Neglect or Reject

Have you ever been rejected? I bet you have. It's a kind of feeling you wish you'd never have. Rejection is some times mistaken by some people as neglect. But actually, in my opinion, it is better to be rejected than to be neglected. The latter is so painful you'd wish you weren't born. Of course we can't do away with the fact that rejection can also be very painful as neglect. The difference is that you can always try again when you are rejected the first or the second time. Otherwise, you are neglected, gone forever. Neglect means to disregard while reject means to refuse to accept as per Dictionary.com. 

When you are neglected it is as if you don't exist. You are there present physically but you are actually being ignored. But when you are rejected, you are of course there physically and others can feel your presence but you  are being refused.

It may sound  funny but it goes something like this. You are like a ghost when you are neglected because nobody sees you. You are like auditioning (everbody sees you) for an act but you get rejected. 

So which one would you prefer - being neglected or being rejected?