Some people decided to delete the dating app they were using or the ghoster’s phone number in case they had it (n = 10), others approached friends for comfort (n = 6)
Ghostees report several ways to cope with ghosting. To interpret the absence of communication, some respondents (n = 15) mentioned they checked social media or even reached out to the ghoster’s social network to figure out what was going on to then realize they had been ghosted. First, I checked his social media, because I was afraid something bad had happened to him. You never know…but he still posted a lot, so it dawned on me that he would never get back to me. I sent him one more message to tell him he could just tell me what was wrong and it would be over with. But nothing.”
In addition to Sandra, quite a large group of respondents (n = 46) specifically mentioned they needed closure in order to move on from this ghosting experience. They wanted to know why the other person ghosted them before they could actually move on. Therefore, it is not surprising that a total of 33 respondents reported a re-attempt to establish contact with the person who ghosted them. Fortsett å lese «Predictors of rating the ghosting experience as painful (RQ3)»