Why do people ghost in relationships?
I was with this guy for 6 months. Everything was going really well, we got along perfectly, and he treated me really well.
The only thing that bothered me was that he never wanted to go out with me. He didn’t want to see me very often—we would see each other once every 2–3 weeks. The thing is, we lived in the same area and could easily have seen each other either at school or around town. Whenever I tried to talk to him about it, he just wouldn’t communicate. He would say he simply didn’t feel like going out and that he wanted to sleep.
The last time we argued, I told him again that it hurt me that he never wanted to go out with me and that I wanted us to spend more time together. He ignored me, made some excuse about needing to get a haircut and go to sleep, and that was it. After that, he stopped replying to me.
The next day, I went to his classroom and he treated me with complete indifference. I left angry and kept texting him from Thursday until Sunday. Eventually, I realized that he genuinely wasn’t going to respond anymore. He basically broke up with me without ever actually saying it.
It’s been a few months, and I’m still struggling to get over it. I find it hard to believe that sex was all he wanted from me (I was 19 and he was 18), but I can’t stop thinking about it. I feel like shit. I can’t understand how someone can pretend to care so well for so long, only to eventually show you who they really are.
The whole experience has been horrible, and now I’m scared to try again with someone else. I keep feeling like everyone is the same and that I can’t trust anyone anymore.