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The Big G of Dating: Ghosting
GHOSTING
You pretty much can’t date in today’s internet world without experiencing ghosting. We talk about it like it is a normal thing. ‘Oh, he ghosted me/you.’ The ease with which technology allows us to be immature and unkind to one another can be a little scary.
Current “Ghosting” Stories
Since I’ve been here in Colombia (6 weeks now) I have been “ghosted” by at least 6 men. I only add them to the count if we made a connection on WhatsApp outside of the Tinder app. If one of us or the other loses interest while still messaging in the app oh well. Heck, I do that all the time, yawn, boring, no more chat for you!
The one I met in person, I really thought he had some potential. He was smart and funny and really cute. But his interest started waning and eventually I was down to a hello text from him every couple of days. Now, nothing.
Another guy was all excited to meet me, we made plans, he disappeared. About a week or so later, he reappeared and was all chatty and texts, we made plans, he disappeared. He came back like a week and a half later. I mentioned how every time we made plans, he stopped…
