Last week, rumors broke that Charlize Theron ended her long-term relationship with actor Sean Penn by committing the coldest new trend in dating—“ghosting.” This phenomenon is a heartless alternative to dumping a lover: the ghoster severs all forms of communication, making it clear to whoever they're dating that they're no longer interested (and, that their partner is not worthy of real closure). There are no answers, no deep discussions about why it's ending—it's just "poof." One minute they're there, the next, gone without so much a single "adiostext message.
A recent Reddit thread inquired about this break-up method, asking users if they'd ever been at the receiving end of this icy behavior. These eight horror stories are some great examples of how easily ghosting can happen to you.
Ghosting is completely warranted behavior if you have a terrible partner.
And other times, it's just cruel.
Uh, what kind of human being brings you juice before they dump you? In the words of Chappelle: WTF is juice?
Sometimes the ghosted have a difficult time accepting they've been ghosted:
Ghosting can also be a sign that there is something deeper going on with the ghostee:
Sometimes ghosting is deploying when cowards lack the decency to call it like it is:
And, perhaps the most heartbreaking anti-ghosting parable of all:
[via Reddit]
