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“However, in July, she suddenly went radio silent. I was working, and she was doing an internship, so I would send her the occasional text message or call and talk for a few minutes in the evening. For a week or two, I couldn’t reach her at all. Finally, she responded to a few messages but gave no reasonable explanation for her absence.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>
To this day, I think she might have been cheating on me during this span, but I never had a way to get that confirmed. When she finally came back to college, the vibe was off, and within a few weeks, I decided to break things off with her.”
— robert_dunder
— ripcharlieswan
— sharpcrocodile997
“Today, I know she did me a favor as although it was incredibly painful, it helped me to move on and focus on starting uni. A few months later, she got back in touch and explained it was the only way she could cope with not being able to see me again. We started talking regularly again… and then a few weeks later, she disappeared again. I couldn’t believe it. Needless to say, when she got back in touch again a few months later, I didn’t reply to her messages. It was a game I was fed up with.”
— catieferrarer
“When I returned, we saw each other a few times, but one day, I texted him something like, ‘How’s your day going?’ He responded, ‘I have my daughter today,’ so I just said, ‘I know, enjoy your time with her.’ And then nothing for like five days. I finally texted him and said, ‘Did you ghost me?’ He responded no but that he was dealing with some mental health issues. I decided then to move on because I have my issues, especially with codependency, and even though I wanted to try and help him ‘get better,’ I just said, ‘Oh well.’ I think he got weird about my vacation, but I’m so glad I went instead of backing out because of his discomfort.”
— juliasmithb
“I didn’t bother calling him because after I was able to check my phone, he hadn’t reached out at all. I know the hospital had called him. He texted me a few days before Thanksgiving (three weeks later) asking, ‘What’s wrong with you anyway?’ Another week passed, and he stopped to pick up his laundry and dropped off his cat. His excuse was he couldn’t give a 35-year-old woman or his cat what we wanted. Then followed up with, ‘I have a job.’ Like he was the only person on the planet that worked, he was also 35, and this wasn’t ‘our’ cat. It was his cat from a previous relationship. 2.5 years later, I still have the cat.”
“I tried like three times to contact her, and then I gave up and had a nervous breakdown. I had to go to therapy for a few months, and then I have been doing well, at least moving on with my life in the sense that I go to work twice a week and take walks when I can. Truthfully, I still have thoughts of her. Her daughter calls sometimes to check on me. She says I am still her Dad. I don’t ask about her mother. Yes I am living a lonely life and can’t find it in my heart to trust again right now. This new ghosting people fad is very dangerous because there are people out there who don’t know how to put up with hurt like me.”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>
