Has anybody ever experienced this?

You meet somebody in person for the first time and you're attracted to them. You initiate conversation, you ask for some means of opening communication with them (phone number, e-mail address, whatever), but they nicely turn you down.

Or...

You meet someone and you get to know them. You're attracted to them physically and you discover you're attracted to their personality too. You're both not involved and are open to dating. You ask the person out on a date, and they say 'no'.

Does the rejection still hurt you? Do you find yourself being told "don't take it personally," but that just doesn't feel like a resolve you can accept, because in your mind, if the person was attracted to you, you would have been successful?

Just venting...