Ghosting is becoming more and more common, so much so that some people are doing it before they’ve even been on a first date.
me right at the last minute,” she says. “I let this happen – I think because I was in a bad place and it was during lockdown – to the point that on the third ghosting, I was literally waiting for him at the meeting spot and he didn’t show.”
According to research by Hinge, 40% of their users users say they ghost because they don’t know how to explain why they don’t want to see someone again. Almost a third said they felt uncomfortable rejecting the other person, and 17% said, “it’s less hurtful to disappear than to straight out reject someone.
and are worried about letting you down,” she says, explaining why people might digitally ghost. Ella adds that, to begin with, both of these men expressed more interest in her than she did in them, which is why this behaviour seemed so strange. It’s definitely possible that digital ghosting is a ‘game-playing’ technique and Melissa admits that it did make her more interested in the man she was speaking to: “It made me determined to prove my worth to this random guy,” she says. “I was also angry. I felt like ’However, she’s now realised that this is an unhealthy approach and says that the whole situation has altered her approach to. “It’s completely changed the way I value my time though now.
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