakup, rendering her emotionally unavailable while she recovers and heals.

The reason behind a rejection doesn’t always have to do with whether he is physically attractive to her or not.

Nevertheless, most guys interpret a “no” as a sign that he isn’t physically attractive.

Sadly, lots of men have low self-esteem.

Given that women aren’t prone to giving compliments to men, many men go through life never hearing compliments from women on their physical attractiveness.

This leaves a guy with a very low opinion of himself.

By the time he asks a woman out, he already has a low opinion of his looks.

With a lack of women complimenting him on his looks throughout his life, his self-esteem and confidence is at an all time low.

It’s hard enough for him to gather the courage to approach her in the first place.

He has already given himself multiple reasons not to approach her in his head.

The usual suspects are thoughts about the likelihood she already has a boyfriend, won’t be kind to him, or won’t find him physically attractive.

To get to where he finally makes an approach to ask a girl out, he has had to overcome a flurry of discouraging negative thoughts.

Hearing her say “no” makes all that effort for naught.

For so many guys, avoiding this mental torment altogether is preferred.

The torment of overcoming these negative thoughts so as to ask her out, coupled with hearing her say “no,” is a double stab to the heart and not worth it.

With the advent of social media and dating apps, most of these men would much rather approach and ask girls out online.

Being told “no” on social media or a dating app doesn’t feel anywhere near as demoralizing as it does in real life, given the impersonal and anonymous disposition of digital platforms.