Have you ever ghosted someone?
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Have you ever ghosted someone?
@alice currently being ghosted after years.
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Have you ever ghosted someone?
@alice Just for clarification: "ghosting" is something you can only do to people who you were/are dating, right?
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Have you ever ghosted someone?
I ghosted someone I was dating once, when I was younger. I tried to explain why I broke up with them several times, then finally stopped responding because they were getting repeatedly aggressive.
I've been ghosted a couple times. One of those times scarred me really badly, and I still panic when folx I'm dating disappear without giving me a heads up first.
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@alice I didn't mean to and I blame it on ADHD (then again, they ghosted me in return, right?)
@thehole 🫂
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Have you ever ghosted someone?
@alice Yes, and sometimes it was mutual, although I don't think I'd call that ghosting. Just... neither of us ever followed up.
Is it still ghosting if it just fizzles out? -
@alice Just for clarification: "ghosting" is something you can only do to people who you were/are dating, right?
@Fettlaus nope, you could do it to anyone (who'd reasonably believe that you would respond to them).
Partners, family, friends.
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@alice Yes, and sometimes it was mutual, although I don't think I'd call that ghosting. Just... neither of us ever followed up.
Is it still ghosting if it just fizzles out?@theorangetheme I think ghosting typically involves cutting communication (as opposed to just drifting off).
Like, I don't think I ghosted all the people I knew in highschool—we just drifted apart.
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Have you ever ghosted someone?
@alice
Ummm... Yes, other: I had my reasons that seemed good to me at the time. In hindsight, I'm pretty sure I was the asshole. It was a looooong time ago and I'd like to think I've grown a lot since then. Not my proudest moment.
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I ghosted someone I was dating once, when I was younger. I tried to explain why I broke up with them several times, then finally stopped responding because they were getting repeatedly aggressive.
I've been ghosted a couple times. One of those times scarred me really badly, and I still panic when folx I'm dating disappear without giving me a heads up first.
@alice I ghosted someone 38 years ago and now, in my 50s, I still think about how I handled that like a dick, with regret.
No goodbye, no explanation, nothing. After a couple years of dating, just walked away. It was easier back then to ghost due to phone and communication ability.
I literally thought about that too much the other day and was going to post about it.
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Have you ever ghosted someone?
@alice I've ghosted people, every time after explaining specifically why I don't want to have contact with them, which they most of the time took as a challenge to give me more reason to not want to have contact with them.
And I got ghosted at least once because I did exactly the same and was an idiot. -
I ghosted someone I was dating once, when I was younger. I tried to explain why I broke up with them several times, then finally stopped responding because they were getting repeatedly aggressive.
I've been ghosted a couple times. One of those times scarred me really badly, and I still panic when folx I'm dating disappear without giving me a heads up first.
@alice I just want to say that I don't think you ghosted them. You ramped down then got red flags & then drew a healthy boundary. Ghosting in my book leaves no apparent reason, no warning or explanation, just poof, disappeance and silence - which yes, is very scary and uncertain for the ghostee. But I don't think we can blanket condemn it. There are good reasons to ghost if your safety is threatened, even if some folks abuse it for their own comfort. We all live and learn.
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