I agree. It's insensitive, cowardly, hurtful, and rude.

One time I went on this date that went okay, but the next few days I got really busy and was in an argument with my friend. I never got around to texting that girl back in the next week, so I gave it, even though I felt kinda bad.. To top it off, she never texted me so I figured she just wasn't that into me anyways.

What I'm trying to say is, I ghosted this person, but not really on purpose.. It wasn't my intent. If she had tried to contact me again I would have responded... So maybe the person who ghosted you had something similar happen? Idk...

I agree, OP. Ghosting is such a horrible thing to do to someone. I was ghosted almost two years ago now and I still sometimes find myself wondering why. It's better now, doesn't keep me up or haunt me anymore, but I still wonder.

When it happened I tried to contact him a couple times but realized he wasn't going to ever respond. It was all I could think about for so long. Picking apart every little thing I had said and did. All I wanted was answers but I couldn't get any. He was gone without another word.

Almost ghosted a boy after he confessed to me, just because things were really complicated and I was trying to figure out how and whether or not to cut things off.

He's my boyfriend now

So yeah

Really really really glad I didn't have the heart to do it.

This^ I can tell you from my end it hurts too girlie

This^ I can tell you from my end it hurts too girlie

All ghosting is, is someone unable to take responsibility. That's all it will ever be. It's weak and cowardly. It's "I don't know how to handle you, so I'm just not going to at all." People who do that have no intention of building anything solid, because they don't know how to commit to feelings. They don't know how to express anything that requires more than minimal effort. I have never done that. If I don't talk to someone, it's because I did everything I could to reach out and they just didn't want me. Not because I decided on a random ass Thursday that I just didn't want to reply anymore. It's people who fear confrontation, who fear having to swallow abandoning you who ghost. Your immediate first thought is always, "Why wasn't I good/interesting/ pretty enough?" But it's not about you darling. It will never be about you. It's about some young guy who doesn't know his ass from his elbow who can't multitask. It's someone who doesn't know how to care about you the same way leaving you mid-air because they can't be honest. You don't have to extinguish your fire because some asshole didn't know how to hold you. You just need to find someone who wants to get warm.

There was a girl who liked me in 5th grade, and I mostly ghosted her. I didn't know how to respond respectfully without sounding weird. I'm sorry to her, and I hope she's over me now. I hope my crush doesn't ghost me. She's very compassionate, so hopefully that doesn't happen.

I fully agree. Never ghost anyone. Give them the closure they need. It's terrible. I suffered deep-seated trauma from ghosted; it was always 'unresolved' in my mind.