9 Things That Cross Your Mind When You’ve Definitely Just Been Ghosted

Ah, ghosting. The modern way of getting around an awkward breakup. In other words: “When a person cuts off all communication with their friends or the person they’re dating, with zero warning or notice beforehand.”

In honor of this paranormal punch in the feels, we round up nine things that go through our head when the texts stop (and denial starts).

1. It’s cool, it’s fine, I’m okay. They’re obviously doing this so that when they DO finally text back, it’ll be a wonderful, unexpected surprise to see their name show up on my phone.

2. They’re so busy at work and under all that pressure from their family – they must be finding it hard to cope right now so I’ll just wait it out for you know, another 6-12 months.

3. You know what, they did say something about going to Manara for a run, what if they tripped and fell into the sea? I should probably go look for them.

4. I have heard of people who text back so quickly that their phones literally explode. Wow. I hope they’re okay.

5. Their phone definitely ran out of battery on their way home from work, 3 weeks ago. The traffic recently has been in-saaaane.

6. There’s been a lot of rain in Beirut recently, they probably got their phone wet. (Can we please just take a second to appreciate how relevant this GIF is, thanks).

7. I know what happened – they were so excited when I messaged them that they fainted.

8. Before the contact stopped, their last few messages were literally one-word responses. They were obviously still interested.

9. Yup. I get it now. I’m just going to send them one more text.