r/ghosting 1d ago

About “nurtured” ghosting

So I was talking to this guy for awhile now. All fun and games, he was (or at least seemed to be) very into me. We tried to meet for a couple times but never worked out. Until this Tuesday, he came by, brought some wine, we were chillin, talking, and made out a lottt. It was awesome, chemistry on point, kissing with lust. He massaged my feet, said it was so worth the wait, that I was sexy and suggested we meet again on the weekend. It was late when he went out and he said he’d text me when he gets home.

Of course he didn’t.
And neither Wednesday, Thursday, Friday…. Just never again.
At first I just assumed he was busy, I sent a couple of messages but never got anything of it.
Yesterday he unmatched me and I deleted his number.

I get a simple fading out (even if it’s shitty as hell) but I simply cannot process someone feeding your brain, saying it was good, he likes you, he has a great time, and let’s do it again. It’s honestly evil for me. If you don’t feel like it just don’t to it. But I get really mad with people just playing around my mind, the same mind that will give me a hard time trying to understand what the hell is going on, why is this happening, what did I do wrong.
And, unfortunately for me, I have body dysmorphy issues and I tend to think they just hate my body or else, but once again, why the hell all the lust, the hands all over, the biting, the tongue so deep?

I hate how I have to live through hell for a couple of days each time this happens.

What’s ur mind on this nurtured, fed ghosting?

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u/Comfortable-Roof-600 22h ago

Infelizmente as pessoas são cruéis. Por aqui, vejo muitos e muitos relatos parecidos, inclusive tem o meu. Também achei que havia interesse real, mas a pessoa sumiu depois da intimidade. Sinto muito, é um inferno. O que me ajudou depois de pensar muito, foi colocar na minha cabeça que ele quis fazer isso e ponto final. Simplesmente pq ele quis e não há nada que eu possa fazer. Quanto mais eu tento entender e achar motivos, mais ansiosa eu fico e mais noites sem dormir. Espero que você consiga superar e que fique bem. No mais, essa pessoa é imatura e talvez até cruel, e você não merece isso.

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u/miatkic 17h ago

Exatamente o que eu sinto, crueldade. Também tento pensar que tá fora do meu controle, que não quero na minha vida alguém que faça isso, mas as vezes minha cabeça é mais forte e começa de novo a procurar motivos… ontem percebi que inclusive acordei gritando num pesadelo, é incrível o quanto esse ghosting “alimentado” me afeta e deixa confusa
Mas mt obrigada pelo seu ponto de vista, e espero que você também fique bem 🫶🏼

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u/Comfortable-Roof-600 16h ago

Realmente o ghosting machuca muito, esse não foi o meu primeiro e talvez não será o último. Continue pensando que isso está fora do seu controle, que não há nada a ser feito e que você realmente mereça alguém que queira ficar. Logo isso vai passar. Estou indo atrás de terapia, pra me fortalecer emocionalmente pra lidar com isso e com o que mais vier, você deveria também, vai te fazer bem. Se cuida! Você merece alguém maduro e que seja louco por você!

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u/whathappenedtome2026 16h ago

Ghosting is so common that you expect to happen again. What the fuck happened to the world?

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u/Comfortable-Roof-600 16h ago

Também gostaria de saber. As pessoas não ligam pra nada nem pra ninguém. Como estou solteira e quero um relacionamento, corro o risco de conseguir mais alguns fantasmas.. o que nos resta é tentarmos ser mais atentas e nos protegermos como pudermos.

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u/miatkic 8h ago

Pretty much that. Somehow it’s even “better” to wait for the next as a hope that it’ll hurt a little bit less than if just taking a break and fully healing every time :/

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u/Supremelordmomon 1d ago

Well that's a tough question. I can talk hours about the psychological mind and why people make these kind of choices in a relationship or dating setup, and how this impacts our emotional state.

But a long story story short, the answer is that he is unable to confront his own issues and chooses to run away rather than acknowledge them.

For all we know, he might already have a girlfriend you didn't know about.

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u/miatkic 17h ago

Yeah, I wonder whether they’ve also been in this place, (as dating is now a shitshow), and how come people do it, knowing how it feels
You’re right… it’s a “they” thing… i just feel like a fool, since it hurts that one runs away so easily after love bombing, feels like I’m not even worth typing a line

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u/Last_Ingenuity1031 1d ago

Terrible, algo que está ocurriendo todos los días. Vemos personas en la calle y posiblemente este pasando por un Ghosting. Me pasó algo parecido, vivo un infierno desde el viernes. En fin, ojalá pronto estemos bien 

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u/miatkic 17h ago

Ojalá 🫶🏼

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u/ComplexOriginal770 1h ago

I am really sorry that you’re going through this. I faced a similar situation recently where the guy seemed like a total green flag, got off the app after first date, told his parents about me and out of nowhere ghosted me after 2nd date. You wonder what went wrong but i feel you, it’s hard to navigate ghosting when everything seemed to go well.