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in defense of "ghosting"

René Magritte, Collective Invention, 1934 She told herself that she owed him at least some kind of breakup message, that to ghost on him would be inappropriate, childish, and cruel. And, if she did try to ghost, who knew how long it would take him to get the hint? Maybe the messages would keep coming and coming; maybe they would never end. — Kristen Roupenian, “Cat Person” I’ve been very lucky or maybe it’s good karma: I’ve never ghosted anyone I’ve dated, and no one I’ve gone out with has ever ghosted me. My philosophy is that if you agree to go on even just one date, you’ve made it…

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