{"id":29945,"date":"2024-07-29T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=29945"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:48:04","slug":"is-ghosting-ever-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/is-ghosting-ever-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Ghosting Ever Okay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-29945\" data-postid=\"29945\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-29945 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ta7r80 tb_first tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_271y80 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7oad441 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29946\" title=\"is ghosting ok\" alt=\"is ghosting ok\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_yy1w793   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been ghosted by someone you thought was super into you, you&#8217;d probably answer that question with a hard NO! However, if you yourself have ever been the one to cut off all contact with someone you&#8217;re chatting with &#8211; you may say otherwise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/01\/well\/ghosting-dating.html\">Via NY Times<\/a> &#8211; is ghosting ever ok?\u00a0<\/p><blockquote><p>&#8220;<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0265407520970287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Another small study<\/a>, which specifically surveyed dating app users, found that 85 percent had been ghosted at some point, which led many respondents to feel sad or angry and experience lower self-esteem; some also felt more distrustful of the world.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, there are times when it is appropriate, even wise, to ghost, the experts said. If the person has been aggressive or made you feel unsafe, you are justified in walking away without explanation, Ms. Earnshaw said. She also gave the green light if a person is simply not respecting your boundaries.<\/p><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf they\u2019re just not listening to what you\u2019ve already expressed, then I think it\u2019s OK,\u201d Ms. Earnshaw said, adding that she hesitates to even categorize that situation as ghosting.<\/p><p>Ms. Earnshaw said that a useful question to ask yourself before ghosting someone is: Am I thinking about ghosting this person simply because I want to avoid an unpleasant conversation? If the answer is yes, it is kinder to offer a goodbye and even a brief explanation.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>This seems fair &#8211; ghost when you feel unsafe or harassed, otherwise, give a dang &#8220;bye&#8221; emoji, will ya?<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been ghosted by someone you thought was super into you, you&#8217;d probably answer that question with a hard NO! However, if you yourself have ever been the one to cut off all contact with someone you&#8217;re chatting with &#8211; you may say otherwise. Via NY Times &#8211; is ghosting ever ok?\u00a0&#8220;Another small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating-and-sex","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<img src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok.jpg\" title=\"is ghosting ok\" alt=\"is ghosting ok\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/is-ghosting-ok-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<p>If you've ever been ghosted by someone you thought was super into you, you'd probably answer that question with a hard NO! However, if you yourself have ever been the one to cut off all contact with someone you're chatting with - you may say otherwise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/01\/well\/ghosting-dating.html\">Via NY Times<\/a> - is ghosting ever ok?\u00a0<\/p><blockquote><p>\"<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0265407520970287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Another small study<\/a>, which specifically surveyed dating app users, found that 85 percent had been ghosted at some point, which led many respondents to feel sad or angry and experience lower self-esteem; some also felt more distrustful of the world.\"<\/p><p>Still, there are times when it is appropriate, even wise, to ghost, the experts said. If the person has been aggressive or made you feel unsafe, you are justified in walking away without explanation, Ms. Earnshaw said. She also gave the green light if a person is simply not respecting your boundaries.<\/p><p>\u201cIf they\u2019re just not listening to what you\u2019ve already expressed, then I think it\u2019s OK,\u201d Ms. Earnshaw said, adding that she hesitates to even categorize that situation as ghosting.<\/p><p>Ms. Earnshaw said that a useful question to ask yourself before ghosting someone is: Am I thinking about ghosting this person simply because I want to avoid an unpleasant conversation? If the answer is yes, it is kinder to offer a goodbye and even a brief explanation.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>This seems fair - ghost when you feel unsafe or harassed, otherwise, give a dang \"bye\" emoji, will ya?<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29949,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29945\/revisions\/29949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}