Brittany Luce

And according to researchers from East Tennessee University, people who are rejection sensitive are more likely to date online.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I mean, look, I've been in the trenches before.

I don't really blame anyone for wanting to have a smooth experience while dating, but people looking to avoid the sting of rejection might not actually be getting what they want out of apps anyway.

Here's Lauren Howe.

She's a professor at the University of Zurich.

She co-authored a group of studies in 2015 about rejection and self-definition.

And she spoke to It's Been a Minute producer, Liam McBain.

Something else I found interesting is that dating online also makes people more reject-ive.

That's Tila Prank.

She's an associate professor in social psychology from Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

She spoke to iBand producer Liam.

You know, it really breaks my heart to hear that this is people's experience when simply trying to find dates.

Again, online dating, it worked for me and has worked for a lot of other people, too.

But what Tila is describing is just not a very encouraging result.

But what do you do, though?

How do you handle rejection, especially when it's happening face to face?

I mean, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

This also reminds me of something Lauren said.

OK, so we've been talking about what's going on in the apps a lot, but I want to hear now what it's been like for you dating offline.