Whoever you are, rejection or criticism is always a bitter pill to swallow. The exchange of blows that occur in the house where honourables were transacting business recently could be as a result of somebody resisting rejection or criticism.

Fighting against criticism or rejection has led to the demotion of a royal highness who failed to draw a line in resisting rejection. The maturity that comes as a result of knowledge and experience is the strong weapon with which you can fight and prevail over rejection.

Rejection is all over the place. At every facet of life, you could meet with rejection. It does not matter whether you are evil or good. The truth is that it is impossible to be in the good book of everybody. You are not created to be. I think rejection should propel us to be our best. For most successful people, they had sometimes faced rejection which many of them used as a ladder to the top. You need to passionately hold onto your vision and set goals.

The erroneous belief that female children are less important, and could achieve less has led to many women standing out to be the best today. In today’s world, a man without female children stands the chance of being left to himself in his old age.

In most cases, female children have the grace to look back with affection to care for their parents while some males are hooked up with their family, no thanks to wrong choice of marriage partner. Rejection is a dreaded and deadly affliction feared by all.

Rejection in marriage is when you are not accepted. A man or woman could be rejected by the inlaws. In our culture, there are people whose acceptance matters in marital relationships.

They are the mother to either the husband or wife; the aunties and sisters. It is rare to see a man fighting his daughter inlaw. Men usually overlook many things more than women.

When a mother detests his or her child’s choice of marriage, it is usually a war. They go all out to make life bitter for such a relationship, to prove their point.

Naturally, we all want people to think well of us. We desire to be admired, listened to, appreciated and respected. In a marriage where these quality desires are not, such relationships are facing rejection.

WHAT ARE THE LIKELY REASONS FOR REJECTION IN MARRIAGE?

If you know there are better options, you naturally want to reject anything less than better. Rejection in marriage may be as a result of your choice.

i. Somebody in your husband’s or wife’s family may have a design to get him or her a person of his or her choice as a suitor. Where you refuse his or her choice, that could lead to rejection or criticism for whoever your choice is.

ii. You may come from a background where they believe you should make your choice from your locality. If you bring an outsider, you and your choice may not be accepted.

The moment you go any of these route, be ready to face rejection. In another way, it is not of your own making. Your personality could be the reason for rejection. Your posture, character, voice, your set of teeth, the shape of your eyes or head, your legs, your opinion on issues could be the object of rejection.

In all, it is possible to discover what the reasons for rejection could be but sometimes there is little you can do to change what people are holding against you. For example, you can work on your character but think of your voice or the shape of your head or your colour. There is no way you can re-mould your head. Nor change your posture. It is late.

But is there a way out of rejection? Yes! That is what we shall discuss next. Till then, be yourself!