[mduerksen]

Based on my own experience, I would state 2 things:

1. Time will heal, there's no magic switch to make this undone. It's natural that your startup will suffer with you for a while. Just like raising money will occupy your mind, it's inevitable (I'm not suggesting this is the same quality of pain). But it will pass. In the meantime, don't let it be the reason to kill your startup.

2. Having your face rubbed in your imperfection hurts, but not every flaw is unacceptable for every person. If the flaw makes you imcompatible with the whole world, that could be a problem. But I'm quite sure that this flaw is only an issue for a certain type of person, or even only for that particular woman. It could be her problem, not even yours! And there is the other type, who appreciates your strengths and can live with your weaknesses (or doesn't even see it as a weakness).

[dufusheart]

Yeah, I guess it's good to remember that everyone's imperfect and some people just hate certain kinds of other people. In this case, she and I started off great, then the more I got to know her, the closer I felt to her and the more interested I was. The more she got to know me, the less interested she was. But she kept trying to connect as friends because she enjoyed my non-romantic company. Meanwhile, the time we spent together was crossing my wires and confusing me.