Either you have a conscience or YOU DONT!!!!
on a serious note, even in old days I've had many cases that the girls would tell me maybe next week or later or they are busy ... After the second call (look up landline. lol), I would move on to the next in the queue ...
Tell your friend not to worry and move on. don't dwell on the past specifically when dealing with "cheap dino". Some people are rude or insecure and/or scared.
I don't think people have fundamentally changed that much over the years but are more distant and less trusting of others especially in big cities and the internet age.
I don't even trust the internet. I sold a few thing on Craig's list and my wife says don't give them our address. I usually meet them in a parking lot of a crowded store during daylight.
btw, hope the old people ("double your age and up") you hang out with, are your trusted family members. Otherwise, in general I would highly recommend against it until you are at least 28-30 years old. Even then the age gap is too much and not much in common unless it's a family member or a special situation ... When I was 18 or so (your age) we considered even 23 year old girls kind of old and we NEVER hung out with guys much older. Mostly our age +/- 1 or 2.
wrong kind of old people can be manipulative ... Hope I'm not being condescending!
Either you have a conscience or YOU DONT!!!!
Heard...but the 'older people ' I chum around with are good solid members of society. Not gang bangers, drug addicts, low life scum. I very rarely have anything in common with people near my age. I despise video games, rap, drugs, and the like. I would rather hang out with someone who is 40, 60, 80, than my age. Exceptions being people who are into motorcycles and cars, some of those people are interesting, even if only my age.
Ghosting is childish. We I've in a world full of children.
I'm a tired old man. The world has left me behind in so many ways, I've lost count. The culture we have today is not the one I grew up with, and quite simply, for good or bad, I just don't fit in well in today's world. The nursing home is calling my name! A farmer puts his old livestock "out to pasture" and it seems to be darn near time for me too.Not referring to myself, just a question in general. When was it, that ghosting became the normal way of breaking up with someone? Back in the old days, people tell me, men and women had enough respect for each other, to most often end a relationship with a conversation. Now the other person is just left wondering if they died, lost their phone, had a car accident?
Discuss.
How depressing. Out to pasture doesn't sound half bad. Better than the knacker's yard. Gonna make myself a Soylent Green smoothie. I need a little pick-me-up.I'm a tired old man. The world has left me behind in so many ways, I've lost count. The culture we have today is not the one I grew up with, and quite simply, for good or bad, I just don't fit in well in today's world. The nursing home is calling my name! A farmer puts his old livestock "out to pasture" and it seems to be darn near time for me too.
We clearly now have a narrative driven culture that ignores certain points. In many cases, the actual discussion becomes one sided, as the opposition is banned/censored/forbidden from expression. So I find "ghosting" no surprise at all. It fits right in with all the other nonsense.
With that complaint lodged, I'm not one to believe the past is somehow better. I look forward to the new and better cool stuff, that's for sure.
Wait until the robots take over ...So we just "hook up" now, that's to bad, I have to say when I was courting the better half (31 years ago) it was a lot of fun. Dinner, movies and a few drinks at the local tavern and then we went home and hooked up, so I guess it's about the same.
I got ghosted by a gal I dated for about 6 months. See just disappeared one day, and I tried to get hold of her in many ways probably 6~8 times with no replies, even just asking her if she was OK yielded no reply. I seriously thought she might have got into a bad crash or something major happened. Finally after about a month I called her phone from a work phone so she didn't recognize the phone number. She answered and I just said "Sorry, I must have the wrong number" in a disguised voice and hung-up. All I wanted to do is make sure she was still alive and OK. Didn't say anything else because apparently she wanted to end it the way she did ... but I felt better knowing she was OK.
Ghosting is, at the very least, a mark of losers. But I wouldn’t go as far as your statement. Everyone should date, including those who practice ghosting - dating is natural, and so is ghosting. Darwin will take care of the rest.Much the same way my friend felt recently. They dated for over 2 years, then suddenly without a hint it was coming, she ghosted him. He was sure she was dead, hurt, or lost her phone. Finally he texted her brother and asked if she was okay. It is now interesting to hear about how pissed off her parents and brother are at her. Even her best friend called her on her BS. People who have the maturity level of a 4 year old, should not date IMO.
Usually, they don’t care for themselves either.So if they both ghost each other at the same time does anyone know?
Realistically if some one just ghost some one else, they never really cared for that person anyway...
Heard...but the 'older people ' I chum around with are good solid members of society. Not gang bangers, drug addicts, low life scum. I very rarely have anything in common with people near my age. I despise video games, rap, drugs, and the like. I would rather hang out with someone who is 40, 60, 80, than my age. Exceptions being people who are into motorcycles and cars, some of those people are interesting, even if only my age.
I think I heard that ghosting was called a "California No".